September 2014 - Disaster & Emergency Management Conference

herve September 23, 2014 Communications, Community Safety, Emergency Management, Emergency Response

Communication Capacity Increased

THE increased capacity provided by Telstra’s 700MHz spectrum will help manage data traffic during large-scale incidents such as natural disasters. The NewsMail reported last week that the introduction of the 700MHz frequency on the 4G network, which launched in selected…

herve September 19, 2014 Emergency Management, Fire and Rescue

A SAFER Community – a Discussion Paper (SA)

A SAFER Community – a Discussion Paper (South Australian Fire Emergency & Rescue) was released in South Australia on 16 September 2014. As part of the process of responding to the Holloway Review into the Fire and Emergency Services Act, 2005…

herve September 12, 2014 Emergency Management, SES

NSW SES Young Volunteers of the Year 2014

NSW SES Queanbeyan volunteer Brent Hunter and NSW SES Armidale-Dumaresq volunteer Shirley Heap were this evening honoured as the inaugural NSW State Emergency Service Young Volunteers of the Year in a ceremony at NSW Parliament House. In presenting the awards, Minister for…