Army Reserve-style emergency force could improve disaster response: Cosgrove

Former army boss Sir Peter Cosgrove, who led the response to Queensland’s Cyclone Larry, says relying on the military in disasters is unviable and states need a paid, highly trained civilian emergency response force that is modelled on the Army Reserve.

He suggested the states develop, but the Commonwealth fund, a standing emergency response force made up of civilians but modelled on the Army Reserve. Recruits would develop expertise with regular paid training, and be on standby if they were needed. Mr Shoebridge wants to see a new, semi-civilian capability developed within the ADF structure that could also help Australia’s neighbours. “The institution to build upon … that you can deploy as circumstances dictate, the only system that looks like that is the ADF,” he said.

Professor John Blaxland, a former intelligence officer and military historian at the Australian National University, backed Admiral Barrie’s idea and said the ADF had been “stretched thin” by responding to consecutive emergencies. He said a new model was needed. The debate comes as a major research project by the Bushfire and Natural Hazards Cooperative Research Centre said the traditional model of volunteering, which underpins organisations such as the State Emergency Service, is declining.The shift is due to the changing nature of paid work, lifestyles and values, and the social impact of technology, the report said. There is more competition for volunteers’ time, growing levels of volunteer burnout, and many existing volunteers are older.

JordsBaker LisaVisentin Disaster Relief Australia already operate in this domain. Whilst last week WithYouWithMe announced a disaster contingency workforce initiative in the digital domain: wywmfierce disasterreliefau

JordsBaker LisaVisentin There already is an organisation already set up with the facilities & equipment & thousands of volunteers to deal with natural disasters. They are called the SES.

JordsBaker LisaVisentin Disaster response is exactly what the Military should do. If they can’t then reduce their extensive funding to set up something that will benefits Australia’s tax paying public.

JordsBaker LisaVisentin What else is on their agenda? Naming of Parts, Trench art for beginners, How to get a refund at F-35s-R-Us?

JordsBaker LisaVisentin Why can’t we have an active squadron of fire-bombing aircraft attached to the RAAF.?.

JordsBaker LisaVisentin Isn't that the SES?

JordsBaker LisaVisentin So you’re saying that we’re not getting value for money from our services?

JordsBaker LisaVisentin So what is our military actively doing right now? Preparing for a war against whom? Our flood affected are losing everything. Some towns are levelled & look like war zones. I don’t have a chopper or truck in my backyard to help. No tents, generators or comms equipment either.

JordsBaker LisaVisentin the armys mission is to fight the enemy and to train for it when not doing that ,a civilian disaster force is needed to undertake the role of disaster relief not the military and its high time we had one with all the goodies needed and the subsidies used for corporations to fund

JordsBaker LisaVisentin How very disgustingly lib party of them to make this statement. How many of them have been impacted by disasters? I cant think of one. Helping in peacetime is exactly what the ADF needs to be doing. That was predicted 40 years ago! auspol

JordsBaker LisaVisentin So they are suggesting the SES be created?

JordsBaker LisaVisentin ADF are there to assist in emergencies , it’s just that the Liberal’s think there only for war

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