Making Queensland the most disaster resilient state in Australia
Natural disasters like the recent bushfires impact all members of the community including children.
To help children build their resilience in the face of natural disasters, Australian Red Cross is assisting primary school students to cope with, and prepare for, emergencies and natural disasters through the Pillowcase Project.
MARS is the Management and Reporting System developed by the Queensland Reconstruction Authority (QRA) to support councils and state agencies with disaster funding applications.
MARS has now been live for a year and we would love to hear your feedback. If you have used MARS in the 2018-19 disaster season, please follow the link below to complete a short anonymous survey (10 minutes).
A number of Queensland initiatives have been awarded for their outstanding contribution to building community resilience to disasters at the 2019 Resilient Australia Awards in Adelaide today.
Sunshine Coast Regional Council took first prize for the National Local Government Award for its Get Ready Schools program which delivers interactive presentations to local schools. The program aims to empower students to help build their community’s ability to prepare for, respond to and recover from disasters.
