Emergency Management Australia (EMA)
Emergency Management Australia is
the Australian Government agency responsible for reducing the impact
of emergencies on the Australian community. It is also the lead
Australian Government agency for emergency response.
EMA provides dedication and expertise to the emergency management
aspects of community safety. EMA makes an essential contribution
to ensuring coordinated Australian Government criminal justice,
security and emergency management activity, for a safer Australia.
EMA works closely with Victoria and other States to achieve
a number of prevention, response and recovery activities. These
are outlined in the Emergency Management Manual Victoria. (The
manual is available on the Office of the Emergency Services Commissioner website website - see chapter 6-33. )
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Country Fire Authority
CFA works with the community to improve safety through prevention,
community preparedness, education and fire protection activities
such as:
- Development/enforcement of relevant legislation and regulations.
Planning and/or implementing improved safety and information
systems.
- Supporting the development of an aware and prepared community.
- Community development process to enable communities to deal
with emergencies.
- Provision of support through information, resources or coordination
to other organisations or personnel preparing for or engaging
in prevention tasks.
- Risk profiling to identify key safety processes and priorities.
- Planning and/or providing anything ancillary to the matters
listed above.
Extracted from the Emergency
Management Manual Victoria (chapter 6-18), available
on the Office of the Emergency Services Commissioner website.
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