New tool to help firefighters predict spread of bushfires
Firefighters will use a new tool this bushfire season to better predict the speed and spread of bushfires.
13 January, 2022Firefighters will use a new tool this bushfire season to better predict the speed and spread of bushfires.
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2 November, 2020The Productivity Commission’s Report on Government Services (RoGS) has a section on Emergency Management. These are categorised as Fire and State and Territory Emergency Services (STES). Ambulance services are covered separately in the Health section of the report. Total government expenditure across Australia in 2016-17 for fire and STES services was $4.3 billion, around 1.9 […]
24 January, 2018By Paul Hemsley As the federal government prepares to switch broadcasting in Australia from analogue-to-digital technology, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has created a “class licence” that will enable emergency service organisations (ESO) across the nation use 50 MHz of spectrum in the 4.9 GHz band to communicate with headquarters. The wideband spectrum […]
11 June, 2013By Paul Hemsley Victorian Minister for Police and Emergency Services Kim Wells has announced that upgrades to the Country and Fire Authority’s (CFA) fire trucks to protect the fire fighters from deadly burnover will be extended to include more appliances. A “burnover” is when a fire has surrounded a brigade crew and their truck, providing […]
14 May, 2013By Paul Hemsley Victorian Minister for Police and Emergency Services Kim Wells has announced that the state’s Country Fire Authority’s (CFA) of almost 500 brigades will now be able to talk directly with headquarters over a new digital communications network. The communications upgrade has come through the Regional Radio Dispatch Service (RRDS) project, valued at […]
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