NEMA chief says Defence force should not be ‘first call’ in Australia’s natural disaster response
The senior bureaucrat, assigned to Australia’s emergencies management, says that sending to defense units should not be “first call” during natural disasters.
During a media briefing before the high -risk air season between October and April, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Chief Joe Buffone said that the “primary role of the Australian Defense Forces was to defend Australia.
Although ADF helps “important disaster içinde during urgent emergency life savings”, they should not participate in rescue efforts.
Buffone, unless they are on a scale that needs to support, they do not continue to support rescue efforts, B Buffone said.
“They need to focus on their primary roles defending Australia.
“You have seen that they will support where the need is there recently, but after consuming our other options, they do not want to be the first call for emergency intervention or supportive disasters.”
The Meteorological Office envisages flood risks for the east coast of Australia, especially in North and East NSW and Southeast Queensland, an average rainfall in Central and Eastern Australia increases the risk of excessive heat in the distant North Australia in Spring and summer.
In addition, there is an increasing risk of spring forest fire in some parts of Western Australia, South Australia and Victoria, but Bom will publish the appearance of the official summer forest fire in November.
The 2023 defense strategic examination heard the first warning bell that Defense was “not configured or appropriately equipped” to defend Australia at the same time.
Australia’s opening national climate risk assessment warned the ADF’s “increasing confidence için for disaster responses that may erode the trust of the public if the armed forces are perceived as“ over -stretched ”.
This increased sea levels, such as bilateral risks of geostrategic tensions and intense tropical storms and cyclones, forest fires, flash floods and coastal hazards.
