News about natural disasters
  • Q&A: Emergency 2.0 Wiki

    Australia and the rest of the world had been hit with a spate of natural disasters in the past 12 months, whereby Emergency 2.0 Wiki was born from out of the rubble. Project leader, Eileen Culleton, spoke to Computerworld Australia about the project and the role that social media will play in the future of communications during natural disasters.

  • Tips for an effective disaster recovery plan

    According to some estimates, 2011 has become the year of billion-dollar natural disasters. With floods, storms and fires now a top-of-mind business risk concern, IBM has announced six tips that individuals, businesses and government agencies can use to help prepare their IT environments for natural disasters and a wide range of other threats.

  • Technology not key in disaster warnings

    The role of technology in emergency warnings and procedures is not of critical importance to their effectiveness, the chief executive of the Australasian Fire Authorities Council (AFAC) has said.

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    $600 million to fix Qld police radio system

    Upgrading Queensland's police radio system to digital technology would cost around $600 million, the floods inquiry has heard.

  • Authorities learn to 'tweet' in disasters

    Emergency authorities and media experts will meet in Brisbane next week to learn how to better use social media in disasters.

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