Recently I have had an opportunity to discuss with an NGO a forecast heavy rain event, and was reminded that many organisations, including civil society-based NGOs and local government still do not see ”saving lives”...
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(This item was written by Ronda Oberlin. It is not my habit to cut and paste other’s work...
Read MoreI’ve noticed that Canada has a new Alert system which includes the electronic media. It’s a welcome step, and I cant understand why it took so long to organise....
Read MoreNew research undertaken in Australia relating to bushfires is repeatedly showing that what we know about human behaviour in bushfires isn’t changing. Funny that. Dr Rob Gordon says we use the “reptilian brain”...
Read MoreIn Australia emergency agencies and others have access to nationally defined emergency warning guidelines. They are here: http://www.em.gov.au/Emergency-Warnings/Pages/default.aspx They haven’t been updated since 2009....
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