LIVING WITH OUR CHANGING CLIMATE

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LIVING WITH OUR CHANGING CLIMATE (Indian Ocean
Climate Initiative)
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Fire and Emergency Services Authority of Western
Australia

• FESA was established on 1 January 1999 by
  bringing together the existing fire and emergency
  services agencies and departments in Western
  Australia.

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Who is FESA?

• State Emergency Service
• Fire Services
• Fire Rescue Service
• Bush Fire Service
• Volunteer Marine Rescue Services
• Emergency Management Services
• Community Safety
• Business Services
• Human Services

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Overview of Service

• In addition to providing emergency response, FESA
  through its volunteers, staff and partners also
  undertake a wide-range of prevention and
  preparedness programs and assist the community
  with recovery after emergencies.

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Community Safety

• Conducts research into safety issues within the
  community which is used to design suitable
  programs and strategies for volunteers and staff
  to increase the safety of their communities.
• This includes schools and community education,
  environmental issues, incident investigation and
  structural building safety.

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Prevention?To increase community awareness of
hazards and involvement in minimising their
impact

• In partnership, develop and implement prevention
  and awareness initiatives.
• Influence and support responsible authorities and
  agencies to ensure appropriate building codes,
  zoning and land use management strategies are in
  place.
• Conducting building and plan inspections and
  encouraging compliance.
• Initiating or supporting the development of
  appropriate legislation.

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Preparedness?To provide and maintain appropriate
and adequate infrastructure, equipment, skilled
personnel, plans and programs in preparation for
emergencies

• Ensuring adequate human and physical resources
• Ensuring operational plans and procedures
• Ensuring operational response plans are related
  to the communities they will serve
• Influencing the application of appropriate
  emergency management arrangements
• Assisting the community and local governments in
  their own preparations for emergencies

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OUR VISION
OUR MISSION

• In partnership with the people of Western
  Australia to
• Improve community safety practices and
• Provide timely, quality and effective emergency
  services.

A safer community
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In partnership with the people of Western
AustraliaImprove community safety practices

• It is important for science based
  organizations such as yours and FESA work
  together to identify new approaches to solve
  existing and emerging problems. The knowledge
  gained can then feed back into our organizations

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Questions?