The Emergency Management Facilities dataset presents the spatial locations; in point format, of all known policing facilities, ambulance stations, metropolitan fire facilities, rural fire facilities and SES facilities and Other Emergency Management facilities within Australia.

Knowledge of the nature of buildings within CBD areas is fundamental to a broad range of decision making processes, including planning, emergency management and the mitigation of the impact of natural hazards. To support these activities, Geoscience Australia has developed a building information system called the National Exposure Information System (NEXIS) which provides information on buildings across Australia. Most of the building level information in NEXIS is statistically derived, but efforts are being made to include more detailed information on the nature of individual buildings, particularly in CBD areas. This is being achieved in Hobart through field survey work.

Knowledge of the nature of buildings within business precincts is fundamental to a broad range of decision making processes, including planning, emergency management and the mitigation of the impact of natural hazards. To support these activities, Geoscience Australia has developed a building information system called the National Exposure Information System (NEXIS) which provides information on buildings across Australia. Most of the building level information in NEXIS is statistically derived, but efforts are being made to include more detailed information on the nature of individual buildings, particularly in business districts. This is being achieved in Southbank through field survey work.

Knowledge of the nature of buildings within business precincts is fundamental to a broad range of decision making processes, including planning, emergency management and the mitigation of the impact of natural hazards. To support these activities, Geoscience Australia has developed a building information system called the National Exposure Information System (NEXIS) which provides information on buildings across Australia. Most of the building level information in NEXIS is statistically derived, but efforts are being made to include more detailed information on the nature of individual buildings, particularly in business districts. This is being achieved in Sydney through field survey work.

On 14 July 2019 a magnitude 6.6 (Mw) earthquake occurred in the Indian Ocean, 210 km WSW of Broome. This event, equal to the largest recorded in Australia, has provided an important learning opportunity. When the earthquake struck, Geoscience Australia issued an earthquake notification. The event was deemed ‘potentially tsunamigenic’, however, after further analysis, the Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Centre issued a national No Threat tsunami bulletin. No deaths or injuries were recorded and reports indicated only minor damage to buildings. Given the low frequency and potentially high impact of earthquakes on Broome, this event was a rare opportunity for the emergency management sector to improve its understanding of this hazard. Using Geoscience Australia’s crowdsourced “Felt Reports”, DFES internal incident management system records, media reports, social media and eyewitness accounts, DFES was able to carry out a detailed post incident analysis. Key opportunities include: Stronger “Drop, Cover and Hold” messaging, and an improved understanding and communication of self-evacuation triggers This poster presents WA Department of Fire and Emergency Services’ (DFES) insights and lessons learned from analysis of GA’s macroseismic information products (felt reports) as part of DFES’ post-event review of the Broome earthquake 14 July 2019. Prepared for the 2019 Australian Earthquake Engineering Society Conference, Newcastle, NSW, November 2019.

This web service provides access to the Foundation Facilities Points dataset. This contains the spatial location of publicly available data showing private and public hospitals, aged care facilities, education facilities and emergency management facilities.

The Emergency Management Facilities dataset presents the spatial locations, in point format, of all known policing facilities, ambulance stations, metropolitan fire facilities, rural fire facilities and SES facilities and Other Emergency Management facilities within Australia. Source Information: The primary information sources used to produce the Emergency Management Facilities Dataset was acquired from each Emergency Management State and Territory agency. Access to the required spatial data and attributes for each facility was coordinated with the support of Emergency Management Spatial Information Network Australia (EMSINA). 1. Australian Capital Territory ACT Emergency Services Agency http://esa.act.gov.au/ Australian Federal Police http://afp.gov.au/ 2. New South Wales Emergency Information Coordination Unit http://spatialservices.finance.nsw.gov.au/about_us/eicu Australian Federal Police http://afp.gov.au/ 3. Northern Territory NT Police Fire & Emergency Services https://www.pfes.nt.gov.au/ Australian Federal Police http://afp.gov.au/ 4. Queensland Qld Government Data Directory http://www.data.qld.gov.au/ Australian Federal Police http://afp.gov.au/ 5. South Australia SA Country Fire Service https://www.cfs.sa.gov.au SA State Emergency Service https://www.ses.sa.gov.au SA Government Data Directory http://data.sa.gov.au/dataset/emergency-services SA Police https://www.police.sa.gov.au/ Australian Federal Police http://afp.gov.au/ 6. Tasmania Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment http://dpipwe.tas.gov.au/ Australian Federal Police http://afp.gov.au/ 7. Victoria Vic Government Data Directory https://www.data.vic.gov.au/ Australian Federal Police https://afp.gov.au/ 8. Western Australia WA Government Data Directory https://data.wa.gov.au/ St John Ambulance WA https://stjohnwa.com.au/ Australian Federal Police https://afp.gov.au/

<div>Ask a Queenslander where tropical cyclones (TCs) occur, and the inevitable response will be North Queensland. Whilst most of the tropical cyclones have made landfall north of Bundaberg, the cascading and concurrent effects are felt much further afield. The major flooding following TC Yasi in 2011 and TC Debbie in 2017, are just two examples where impacts were felt across the State, and of course, the wind impacts to the banana plantation following TC Larry (2006) was felt nationally.&nbsp;</div><div> &nbsp;</div><div>South East Queensland has not been forgotten when it comes to tropical cyclone impact with an event crossing Coolangatta in 1954. There was also the more recent TC Gabrielle which tracked offshore on its path southwards to New Zealand.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Acknowledging that climate is influencing the intensity and frequency of more intense severe weather hazards, understanding how tropical cyclone hazard varies under future climate conditions is critical to risk-based planning in Queensland. With this climate influence, along with increasing population and more vulnerable building design in South East Queensland (relative to northern Queensland), there is an urgent need to assess the wind risk and set in place plans to reduce the impacts of a potential tropical cyclone impact in South East Queensland. <b>Citation:</b> Sexton, J., Tait, M., Turner, H., Arthur, C., Henderson, D., Edwards, M; Preparing for the expected: tropical cyclones in South East Queensland.<i> AJEM</i> 38:4, October 2023, pages 33-39.

This web service provides access to the Foundation Facilities Points dataset. This contains the spatial location of publicly available data showing private and public hospitals, aged care facilities, education facilities and emergency management facilities.

The Emergency Management service contains known spatial locations; in point format, of all known policing facilities, ambulance stations, metropolitan fire facilities, rural fire facilities and SES facilities and Other Emergency Management facilities within Australia.