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Session Description:

Come join us for an up-close look at the AUAVS Remote Operations Centre, where we'll be unveiling the capabilities of the AUAVS Drone in a Box (DIAB) system. This in-person demo day is a unique opportunity to witness live DIAB operations, showcasing the innovation and effectiveness of our technology in search and rescue scenarios. Discover firsthand how AUAVS is revolutionising UAV applications for Surf Life Saving NSW and our emergency service partners.

Session Description:

The Emergency Management Spatial Information Network Australia (EMSINA) have an annual workplan task to pry out the key learnings in the technology space, particularly around the use of location technologies and spatial information. Have we learnt from past disasters? How have emergency management organisations adapted their systems to the pressures of continuous emergencies? What are the new learnings in our rapidly expanding use of spatial technologies?

Spatial Information technologies comprise a range of disciplines which come together to provide valuable input across the Emergency Management sector. More commonly referred to as ‘mapping’, but definitely not just about making maps. Spatial Sciences are at the heart of dispatching, resource allocation, warnings, pre-incident planning, incident statistical reporting, fire & flood modelling, remote sensing, plume modelling, impact assessment, smart devices, machine learning and field mapping - all key decision support areas in emergency management. 

Through full presentations, lightning talks and facilitated discussions, EMSINA will present examples of the use and the growing demands of Geospatial intelligence technologies as applied in within the emergency services organisations, Local/State/Federal Governments and also those used to feed public information demands. During this professional development opportunity, you will see presentations from our Emergency Service Organisations and Government from across Australia along with some of the major vendors of location technologies. We will hear about the latest applications and tools that drive data driven decision making, trendas and common national scale directions and most important we will focus on what the future holds in an ever-increasing need for Geospatial in modern digital solutions. This program is coordinated by the Emergency Management Spatial Information Network Australia (EMSINA).

Session Description:

This event will examine the correlation between fire engineering principles in building design and incident command decisions made at a fire event.

The workshop will bring senior level incident commanders and fire safety experts together to discuss the critical factors in building design and fire systems within a building to understand the impact they have on a fire’s behaviour within a structure and the flow on effect that this would have for an incident commander making operational decisions on scene. This will be complimented by experts in the decision-making process whilst under pressure.

A key component of this workshop will be a simulated fire event narrated by an incident commander and fire engineer in tandem, examining the development of a fire and the influence of different fire safety design features on the outcomes of the event.

Session Description:

Join this field trip to learn more about resilience and recovery in the Blue Mountains through the Resilient Villages project. Visit a Resilience Villages project site - hear from community leaders, see local initiatives in action, and explore community-led resilience building. Resilient Villages is driven by community engagement from a grassroots level; and works with some of the communities who were worst hit by the 2019/20 bushfires and floods/land-slips in the area. With the help of the project, they are driving their own journey of recovery, while at the same time building their communities’ resilience. 

Resilient Villages is a three-year pilot project funded through the Federal Government. More info: https://resilientvillages.au/ 

Session Description:

Participants will be provided an SME-guided overview of the delivery of a multiagency Flood Rescue Operator course, incl facility operations, and demonstrations of flood rescue training methodology and capabilities.

The NSW SES will also have the latest flood rescue vessels and High Clearance Vehicles on display - with SMEs on-hand.

Participants will be provided the opportunity (optional) to participate in an in-water training experience (rafting) at an additional cost of $160 per person (90mins).

Session Description:

A flood-expert-guided bus tour of the Hawkesbury Nepean Valley which poses the #1 flood-impact risk in NSW. Includes site-visits of key infrastructure and high-risk locations, and will be followed by an on-water tour of the river by flood rescue boat

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