February 2014 - Disaster & Emergency Management Conference

herve February 19, 2014 disaster assistance, NSW BUSHFIRE CRISIS, NSW GOVERNMENT, online disaster information

Disaster assistance for NSW communities after January bushfires

Minister for Justice Michael Keenan and New South Wales Minister for Police and Emergency Services Michael Gallacher today announced that disaster assistance would be available to 11 NSW communities in Southern and Central NSW impacted by bushfires during January 2014.…

herve February 17, 2014 disaster assistance, Disaster Funding

Joint funding available for twelve Victorian councils following recent bushfires

Joint media release The Hon Michael Keenan MP Minister for Justice The Hon Kim Wells MP Victorian Minister for Police and Emergency Services and Bushfire Response 14 February 2014 The Minister for Justice Michael Keenan and the Victorian Minister for…

herve February 13, 2014 Emergency, Emergency Management, Emergency Management Conference, emergency management education, Emergency Services

Unmanned aircraft could send info on Qld emergencies

QUEENSLAND researchers believe they have made a global breakthrough that could soon see small unmanned aircraft travelling over disasters to provide real time vision without putting human lives in danger. Instead of sending crews in helicopters up to inspect cyclone,…

herve February 10, 2014 BOM

Pilot Heatwave Forecast

The maps provided by the Pilot Heatwave Forecast will reduce severity level or remove the indication of heatwave before the heatwave ends. This occurs because the maps are calculated across a three-day period. If the temperature is lower on the…

herve February 7, 2014 bushfire, NSW BUSHFIRE CRISIS, Tourism and Disasters

Blue Mountains bushfires cost region’s tourism industry $71 million

Kim Arlington, Charmaine Wong -Sydney Morning Herald “We knew people were depending on money we pay them to survive”: David Hammon. Photo: Sahlan Hayes The Blue Mountains economy is expected to take a $71 million hit from the October bushfires,…