After the Black Summer bushfires of 2019-20, the Bushfires Royal Commission suggested Australia's emergency management agencies consider developing a single mobile phone app that provides ...

Emergency Management Australia, Director General Joe Buffone further commented, “The Emergency Alert system was originally implemented in response to the 2009 summer bushfires and continues to ...

There's more than 500,000 emergency management volunteers in Australia. They are predominantly male, average age 48 years, with very few from non-Anglo backgrounds.