HAZARDS, DISASTERS AND SURVIVAL FOREWORD Emergency Management Australia (EMA) and related organisations in the eight states/territories receive many requests from the public, particularly students and teachers, seeking information on a wide range hazards and disasters, both in Australia and overseas. This booklet will be of assistance in answering many of those questions including vital ones about survival through prevention, risk reduction and preparedness.
Enquiries are also received about Australia’s emergency/disaster management arrangements and the integral role of EMA and the various state/territory emergency management authorities.. Therefore a summary of this information is included in Chapter 1.
Information contained in this booklet was researched, written and prepared for publication by EMA’s Disaster Awareness Program from our own and various other sources including the authorities acknowledged (opposite) and was incorporated into the publication in consultation with a practising secondary school teacher.
Although secondary school students are the primary target audience of this book, it is also intended as a comprehensive reference for the whole community in the interests of public safety and community awareness and education.
For more detailed, specific information (except about fires"), ask your State/Territory Emergency Service (S/TES) for the EMA poster map of ‘Australia’s Natural Hazard Zones’ and for individual pamphlets or booklets on the hazards that may concern or affect you, including class sets and teachers kits for schools.. Postal addresses appear below. *(More detailed fire information can be obtained through your local fire service).
EMA also publishes and distributes a 120 page book called ‘Hazard-Wise’. It is specifically designed as a geography/science teachers’ preparational and classroom source, and complements this students’ booklet.
| Queensland Disaster Management Service Department of Emergency Services PO Box 1425 BRISBANE Qld 4006
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Australian Capital Territory Emergency
Services Bureau Department of Urban Services GPO Box 104 CANBERRA ACT 2601 |
| New South Wales State Emergency Service PO Box MC6126 WOLLONGONG NSW 2500
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State Emergency Service, South Australian GPO Box 1539 ADELAIDE SA 5001 |
| Victoria State Emergency Service 151 Sturt Street SOUTH MELBOURNE VIC 2053
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Tasmania State Emergency Service GPO Box 1290N HOBART TAS 7001 |
| Western Australian State Emergency Service 91 Leake Street BELMONT WA 6104
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Northern Territory Emergency Service PO Box 39764 WINNELLIE NT 0821 |
For further information on hazard safety and related school resources visit EMA’s
Internet Home Page: http://www.ema.gov.au/schools
http://www.ema.gov.au/hazardsafe
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EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
AUSTRALIA, PO Box 1020 Dickson, Australian Capital Territory 2602, AUSTRALIA Telephone: + 61 (0) 2 6266 5402 Facsimile: +61 (0) 2 6266 5029 Email: ema@ema.gov.au AUSTRALIAN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE,
Mount Macedon Road, Mount Macedon, Victoria 3441, AUSTRALIA |
| This page was last updated May 31, 2001 |
