Easy English. Making Communications Easier to Understand — ASN Events
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2:00PM - 2:30PM
Hoskins/McCabe Room

Easy English. Making Communications Easier to Understand.

Amy Riebe
Community Partners and Engagement Project Officer
SA Country Fire Service

Most fire services have key written documents, such as the Bush Fire Survival Plan, containing detailed and sometimes complex concepts. Strong reliance is often placed on the written word through websites, apps and printed documents and brochures. However, 44 percent of adults in Australia have difficulty reading and understanding written information.
Easy English supports people with limited literacy to understand written information. Material is written in every day words, using simple sentence structures and supporting messages with meaningful and clear images. With this in mind the SA Country Fire Service has developed a ‘Bushfire Safety Guide’ written in Easy English.