IAG uses drones to assess Victorian bushfire insurance claims
IAG has used drones to assess damage caused by bushfires in the Great Ocean Road area of Victoria during December 2015.
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Powerline fault detection system cuts bushfire risk
Researchers from RMIT University have developed a fault detection system that can alert electricity companies of discharges on powerlines, reducing the chances of starting bushfires.
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Federal Government to upgrade Emergency Alert service
The Federal Government is to upgrade the Emergency Alert warning system, pushing the service, which delivers SMS notifications about natural disasters out to mobile handsets, to all Australian mobile networks.
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Country Fire Authority CIO, Michael Foreshew
Decision making can be a critical process for any IT professional, but at the Country Fire Authority (CFA) it can be a matter of life and death. As a cancer survivor and father of an autistic child, Michael Foreshew took on the challenge in an effort to give something back to the community.
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Vic deploys airborne fire spies
The Victorian government has outfitted its fire-spotting aircraft with video cameras to spot fires and monitor the effectiveness of fire-fighting efforts.