Cyclone Season and Your Site: How Facilities Managers Can Lead a Safer ResponseEvery cyclone season, facilities along Australia’s coastline face the same challenge — destructive winds, storm surge, and flooding with very little warning. The difference between an orderly response and dangerous chaos comes down to your people, your plan, and how well they’ve trained.Most..
Inside a Cyclone Deployment: One SES Volunteer’s StoryAustralian Fire Protection (AFP) trainer, James Fludder deployed with the Queensland SES to assist communities devastated by Tropical Cyclone Narelle. Here’s what he experienced on the ground — and what it reinforced about the human side of emergency response.When Tropical Cyclone Narelle made landfall on Western Australia’s northwest..
How Safe Are Your Public Places?Safety in Our Crowded PlacesWith an ever-increasing occurrence of violence and a turbulent world, we need to consider how safe our public places are from terrorism and armed offenders — and whether that assessment should also extend to natural disasters.Australia has historically been relatively safe from active shooter events, underpinned..