Fast-Running Interface Fires. How Do We Get the Message Out? — ASN Events
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11:30AM - 12:00PM
Kembla/Keira rooms

Fast-Running Interface Fires. How Do We Get the Message Out?

Andrew Kaye
A/Community Safety Coordinator Blue Mountains
NSW Rural Fire Service

Emerging warnings and communications technologies, such as social media and smart phone applications, are an effective means of delivering timely and accurate information to people being affected by a bush fire.
Fast running interface fires have the potential to endanger lives and property very quickly. Operational resources for rescue, resident relocations and property protection are likely to be stretched. The experience of the Linksview Road and Mt York Road fires have forced reflection on the deployment of Community Field Liaison Officers into these dynamic and hazardous environments.