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In response to
"I guess the sirens are considered tsunami warnings and they were afraid people would move inland towards the fire rather than to the ocean."
by
Meg
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yeah, I could see how if they've never had to deal with this kind of bushfire before it could cause response problems.
Posted by
mafic
Aug 17 '23, 17:21
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and usually it takes some kind of disaster to change the system. some of it will also be that people don't know how to respond as well.
like here there are still no warning sirens, just emergency services (and everyone in bushfire-prone areas knows that if you hear a siren in the summer, you check the emergency services website), but text alerts and emergency broadcast system on the public broadcaster are defaults, and the fire/emergency services website updates in real time. emergency services and red cross also have free, well advertised public courses and events in bushfire areas to get people to plan and prepare for the eventuality. unfortunately they're all lessons learned from mass casualty events.
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