Australia is ready to assist Indonesia and surrounding region after an earthquake off the coast of West Java last night was followed by a tsunami, the Attorney-General Philip Ruddock said today. The...
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Indonesia: Australian medical team to help earthquake victims in Java
A team of medical personnel departs today for Yogyakarta as part of the Australian aid effort to the quake ravaged region. Attorney-General Philip Ruddock approved the deployment under...
Medical evaluation plan to assist injured in East Timor
The Attorney-General Philip Ruddock has approved the activation of a mass casualty evacuation plan to bring injured people from East Timor to Darwin for treatment. Two critically injured East...
Indian ocean earthquakes
Three strong earthquakes have occured below the Indian Ocean off the west coast of Sumatra with the possibility of a tsunami affecting islands in the region. The largest earthquake, 8.7 on the...
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Cook Islands and Tokelau: Australia leads UN team to help in cyclone torn Pacific
Australia is leading a United Nations disaster assessment team being sent to help cyclone torn Pacific nations, Attorney-General Philip Ruddock announced today. An officer from Emergency Management...
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Australia to provide more support to Indonesia and the Maldives
The Australian Government is poised to provide additional public health and technical support to help restore vital infrastructure destroyed by the tsunami in Banda Aceh in Indonesia and the...
Guiding principles for school based response following disasters
"Guiding principles for school based response following disasters" outlines how shools should address the psychosocial effects of major disassters to children, drawing on the experience from the...
Fiji: Heavy rain causes second Suva flood
Torrential rain has caused widespread flooding in and around Fiji's capital, Suva, creating fresh havoc among homes, shops and crops. The latest floods have come just one week after a rainstorm left...
Australia sending cyclone recovery help to Vanuatu
Australia is responding to the needs of Vanuatu's cyclone-torn community, by sending emergency consequence management advisers and emergency shelter and water supplies Attorney-General Philip Ruddock...
Critical Infrastructure Emergency Risk Management and Assurance
This handbook provides information for senior emergency risk managers dealing with critical infrastructure. For this purpose, it deals with the following issues: - Establish the context - Identify...
Guidelines for Psychological Services Practice - Final Draft
The purpose of these guidelines is to offer practitioners with insights, principles and strategies in key facets of assessment and delivery of psychological services in the disaster context. They aim...
Preparing for the Unexpected
This booklet outlines some practical steps to help you be better prepared for an emergency and to let you know what to do if one occurs. The following sections are developped: - Preparing for...
Guidelines for Emergency Managers working with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities
These Guidelines for emergency managers working with culturally and linguistically diverse communities offer practical guidelines for providing equitable and accessible emergency services. Based on...
EMA extends emergency assistance to Tonga
About 20 tonnes (t) of emergency relief supplies will be transported early tomorrow in a Defence Force Hercules C130 from Australia to Tonga following extensive housing and infrastructure damage...
Disaster Loss Assessment Guidelines
These Guidelines provide an explanation of the process of loss assessment, and examines the steps required to carry out an economic assessment of disaster losses. For this purpose, it looks at the...
Planning Safer Communities
These guidelines seek to demonstrate how integrated land use planning can be used to reduce the impact of natural hazards and avoid risk to life, property and environmental systems from natural...
EMA Current Emergency Assistance to East Timor: Updated 13 Dec 1999
Location: East Timor Incident Date: 6 September 1999 Hazard Type: Civil Unrest Summary: The result of the United Nations sponsored popular consultation on a special autonomy for East Timor within the...
EMA Current Emergency Assistance to East Timor: Updated 5 Oct 1999
Location: East Timor Incident Date: 6 September 1999 Hazard Type: Civil Unrest Summary: The result of the United Nations sponsored popular consultation on a special autonomy for East Timor within the...
EMA current emergency: Taiwan Earthquake Updated 5 Oct 1999
Location: Taiwan Incident Date: 21 September 1999 Hazard Type: Earthquake Summary: On Tuesday 21 September a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Taiwan, causing at least 2000 deaths and extensive damage...
EMA current emergency: Taiwan Earthquake
Location: Taiwan Incident Date: 21 September 1999 Hazard Type: Earthquake Summary: On Tuesday 21 September a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Taiwan, causing at least 2000 deaths and extensive damage...