EMPA AUSTRALIA 2024 AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL RECIPIENTS OF THE
EMPA AUSTRALIA 2024 AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS
The EMPA Australia 2024 Awards for Excellence in Emergency Communications were presented at the conference dinner in Canberra on 5 June 2024.
Congratulations to all recipients!
Entries for the 2025 awards will open in February 2025.
READINESS & RESILIENCE
Winner
- Plant Health Australia
- Department of Agriculture and Fisheries QLD
- Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action VIC
- Department of Primary Industries NSW
- Animal Health Australia,
with the project, “National Biosecurity Training Hub”
Highly commended
Get Ready Queensland team at the Queensland Reconstruction Authority with the campaign, “Encouraging Queenslanders to Get Ready – a multi-channel approach to state-wide preparedness”
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Winner
- Natural Hazards Research Australia
- Leadrrr
- Country Fire Authority
- Harkaway Primary School,
with the project, “Schools in Fire Country”
Highly commended
Australian Disaster Alliance with the program “Resilience Passport”
RESPONSE
Winner
Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet with, “Queensland Government Crisis Communication Network – response to severe weather triple threat”
Highly commended
Northern Territory Government Department of Chief Minister and Cabinet with, “Northern Territory – Emergency messages in language”
RESEARCH
Winner
- Natural Hazards Research Australia;
- Macquarie University;
- Queensland University of Technology;
- University of Southern Queensland;
- New South Wales SES; and,
- Queensland Fire and Emergency Services,
with the research project, “Community experiences of the 2022 Australian floods – Queensland and New South Wales”
Highly Commended
Victorian State Government Department of Families, Fairness and Housing with the project, “Communicating and engaging with people most at risk in emergencies: Better practice recommendations “
RECOVERY
Winner
Department of Fire and Emergency Services WA with “The Kimberley Floods State Recovery Communications Project”.
EMPA celebrates outstanding work in emergency communications across Australia
EMPA aims to set benchmarks, celebrate best-practice and build a community of practice for the benefit of emergency communicators and the communities they serve.
The annual EMPA Australia Awards for Excellence in Emergency Communications aims to highlight outstanding emergency communications work undertaken in Australia over the past year.
The awards are judged in six categories:
- Readiness and resilience
- Response
- Recovery
- Research
- Media
- Community engagement
Download the criteria from the boxes below.
Submissions are also judged in relation to their response to the EMPA Principles. Download the Principles below.
WHY ENTER?
The Awards are about recognising success. Enter the Awards to acknowledge your team and their work.
Use the submission process to profile your operational practices and understand what ‘worked’ to create that success.
Benchmark your performance against the industry’s best.
Benefit from the exposure generated by the Awards to boost your profile.
Use the prestige of winning an award in your marketing and collateral to further promote your organisation’s credibility.
A rewarding experience for your staff to know that they are part of a winning team.
Nominate your staff for individual awards to recognise their personal success and achievements.
ELIGIBILITY
The EMPA Australia Awards for Excellence in Emergency Communications are open to:
- All who make an active contribution to emergency management in Australia in any capacity provided that their activity is directly associated with communication / public information.
- Students, tutors or teaching staff in any accredited tertiary institution, whose research is directly related to emergency management in Australia.
- Journalists, including freelancers, who report on hazards and/or emergency responses in Australia.
- Individuals, teams and organisations are all eligible for nomination.
- The project, activity, research or coverage which is the subject of the nomination must be contemporary in nature, ie. carried out or substantially completed within the previous 12 months ending 31 March 2024
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Each entry must be:
- Made via the online entry form
- Provide sufficient information and supporting documents (up to 5) to clearly explain the entry and its response to the criteria.
CRITERIA
Readiness and Resilience
A project or activity that contributes to improved community preparedness and / or resilience.
Research
Research that advances emergency communication by:
- Improving community preparedness and / or resilience; or
- Increasing the effectiveness of communication during an emergency response; or
- Enabling agencies to better support communities recovering from an adverse event.
Media
Media reporting emergencies and/or emergency management with:
- In-depth and balanced coverage of a topic that increases public understanding of a hazard or an emergency response.
- Comprehensive and accurate reporting before or during an emergency response, contributing to public safety.
Community Engagement
Community-focused communications and engagement that involves:
- Collaborating effectively with diverse and varied communities.
- Promoting collaborative communication methods and engagement with the aim that communities will eventually drive their own programs.