E-mergency Connect
Funded under the Digital Regions Initiative National Partnership Agreement.
Funding recipient
Organisation: South Australian Fire and Emergency Services Commission
States/territories: South Australia
Sector(s): Emergency services
Project partners
South Australian Country Fire Service; South Australian State Emergency Service.
Project overview and objectives
The project aims to deliver a number of improvements and innovations in the delivery of emergency services for the more than 17 000 volunteers providing emergency services across South Australia. The improvements include establishing web/videoconferencing, remote training via e-learning applications, and an online portal to support administrative and operational systems.
Introducing interactive e-learning into current training systems for volunteers reduces the time to complete induction and reaccreditation training, assisting volunteers to more quickly become operational and maintain those skills. Training will become more flexible through theoretical ‘classrooms’, with aspects of existing courses completed by volunteers online at their own convenience—at home, work, station, brigade or unit.
The project will provide State Emergency Service and Country Fire Service volunteers and remote staff with reliable and secure access to the core business systems and electronic office automation tools. The project will reduce the time volunteers are required to spend completing administrative tasks, and will streamline processes across the state.
E-Mergency Connect will roll out broadband-enabled personal computers to SA Country Fire Service brigades and SA State Emergency Service units across regional and remote SA. The project design will enable integration with the National Broadband Network as it becomes available.
Funding | |
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Australian Government |
$ 2 532 000 |
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Other contributions (includes cash and in-kind) |
$ 4 410 000 |
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Total |
$ 6 942 000 (excluding GST) |
