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  1. Announcing some great new features

    Posted 13 May 2013 by Sean Fishlock (Crisisworks)

    With an upcoming version 3.1 release of Crisisworks is only a few days away, I thought I'd share with you one of the features I am most excited about - major improvements to the Announcements system.

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  2. Celebrating 15 years in business

    Posted 13 May 2013 by Sean Fishlock (Datalink)

    Last week a significant milestone ticked over ... 15 years ago to the day Datalink opened its doors for the first time.

    Since its inception as one of the first Internet Service Providers in the ...

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  3. Vulnerable Persons Registers (VPR) gain Momentum

    Posted 29 April 2013 by Sean Fishlock (Crisisworks)

    Launched just a few months ago, the Vulnerable Persons Registers (VPR), an initiative of the Victorian Department of Human Services and Municipal Association of Victoria has now been rolled out to ...

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    The VPR makes it easy for authorised users to locate vulnerable persons in an emergency
  4. AFL Footy Tipping Comp 2013 - win a new 3G Tablet

    Posted 18 March 2013 by Peter Kakris (Crisisworks)

    With the first bounce down on March 22nd, we need to pull our socks up & grab our pens and start tipping!

    - Will the Magpies take the swans down in the air?

    - Will Malthouse's Blues crash by ...

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  5. EOC Interoperability proven in Gippsland fires

    Posted 4 March 2013 by Peter Kakris (Crisisworks)

    Crisisworks interoperability features have been put to use in the Gippsland fires.

    The Crisisworks team visited Traralgon where the City of Latrobe and Baw Baw Shire had set up a co-located ...

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    Action from part of the multi-MECC operation at Traralgon
  6. v3.0.24 Released

    Posted 1 March 2013 by Scott Davey (Crisisworks)

    Today's release of Crisisworks (v3.0.24) is significant in that it incorporates the Crisisworks branding for the first time.

    Rather than issue another routine maintenance update, we've included new ...

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  7. Another Devastating Fire Season Reaching an End ...

    Posted 28 February 2013 by Peter Kakris (Crisisworks)

    With the Australian summer now officially over, we thought we'd reflect on what has been a testing time for Crisisworks users both in terms of municipal emergency response and recovery.

    Between the ...

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    2013 bushfires (image by Chuq http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en)
  8. Large Scale Relief Exercise for Melbourne's Eastern Region

    Posted 18 February 2013 by Peter Kakris (Crisisworks)

    Last week I visited the Boroondara Sports Complex in Belmore Road Balwyn with a colleague from the Crisisworks team, Neal Wolfson.  It was an exciting event for Crisisworks as an ...

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    Action from the simulated relief operation at Boroondara Sport Complex
  9. 3 NSW councils activate Crisisworks for bushfires

    Posted 21 January 2013 by Sean Fishlock (Crisisworks)

    Bushfires across southern New South Wales has seen Crisisworks activated by three councils in a Zone Emergency Operations Centre (EOC).  Tumut, Gundagai and Tumbarumba utilised Crisisworks ...

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  10. Getting Live Feeds into Crisisworks

    Posted 10 January 2013 by Sean Fishlock (Crisisworks)

    With the summer bushfires going on, one thing you can do to enhance situational awareness in your EOC is to make available in your maps information directly from fire monitoring and control services.

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