Emergency alert Office of the Emergency Services Commissioner

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TextPublication details: Victoria : Office of the Emergency Services Commissioner 2010.Description: 5 pgs. 28 cmSubject(s):

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384.5

Summary: The Emergency Alert project team, led by the Office of the Emergency Services Commissioner (Vic), worked in partnership with the community, the private sector, state and federal governments and agencies to deliever Australia's first telephone emergency warning system in December 2009. Emergency Alert allows the emergency services to send life-saving messages via mobile and landline phones to targeted communities, helping build community resilience through timely intervention. The project involved a high level of technological innovation and a significant amount of engagement with the comunity and the emergency services, delivering the system successfully under tight timelines and engendering a high level of community awareness and support. Emergency services have already used Emergency Alert to send thousands of messages on a range of hazards.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Safer Community Awards	Australian Emergency Management Library	BOOK	384.5 EME (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		900121310

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The Emergency Alert project team, led by the Office of the Emergency Services Commissioner (Vic), worked in partnership with the community, the private sector, state and federal governments and agencies to deliever Australia's first telephone emergency warning system in December 2009. Emergency Alert allows the emergency services to send life-saving messages via mobile and landline phones to targeted communities, helping build community resilience through timely intervention. The project involved a high level of technological innovation and a significant amount of engagement with the comunity and the emergency services, delivering the system successfully under tight timelines and engendering a high level of community awareness and support. Emergency services have already used Emergency Alert to send thousands of messages on a range of hazards.

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