Managing emergencies and disasters in general practice
Module 1 – Prevention and preparedness
In the past, emergency warning systems have varied for different hazard types across Australia.
The is a new, consistent national system that helps everyone to recognise emergency alerts and calls to actions. The system has three warning levels, each associated with a certain colour and action statements to help provide clearer, more consistent advice about how to respond to a warning.
While it is particularly important that your Emergency Coordinator, Deputy Emergency Coordinator and Communications Officer are all aware of and familiar with the AWS, ensuring that the full practice team understands the system can be beneficial.
Take action
Please note that the Australian Warning System uses a nationally consistent set of icons to represent the type of emergency or disaster taking place.
Example:
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