Run Piggy Run....
I’ve loved history since I was a child and whilst kids were buying Smash Hits, I subscribed to the History magazine about Tudors and the...
Défis, leçons et de passer...
Challenges, Lessons and Moving on....that is the title of this blog entry. In a previous assignment for my Bachelor Degree in Emergency...
How do you define success when people die?
It is a difficult word 'success' when applying it to incidents. Brigadier General Philippe Boutinaud struggled with the concept of...
The worm is in the fruit....
With 2 children, running my own business, completing a degree and a dog that always seems to need a wee at 3am the total hours of sleep I...
Request for participants in an emergency management research project
Dudley McArdle (previously the Director of the Australian Emergency Management Institute before he joined the Monash University Disaster...
“You’ll have to cut your hair and you can’t wear makeup. What happens if you get married?”
During previous conversations with firefighters, I have never heard anyone say that women should not be allowed in the service. I have...
To remember will save you…to forget will doom you
That day is now known as san ten ichi ichi: 3/11. It was incredible to believe that after witnessing the Boxing Day tsunami once again...
The Hot Seat - what can we learn from those who get burnt on the bum?
During any career you will witness good and bad decisions being made everyday. We should always continue to actively learn from mistakes...
Help or Hinder? Factors for making decisions under stress
A recent unit of my Undergraduate Degree in Emergency Management included a look at making decisions. My first paper for the unit...
Sizzle !
Perth is hot. Really hot. We currently have forecast 5 days of 40 degrees and above *thursday has now been upgraded to 40 degrees It has...
