Australian Safer Communities Awards Victorian Winners Announced
Deputy Premier and Minister for Emergency Services, Peter Ryan has announced the Victorian winners of the Australian Safer Communities Awards at a special ceremony in Melbourne.
"These awards recognise innovative practice and achievements by organisations and individuals that help to build safer and more resilient communities," he said.
Mr Ryan congratulated the award winners for their best practice and innovation, and acknowledged the pool of outstanding Victorian entries, from a cross section of community groups, emergency agencies and organisations.
"The 2011 Australian Safer Communities Awards this year received 33 Victorian entries from which five winners and three Highly Commended recipients have been announced," Mr Ryan said.
"The awards recognise significant community safety activities taking place across Victoria and efforts that are made to make our communities safer, stronger, more resilient and better prepared to manage any emergency situation in our state."
The Australian Safer Communities Awards cover all aspects of community safety and resilience with an emergency management focus, including:
- risk assessment
- research
- education and training
- information and knowledge management
- prevention
- preparedness
- response and recovery.
The state's winning entries will now be considered for the 2011 Australian Safer Community Awards at a national level.
The Australian Safer Communities Awards are sponsored nationally by the Australian Government Attorney-General's department, in conjunction with states and territories.
Australian Safer Communities Awards Victorian winners
State Government category
Winner: MFB – InFlame: Turning Community Emotion into Fire Safety Action
Highly Commended: Country Fire Authority – CFAConnect
Volunteer or community category
Winner: Salvation Army, Bendigo – Chill Out Space
Highly Commended: Lyonville Community Planning Group, Lyonville – A Resilient Community
Local Government category
Winner: Manningham City Council – Manningham Community Graffiti Clean-Up Project
Education, training and research category
Winner: Red Cross – Communicating in Recovery
Youth category
Winner: Lara Primary School – Fire: Friend or Foe
Highly Commended: Mitchell Community Recovery Action Group – Teenagers in Fire Zones