AWARDS WINNERS
EMPA Australia Awards for Excellence in Communication
The Annual EMPA Awards for Excellence in Emergency Communication have been established to recognise those who have made a significant contribution to emergency communications in Australia and New Zealand.
WINNERS & HIGHLY COMMENDED 2020
The Australian EMPA Awards 2020 were presented via live webcast during the conference.
JUMP TO: READINESS AND RESILIENCE | RESPONSE | RECOVERY | MEDIA | RESEARCH
For emergency communication – Readiness and Resilience
A project or activity that contributes to improved community preparedness and / or resilience.
ENTRIES
SA Country Fire Service – Media and Communications Unit – Bushfire Ready Campaign 2020
SA CFS Bushfire Ready Campaign 2020 video
ABC Emergency – CSA project for fire, flood, cyclone
Community Resilience Team, Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley Flood Risk Management Directorate, Infrastructure NSW and NSW State Emergency Service – Flood resilience in the Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley – a partnership approach
For emergency communication – Response
Communicating effectively during an emergency response.
ENTRIES
NSW Rural Fire Service Public Information Unit – NSW Rural Fire Service Public Liaison Unit
ABC Emergency – CSA project for fire, flood, cyclone
For emergency communication – Recovery
Supporting the recovery of a community impacted by an emergency.
ENTRIES
Vantastic
ABC Melbourne – The Conversation Hour – Week long series of Live Broadcast from Gippsland
Clarence Valley Council – Communicating in Recovery
For media
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.
ENTRIES
Sydney Morning Herald (bushfire team) – Combining clarity with compassion: Reporting the extreme bushfire season of 2019-20
ABC Gippsland – ABC Gippsland, your emergency broadcaster
ABC NSW (Radio, News and Regional) – ABC NSW coverage of the NSW bushfires
ABC Weather – Kate Doyle – Coverage of the 2019-2020 summer for ABC online
ABC Queensland – ABC QLD broadcasting of 2019 bushfires
For published research that advances emergency communication by
Improving community preparedness and/or resilience
Increasing the effectiveness of communication during an emergency response;
Enabling agencies to better support communities recovering from an adverse event.
ENTRIES
QUT and the Bushfire & Natural Hazards CRC – Effective risk and warning communication during natural hazards – Addressing conflicting cues during natural hazards: lessons from emergency agencies
Curtin University, University of Western Australia, and the Bushfire & Natural Hazards CRC – Enabling sustainable emergency volunteering – Motivations, experiences and emotions: being an SES volunteer