Disaster Management

Mapping software training for natural disaster impact forecasting in Tonga

This tool is designed and developed for National Disaster Management Offices and related agencies.

The training introduced the PacSAFE tool and its usefulness in supporting disaster management in Tonga.

 Participants across the Tongan government will be able to further understand and utilize this software for disaster impact mapping, with a special focus on tropical cyclone scenarios.

Queensland Fire support Pacific disaster preparation

This comes just months after the strongest recorded cyclone in the Southern Hemisphere slammed into Fiji causing widespread devastation and challenging the country’s ability to respond to such a large disaster on a huge scale.