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Insights into strategies & issues for Community Resilience
Lew Short Group Manager Community Resilience
“The world has entered the era of ‘mega
crisis’ or catastrophic emergencies whose
force and magnitude defy even the best
laid plans and the most robust response
systems” Professor Paul ‘t Hart
Public policy is ge@ng more complex
• People expect informaBon as it
arrives
• Our previous good responses may
have created a culture of
immediacy in the community
• Over the next 100 years projected temperature rise is
likely to be greater than any seen
over the last 1000 years.
• There will be less water in South
Eastern Australia and
temperatures will rise by 1.4 –
5.8 decrees Celsius (BOM).
Some NSW Fire Seasons
2002/03 2006/07 2009/10
Number of bush fires statewide 459 2,871 4,104
Duration of Bush Fire Emergencies (days)
151 days 113 days 118 days
Area Burnt (ha) 1,465,000 438,218 366,159
Residential Homes destroyed 86 8 24
Lessons Learnt from Victoria
• Plain language, get away from jargon & make informaBon accessible
• Speed of change and expectaBons • Challenge of ge@ng informaBon in and making it into intelligence
• Is it enough that people discuss what they will do, do they need to have a wriZen plan
• Can community make decisions in Bmes of stress
On an average day: • 47 billion (non spam) emails • 95 million tweets on TwiZer • 30 billion pieces of content
shared on Facebook Source. The Emergence of a New Asset Class. World Economic
Forum (2011)
– The Social Media landscape can be
monitored and influenced, but not
controlled.
– ESO need to become part of the
conversaBon.
– Social Media is an important tool to assist in
ge@ng the ‘Safety Message’ out to the
community.
Limit to dire
ct aZack
Parallel aZack
Indirect aZack
Defen
sive
Limit to safe op
eraB
on of
helicop
ters (~
50km
/h)
PotenBal: • Loss of radio & telco towers • Loss of situaBonal awareness
Capacity of community to receive and act on triggers
Focus on suppression
Focus on life safety
fires on the ne
ws
fires on the ne
ws, smoke
Soon to be… Principal Emergency Management & Resilience Eco Logical Australia
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