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Person-Centred Emergency Preparedness (P-CEP) Workbook in the group Disaster Preparedness 3 months, 2 weeks ago
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Pete Williams posted an update in the group
Recovery and Rebuilding 3 months, 3 weeks ago
This article outlines the approach to developing an online service for disaster affected people by Bushfire Recovery Victoria https://www.salesforce.com/resources/customer-stories/bushfire-recovery-victoria/
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kate.admin replied to the topic
Commemorations and Memorials in the forum Community Development and Engagement 4 months ago
Here’s some more resources that may be helpful around anniversaries/commemorations;
Australia Child and Adolescent Trauma, Loss and Grief Network
Understanding and managing anniversary reactions – Tips for families affected by bushfires
“Anniversaries are times of remembering, reflecting and review. When the anniversary marks something sad,…[Read more] -
Jess Carey posted an update in the group
Community-Led Approaches 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Ensuring communities are a part of developing a coordinated response plan to areas that suffer from the effects of flood risk is asolutely critical to the plans success. As a part of recent project work, I have developed a process for completing these Flood Action Plans ensuring key communities members are involved. I would love any feedback on…[Read more]
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Jess Carey posted an update in the group
Disaster Preparedness 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Hi All – I had an article published in the Australian Journal of Emergency Management last year around the benefits in local authorities reviewing flood classifications at critical water level monitoring stations. It is absolutely critical that this review process is underpinned by significant input from local communities to ensure the connection…[Read more]
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Jess Carey joined the group
Disaster Preparedness 4 months, 2 weeks ago
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Jess Carey joined the group
Community-Led Approaches 4 months, 2 weeks ago
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Pete Williams started the topic
Creating a community based map of people and assets in the forum Disaster Preparedness 4 months, 2 weeks ago
<p>I live in the community of Upper Plenty and there is a group working on a community emergency management plan. The coomunity was hit hard on Black Saturday with lives and homes lost. One of the committee members asked me about being able to create a map that provided details of who was residing on each property and whehter they may need…[Read more]
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Sumarlinah Winoto replied to the topic
Commemorations and Memorials in the forum Community Development and Engagement 5 months ago
Thanks Kate!
In light of the 15th anniversary of the Black Saturday fires in Victoria, I wanted to share what Nillumbik Shire Council does in terms of commemoration.First and foremost, we are led by the affected communities. There is a memorial site in Strathewen, and the local community has a gathering on every anniversary. The Council doesn’t…[Read more]
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Kate_F started the topic
Commemorations and Memorials in the forum Community Development and Engagement 5 months ago
<p>During the February Get-Together, a conversation around disaster commemorations and memorial emerged. It would be helpful if we could continue a dialogue here around what some communities have experienced from lived expeirence, along with local council and emergency services contributions.</p>
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Linda Snell joined the group
Recovery and Rebuilding 5 months ago
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Pete Williams started the topic
Rebuilding after a Disaster in the forum Recovery and Rebuilding 5 months ago
<p>I was asked about issues faced when rebuilding after a disaster and thought i would strart a thread. This link is an article, in the Guardian, that I contibuted to about the combination of factors that made it so hard to rebuild after Black Summer.…[Read more]
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Community-Led Approaches 5 months, 3 weeks ago
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Sabrina Davis posted an update in the group
Community Development and Engagement 5 months, 3 weeks ago
In our latest Online Get Together we posed the following question: How can we engage communities more in disaster preparedness and recovery?
The answers from attendees of the online session can be found on our jam board here.
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Susan Henry joined the group
Disaster Preparedness 5 months, 4 weeks ago
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Susan Henry joined the group
Community-Led Approaches 5 months, 4 weeks ago
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Wade Charles posted an update in the group
Disaster Preparedness 6 months ago
Thinking a new Topic Tab titled Training and Development would benefit the multitude of online and other disaster preparedness risk reduction training.
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Hi Wade, thanks for the suggestion. We have been trying to keep the number of Knowledge communities down to not further confuse members, but I am open to this, of course. Do you think local initiatives and trainings could also be posted in the ‘community-led activities’ group or do you have something else in mind? Thanks for letting me know. Sabrina
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Hi Sabrina,
Thanks for your feedback and careful monitoring that will ensure tabs are relevant and don’t get out of control. Yes, they could. However, I believe they could be overlooked as personal development and other online courses are increasing and becoming more relevant within the interdisciplinary professions, and this would enable both…[Read more]
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Paul Cull joined the group
Disaster Preparedness 6 months, 1 week ago
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