
@article{ref1,
title="Australian warning system",
journal="Australian journal of emergency management",
year="2021",
author="Clark, Anthony",
volume="36",
number="1",
pages="11-12",
abstract="The 'Scaled Advice and Warning Framework for Bushfire' was agreed nationally in 2009 following the Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria in February 2009. While it was developed with urgency and national commitment, it is acknowledged that there was limited opportunity for community involvement or feedback on the framework.   These warning arrangements for bushfire have worked well since the Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council (AFAC) facilitated their development. They have been widely accepted over the past 10 years and understood by media and communities likely to be affected by bushfire.   Since 2009, considerable work to build a national capability to deliver timely and tailored warnings to communities has included developing the Public Information and Warnings Handbook and the National Warnings Principles as well as training and professional development for warnings practitioners. Fire and emergency services agencies have also invested in digital platforms to convey warnings to communities including websites and apps, and Australia's Emergency Alert telephone alerting system continues to be improved...<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1324-1540",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}