2016 Resilient Australia Awards - NSW Winning Entries
Community
Winner: "Get Ready: A Model for Deaf Community Leadership"
NSW Deaf Society, NSW State Emergency Service, NSW Rural Fire Service, Fire and Rescue NSW, Australian Red Cross, University of Sydney
Using Deaf Community liaison Officers trained by emergency services, this project has empowered the Deaf community to move away from the traditional model of solely relying on hearing people for information in an emergency.
Highly Commended: "Beyond the Assembly Point' Children Services Workshops"
Australian Red Cross
This project encouraged children's services providers to challenge their preconceptions about the risks faced by children, babies and staff in an emergency and learn how to be better prepared.
Schools
Winner: The Hawkesbury Road Project
Catholic Education Commission NSW & Winmalee Rural Fire Brigade
Rural Fire Service volunteers and local schools worked together to develop preparedness plans
Highly Commended: Straw Hats, Thongs and Toothbrushes
Winmalee High School & Zeal Theatre Company
Year 9, 10 and 11 drama students from Winmalee High School wrote and performed a play for the community about the day of, the aftermath and recovery from the Winmalee bushfires 2013.
Government
Government: Climate Wise Communities Extension Project
Kur-ring-gai Council
Kur-ring-gai Council has built upon its pioneering disaster resilience program, Climate Wise Communities, into a suite of resources that can be used by councils in any location and any hazard.
Highly Commended: Measuring Community Engagement
NSW State Emergency Service, NSW Rural Fire Service, Fire and Rescue NSW
Development of the first common framework for evaluating community engagement activities undertaken by emergency services agencies.
Business category
Winner: Blue Mountains Bushfire Conference and Expo
Blue Mountains Economic Enterprise
This 2015 event brought business, communities, government and research bodies under the one roof to discuss the technology , products and services requires to build homes and landscape in a bushfire prone area.
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