“We have an obligation to protect our communities, using the latest in science and engineering to improve the safety of critical public infrastructure,” Cormac commented. The project used a multi-disciplinary approach that resulted in new bushfire protection approaches.

In particular, a way of applying existing bushfire protection standards to each school was developed in consultation with the Department and school principals. This included a unique scoring system for school shelter options was developed by Aurecon’s fire engineering teams.

The key outcomes for the project included:

Enhanced bushfire protection for over 220 Victorian schools
Identified the most common upgrades required for the buildings
The post-works defect rate, which is of critical importance for future planning
Customised designs for each school, which included assessment of emergency access, environmental and heritage values

The Emergency Management Conference will focus on improving our capacity to respond to natural disasters, and includes conference streams dealing with risk management, social media, emergency response and recovery following disasters.

Earth: Fire and Rain - The Australian and New Zealand Disaster and Emergency Management Conference will be held in Brisbane from 28 - 30 May 2013.

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