herve September 10, 2013 Australian & New Zealand Disaster and Emergency Management Conference, Disaster & Emergency Management Conference, disaster management education, Emergency Management, online disaster information

Designing a decision support system to aid evacuation planning

The horrendous flooding and bushfire events of the last few years have resulted in numerous evacuations, despair, loss of life and risks to first responders in their transition from evacuation to rescue. It is considered that evacuation processes can be…
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herve July 4, 2013 Disaster & Emergency Management Conference, Emergency Management, Emergency Response, mobile applications, mobile disaster alert, Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery, online disaster information

Effective use of Mobile Apps & Online Space during Disasters

It seems the popularity of smartphones and mobile applications are driving demand for mobile disaster information.  Kim Amos (Chief Executive Officer, Bold Communications) and Mr Rick Hoys (Chief Executive Officer, iApps) recently spoke on this at the recent Australian & New Zealand Disaster and Emergency Management Conference…
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