Natural Disaster Resilience Grants Scheme - NSW Approved Projects announced

Almost 100 projects worth more than $19 million have been approved across New South Wales under a national program to help protect communities against the impact of natural disasters. NSW Emergency Services Minister Steven Whan has announced that 96 NSW projects, worth $19.6 million, have been approved, enabling councils and other agencies to conduct natural disaster risk assessments and planning and to carry out a range of natural disaster risk reduction works.

Successful projects include flood studies in Bankstown, Auburn, Moree and Bellingen, levee bank works at Nyngan and Brewarrina, major drainage works at Gosford and community education programs in the Hunter Valley and Campbelltown.

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Complete list of the Natural Disaster Resilience Grants Scheme - NSW Approved Projects 2010/11 (PDF 359KB)
Media Release: $19m disaster projects to help make NSW communities safer

sydneyALERT

sydneyALERT is one of the communication tools that would be used to provide information to the community during an emergency, including direct advice from emergency services personnel.

The sydneyALERT system is a free "opt-in" service for emergency services to alert the public of Sydney to events that could disrupt normal business. It is aimed at building managers, emergency wardens and security staff, providing them with information and instructions to help them manage and assist staff and others in their buildings during an incident.

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Emergency Management Training

Emergency Management NSW has just released its activities program for 2010/2011

Courses and exercises are offered by the Emergency Management NSW and the Attorney General's Department. Training is delivered by 18 District Emergency Management Officers throughout the state.

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NSW Recovery Plan

The NSW Recovery Plan outlines the strategic intent, responsibilities, authorities and the mechanisms for disaster recovery in New South Wales. The Recovery Plan, which will be supported by guidelines, allows for the development and implementation of a planned recovery following a natural disaster or other emergency.

The purpose of the NSW Recovery Plan is to provide a broad framework for a range of more localised and event-specific recovery plans, which will be tailored to the requirements of each disaster or emergency, and which support the affected community to manage its own recovery.

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