Learning, leading and responding: Tuvalu strengthens disaster coordination through training and action
Inside Fiji's Intensive Emergency Response Training
The Pacific faces some of the world's most complex disaster risks, from cyclones, earthquakes, landslides and tsunamis to climate-induced emergencies. Fiji's recent National Emergency Response Team (NERT) Induction Training demonstrates how coordinated,…
Opening address by Mr Temate Melitiana, Tuvalu’s Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Public Works Infrastructure Development and Water during the first training carried out through SPC’s Pacific Islands Emergency Management Alliance project
Women - A force to be reckoned with in disaster response
Disaster tabletop exercise enhances regional alliances
Opening Address by Mr Andrew Gissing, CEO of Natural Hazards Research Australia at the AFAC24 Conference
Opening Address by Mr Andrew Gissing, the CEO of Natural Hazards Research Australia at Australasia’s largest and most comprehensive emergency management conferen
Welcome address by the Acting Prime Minister of Cook Islands Honourable Albert Nicholas at the opening of the Tabletop Exercise and Simulation on a tropical cyclone category 3
From August 7th to 9th, 2024, at the Edgewater Resort, Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Pacific disaster and emergency managers rally commitment towards resilience building
Managers and stakeholders from the disaster and emergency management sectors in 15 Pacific Island countries convened in Nadi, Fiji, to review progress, obstacles, and prospects in regional cooperation to enhance disaster preparedness and response.
Pacific women leadership progressing in disaster risk management
There are currently no female Fire Chiefs or Police Commissioners in the Pacific. In fact, women are under-represented throughout the disaster management sector in the Pacific, particularly in leadership roles.
Women need a stronger voice in disaster management
As the Pacific begins to shift its strategy towards a post COVID rebuilding model, there is an opportunity to rebuild institutions and programs, so they are stronger and more resilient. A key element to this process is increasing the participation and…