May 2014 - Disaster & Emergency Management Conference

herve May 23, 2014 Organisational resilience

Noggin IT Eight Technology Tips to Make Your Organisation Resilient

Noggin IT Eight Technology Tips to Make Your Organisation Resilient The role of technology is critical in attaining organisational resilience and goes far beyond business continuity and the need to keep you systems up and running. It contributes to resilience…

herve May 15, 2014 Australian & New Zealand Disaster and Emergency Management Conference

2014 Conference Photos – Gold Coast

The Australian & New Zealand Disaster and Emergency Management Conference was held at the QT Gold Coast, 5th – 7th May 2014. This international event ran across three days bringing together key stakeholders involved in the prevention, management and recovery…

herve May 12, 2014 bushfire, Disaster & Emergency Management Conference, Emergency, Emergency Management, Emergency Management Conference, emergency planning, Emergency Response, Emergency Services, Victoria

Victoria appoints emergency management commissioner

By weeklytimesnow.com.au VICTORIA’S fire chief has been appointed the state’s first emergency management commissioner. Fire services commissioner Craig Lapsley, who has served in the role since 2010, will take on the position from July 1. Victorian Emergency Services Minister Kim…

herve May 5, 2014 ABC NEWS, Disaster, Disaster & Emergency Management Conference, Emergency Management Conference

Disaster management experts gather on Gold Coast

Hundreds of people at the forefront of disaster management will meet on the Gold Coast today. Delegates from more than 18 countries will attend the Australian and New Zealand Disaster and Emergency Management Conference. Conference chairman Brett Aimers says evidence…

herve May 2, 2014 Disaster & Emergency Management Conference, Disaster Conference

Three years on and where to next? The Canterbury earthquake experience, an emergency planner’s perspective

It is now three years since the first of the Canterbury earthquakes, yet the process for recovery continues. We need to review where we are now, and where we want to be, and how we can achieve this. The situation…

herve May 1, 2014 Children in Emergencies, Disaster & Emergency Management Conference, Disaster Conference, disaster management education, Disaster Planning, Disaster Preparedness, Emergency Management, Emergency Management Conference, emergency management education, emergency planning, Emergency Response, Emergency Services

Safeguarding Children in Emergencies – Current Australian Emergency Management Practice

Current emergency management practice in Australia identifies children as part of vulnerable populations within communities. This is despite increasing evidence in the literature that identifies children as uniquely vulnerable in emergencies and requiring targeted planning in all areas of emergency…