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 Brisbane through field survey work.

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.

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.

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.

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 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 Sydney through field survey work.

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.

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 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 North Sydney through field survey work.