herve March 20, 2018 2018 Australian & New Zealand Disaster & Emergency Management Conference, extreme weather, first response, flood, floods

Major flooding events follow 40-year cycle in south-east Queensland, study suggests.

The next serious widespread south-east Queensland flooding event could happen in 2050, according to an analysis of historical flood data for the region. Using Bureau of Meteorology’s Australian flood data across 10 south-east Queensland catchments from 1890-2014, researchers found past…
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herve March 17, 2014 Australian & New Zealand Disaster and Emergency Management Conference, bushfire, Communications, Community Safety, Disaster & Emergency Management Conference, Disaster Conference, Disaster Preparedness, disaster warning, Emergency Management, Emergency Management Conference, emergency planning, Emergency Response, Emergency Services, Evacuation Modelling, extreme weather, Fire and Rescue

October 2013 NSW Bush Fires – The challenges, experiences and outcomes

Mr Anthony Clark, Group Manager, Corporate Communications, NSW Rural Fire Service will present a Case Study at the 2014 Australian and New Zealand Disaster & Emergency Management Conference: The October 2013 NSW Bush Fires – The challenges, experiences and outcomes.…
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herve January 17, 2014 disaster management education, Disaster Planning, Disaster Preparedness, Emergency Management, emergency management education, emergency planning, Emergency Response, Emergency Services, extreme weather, Fire and Rescue, Hazard Management, Hazard Reduction, Heat Waves

With more heatwaves to come, how will our cities hold up?

By Jane Mullett, RMIT University and Darryn McEvoy, RMIT University Australia’s south east is currently sweltering under an intense heatwave, one that is likely to become the second longest heatwave on record in the region. So what have we learnt…
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herve October 21, 2013 bushfire, Community Safety, Disaster & Emergency Management Conference, Emergency, Emergency Management, Emergency Response, Emergency Services, extreme weather, Fire and Rescue, NSW BUSHFIRE CRISIS

State of emergency declared as bushfire conditions worsen

By Rick Feneley, Judith Whelan  Oct. 21, 2013, 7 a.m. Hundreds of thousands of people face a growing bushfire calamity, with the entire Blue Mountains area as well as Penrith and Richmond in danger of burning over the next few…
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herve September 6, 2013 Australian & New Zealand Disaster and Emergency Management Conference, Disaster & Emergency Management Conference, disaster assistance, disaster recovery, disaster relief, Emergency Management, Emergency Response, engineering, extreme weather, Hazard Management, logistics, Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery

The Value of Engineering and Logistics Capabilities Collaborating in Support of Disaster Management

Highly skilled engineers and logisticians provide critical value to disaster recovery programs in Australia. As enabling professions to disaster management engineers and logisticians are often employed across projects, programs and organisations, yet their relationship is rarely examined.  The combination of…
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