Blog http://mecccentral.com/mecc_central/blog en-us Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:45 GMT Alpine Shire's MECC Central wins MAV award http://mecccentral.com/mecc_central/blog/news/alpine_shires_mecc_central_win Alpine Shire won the MAV award for best small council Emergency Management Solution at the 2010 Local Government Technology Solutions Conference. 16 August 2010 http://mecccentral.com/mecc_central/blog/news/alpine_shires_mecc_central_win Alpine Shire presents MECC Central at the LGTS Conference http://mecccentral.com/mecc_central/blog/news/alpine_shires_presentation_of_ 12 August 2010 http://mecccentral.com/mecc_central/blog/news/alpine_shires_presentation_of_ MECC at 2010 Local Government Technology Conference http://mecccentral.com/mecc_central/blog/news/mecc_at_2010_local_government_ Datalink will be giving a short case study of MECC Central at the 2010 Local Government Technology Solutions Conference. 09 August 2010 http://mecccentral.com/mecc_central/blog/news/mecc_at_2010_local_government_ Emergency Management in the News http://mecccentral.com/mecc_central/blog/emergency_management_topics/news_dec_11 Weekly Wrap of Emergency management in the Australian media for the week ending December 11. 07 December 2009 http://mecccentral.com/mecc_central/blog/emergency_management_topics/news_dec_11 Acronyms used in Emergency Management in Victoria http://mecccentral.com/mecc_central/blog/emergency_management_topics/acronyms_used_in_emergency_man A list of acronyms for emergency management in Victoria 02 November 2009 http://mecccentral.com/mecc_central/blog/emergency_management_topics/acronyms_used_in_emergency_man AIIMS Compliance http://mecccentral.com/mecc_central/blog/news/aiims_compliance The Australasian Inter-service Incident Management System (AIIMS) is an Incident Management System from the Australasian Fire and Emergency Services Council. 10 October 2009 http://mecccentral.com/mecc_central/blog/news/aiims_compliance MECC Presentation to Bushfire Royal Commission http://mecccentral.com/mecc_central/blog/news/royal_commission A Royal Commission into the February 2009 "Black Saturday" Victorian bushfires, the worst in Australia's history, was held in April. One of the key purposes of the Commission was to review the Government's bushfire strategy. The MECC Central system, piloted by Alpine Shire MECC (Municipal Emergency Co-ordination Centre) was put into practice to manage the emergency as Bright and mountain hinterland was threatened by several fires which burned a total of over 30,000 hectares during the bushfires. 29 April 2009 http://mecccentral.com/mecc_central/blog/news/royal_commission Alpine Shire MECC opened in response to Bright fire threats http://mecccentral.com/mecc_central/blog/news/open_mecc_alpine_shire Bushfires threatening the township of Bright have spurred the MECC to Alpine Shire MECC to open. 28 February 2009 http://mecccentral.com/mecc_central/blog/news/open_mecc_alpine_shire Datalink Responds to Bushfire Crisis with MECC offer http://mecccentral.com/mecc_central/blog/news/datalink_responds_to_bushfire_ 09 February 2009 http://mecccentral.com/mecc_central/blog/news/datalink_responds_to_bushfire_ Live Simulations at Alpine Shire http://mecccentral.com/mecc_central/blog/news/simulations The Datalink built MECC Portal underwent simulated tests in its launch at Alpine Shire Council this month. In attendance were a large number of agencies including the Alpine Shire Council, Alpine Health, Ambulance services, Country Fire Authority (CFA),Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE), Police, Red Cross,State Emergency Service (SES) as well as a number of spectators including representatives of the Municipal Association of Victoria. 24 November 2008 http://mecccentral.com/mecc_central/blog/news/simulations