Heatwave and Bushfire Preparedness Planning for the Health and Community Services Sector

This session is intended for organisational leadership across the H&CS sector, including risk managers, service managers and other executive managers, and aims to contribute to the above through sharing information about:

• the long range weather forecast and environmental conditions for the summer period 2023-2024
• emergency management agency preparations and approaches to planning for heatwave and bushfire response for people at risk
• examples of how other service providers have prepared
• hypothetical scenarios to aid discussion about potential improvements to agency preparedness plans and activities