What is our science about, and how will our emergency service partners benefit? Hear direct from our end-users and researchers in the short videos below. Also available are recaps from the six themes of #AFAC15, our annual conference with AFAC. Included below is 'The challenge of information management', but there are more available via our YouTube channel covering: building community resilience, reform in emergency management, the science and modelling of natural hazards, supporting our people and challenging our culture and shared responsibility.
The first clip features cluster lead researcher Prof Stephen Dovers (The Australian National University) discussing the 'Governance and institutional knowledge' cluster - why the research is important and the main problems it is trying to solve.
How can emergency services better work with animal owners, whether it be livestock or pets, during emergencies? Dr Mel Taylor, Macquarie University, is leading the CRC project on this important topic and explains the problems the research is trying to solve.
What is the 'Scoping remote north Australian community resilience' project about, what are the benefits of this research, and how will end-user partners benefit? Project leader Adj Prof Jeremy Russell-Smith (Charles Darwin University) and Mark Ashley (Bushfires NT) explain in the video below.
Tuesday 13 October was the International Day for Disaster Reduction and the CRC marked it with a special public event in Perth. A brief overview is below, featuring, Prof Carmen Lawrence – University of Western Australia, researcher on community perceptions of risk when experiencing hazards, Erin Fuery – State Manger Emergency Services, Australian Red Cross and Anne Garland - Research Associate, Applied Research in Environmental Sciences Nonprofit in the US.
Conference delegates discussing the challenges of information management.