Australia will host a "world-first"

Australia will host a "world-first" technology platform aimed at improving disaster management and saving lives across the globe.

The University of Melbourne, together with IBM and Australia's national high-tech research centre NICTA announced they joined forces to develop the Australia Disaster Management Platform (ADMP).

It will allow the institutions to gather, integrate and analyse mountains of data from various sources, including the Bureau of Meteorology, to allow emergency services personnel, coordinating agencies and local communities to make better-informed decisions during natural disasters. It may also help reduce the cost of cleaning up after disasters and the number of insurance claims associated with them.

The combined insurance claim payments from the 2009 Victorian bushfires and the 2011 Queensland disasters has been put at more than $4.8 billion by a Suncorp Group report.

Statistics from the Insurance Council of Australia suggest that the cost of natural disasters already in 2013 alone exceeds $900 million.

In future the platform promises to offer real-time information to those dealing with disaster situations along with simulation and optimisation models to assist with planning.

The platform will be tested in selected urban areas in Melbourne in cooperation with emergency services "over the next few years". Although details on the technology to be used to support the platform are currently scarce, it will be open standard, so it is interoperable with systems used by emergency services in Australia and overseas.

Up to 15 people will be involved in working on the core platform in the initial stages.

"While there are many groups in Australia and around the world designing and developing disaster management IT tools, often in isolation, the platform will enable an eco-system of innovators to plug in and be part of a 'system of systems' with the goal of saving lives and protecting communities," the ADMP states.

The platform is expected to include 3D visualisation, simulation, forecasting, behavioural modelling and sensors.

"Though there are some similar efforts in existence overseas, we believe that the ADMP is unique given the scope and breadth of the project," the project statement reads. "In terms of collaboration, it is unique. While some US projects are at the decision-making stage, the ADMP is advanced in terms of the modelling stage."

Late in 2012, former Attorney General and minister for emergency management, Robert McClelland, said government funding for natural disaster mitigation strategies was not "satisfactory".

He called for the Commonwealth to establish a national disaster agency, similar to the US's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) which centralises control and decision making for responding to disasters.

To be fully effective the ADMP will need to integrate with, and support, existing IT systems like those at the NSW Rural Fire Service - which boasts a large digital video wall and deploys information as a key resource in battling the elements - and many other dispersed organisations across Australia, including other state bodies and the Attorney General Department's Emergency Management unit.

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Australia will host a "world-first" technology platform aimed at improving disaster management and saving lives across the globe.

The University of Melbourne, together with IBM Australia' s and national high-tech research center NICTA announced they joined forces to develop the Australia Disaster Management Platform (ADMP) .

It will allow the institutions to gather,integrate analyse and mountains of data from various sources, including the Bureau of Meteorology, to allow emergency services personnel, coordinating agencies and local communities to make better-informed decisions during natural disasters. It may also help reduce the cost of cleaning up after disasters and the number of insurance claims associated with them.

The combined insurance claim payments from the 2009 and the 2011 bushfires Victorian Queensland disasters has been put at more than $4.8 billion by a Suncorp Group report.

from the Insurance Statistics Council Australia of suggest that the cost of natural disasters already exceeds $900 million in 2013 alone.

The future In platform promises to offer real-time information to those dealing with disaster situations along with simulation and optimisation models to assist with planning.

The platform will be tested in selected urban areas in Melbourne in cooperation with emergency services." over the next few years." Although details on the technology to be used to support the platform are currently scarce,It will be open standard, so it is interoperable with systems used by emergency services in Australia and overseas.

Up to 15 people will be involved in working on the core platform in the initial stages.

"While Australia and there are many groups around the world in designing and developing IT disaster management tools, often in isolation,The platform will enable an eco-system of innovators to plug in and be part of a 'system of systems', with the goal of saving lives and protecting communities, "The ADMP states.

The platform is expected to include 3 D visualisation, simulation, forecasting, behavioural modelling and sensors.

"Though there are some similar efforts in existence overseas,we believe that the ADMP is unique given the breadth and scope of the project," the statement reads project." In terms of collaboration, it is unique. While US some projects are at the decision-making stage, the ADMP modelling is advanced in terms of the stage."

Late in 2012, Attorney General and former minister for emergency management, Robert McClelland,said government funding for natural disaster mitigation strategies was not "satisfactory."

He Commonwealth called for the agency to establish a national disaster, similar to the US's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) which centralises control and decision making for responding to disasters.

To ADMP will be fully effective the need to integrate with, and support,existing systems like those at the NSW IT Rural Fire Service - which boasts a large digital video wall and deploys information as a key resource in battling the elements - and many other organisations dispersed across Australia, including other State bodies and the Attorney General Department Emergency Management' s unit.