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Ben Tsang

REDiSupport training

July 24, 2010

With no activations this year but a few Stanby’s I’ve spent the last two days doing even more training. Red Cross in NSW has raised all new super duper Personal Support teams with this time being able to respond at short notice and at an interstate level with activations lasting up to 2 weeks.»

Update on the Lennox Head Tornado

June 07, 2010

On Wednesday 3rd June 2010 Red Cross volunteers were activated in response to a waterspout (tornado) that caused damage to several properties in Lennox Head, NSW. »

Hurry up and wait

June 04, 2010

Last weekend the inner city-based Sydney Personal Support teams were put on standby for the possible activation on Sunday and Monday in preparation for the massive storms hitting the NSW south coast.»

Meeting of the young minds

May 18, 2010

After a bit of tooing and frowing over the past few weeks Mara and the rest of the Green Cross Australia superstars had organised a super duper video conference with several high schools across multiple countries last week.»

A word from the Australian Red Cross about the Chilean Earthquake

March 01, 2010

The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a lead player in responding to disasters wherever they occur around the globe. Australian Red Cross, through its links with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), plays a major role in that response. »

Red Cross emergency preparedness planning

February 05, 2010

After an awesome Extreme Weather Heroes training weekend up in the wet and windy Gold Coast a couple of weeks ago, it’s time to get back to writing blogs and educating the masses on emergency preparedness.»

Council of Australian Governments (COAG) addressing National Disaster preparedness

December 10, 2009

The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) which held its 28th meeting on 7 December 2009 in Brisbane discussed many issues over health reform, training and also very importantly National Disaster Resilience. COAG recognised not only the roles of government, at the national, state and local levels had in disaster preparedness, but also big business, individuals and volunteer organisations. Coupled with the recent news article from Queensland's Courier Mail about our complacency regarding emergency preparedness it highlights the need for everyone to develop their own disaster kit. The Red Cross is rolling out diasaster-kit books that highlights how one can prepare and what one should have in their own kit, both stay at home and evacuation kits. I hope this helps some. »

Workplace first aid kits... a bit more important than a box of tissues

November 04, 2009

After a little emergency at work today I thought it was a good reminder for everyone to check their first aid kits.»

Emergency Management

October 01, 2009

Tis been a while since my last blog and this update is about my experience during some Emergency Management training.»

Suicide is painless

September 06, 2009

"Suicide is painless". That's an interesting title for the MASH theme song... Well it's been a while since my last bit of volunteering and a while since my last blog. Last Thursday I participated in a Suicide Prevention Workshop run by LifeForce, which is part of Wesley Mission. OK that's a pretty tenuous link between MASH and the workshop but I love MASH and I figured the titles sort of match. »

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