State Emergency Management Projects - Approved projects 2015-17
Total funding: $2,306,103
Volunteer Marine Rescue NSW
Risk Management App
Develop a tool to educate volunteers about risk management requirements and best practise.
Public Works Advisory
Floods Near Me NSW Review
Review of the Floods Near Me NSW (Version 1) app.
NSW Police Force
Regional Emergency Management Officer review
A review of the Regional Emergency Management Officer position.
Office of Emergency Management
Emergency Management Surge Program
Development of governance arrangements for management of the Emergency Management Surge Program which draws officers from multiple government agencies. This includes recruitment and training.
NSW Ambulance
Emergency evacuation exercises for health and aged care facilities
Develop a framework for health and aged care facilities to undertake emergency evacuation exercises which can be used by a single stand-alone facility up to the multi-facility level using the EmergoTrain System.
Office of Emergency Management
Welfare Services - strengthening capability to support metropolitan communities
Enhance the capability of the Welfare Services Functional Area to support disaster affected communities living in metropolitan areas and or high density communities.
University of NSW
Community Understanding of Coastal Erosion: improving resiliency and preparedness to coastal storms and sea level rise
Create educational material to assist coastal communities in NSW to understand, prepare for, and adapt to ongoing and future coastal erosion due to storms and sea level rise.
University of Newcastle
Understanding the submarine landslide hazard to NSW
Detailed inundation modelling of submarine landslide gemerated tsunami at several NSW sites to ascertain how often they are likely to occur.
NSW State Emergency Service
A total flood storm and tsunami warnings system for NSW
Develop an overarching framework and principles for flood, storm and tsunami warnings, and a training package for emergency service organisation members.
NSW State Emergency Service
Project U-turn: reversing the trend of drivers entering floodwater
A state-wide risk analysis, to test actions that will develop a State Action Plan.
Hunter Councils Inc.
Integrating disaster preparedness into local government operations
Raise awareness and build disaster preparedness capactiy and resources in Councils across NSW through the Integrated Planning and Reporting Framework.
Office of Emergency Management
Emergency Management Operations System (EMOS) Coordination and Evaluation
The Emergency Management Operations System will support local emergency operations centres by providing a common interoperable IT platform. A training package will be delivered to local and regional emergency management committees.
Office of Emergency Management (on behalf of the State Emergency Management Committee)
Natural Disaster Expenditure Arrangements
Facilitate the introduction of the Commonwealth's up-front block-grant funding model. Develop training information and tools for stakeholders.