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  2. State Emergency Service - Wikipedia

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    The Civil Defence Service began in Australia in 1955. It was formed as a precaution to any potential attacks on Australian soil. The name was changed to the "State Emergency Service" (abbreviated to "SES") during the 1970s, to reflect a change of emphasis into providing emergency help related to floods , storms and other natural emergencies.

  3. Air medical services - Wikipedia

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    During World War I, air transport was used to provide medical evacuation – either from frontline areas or the battlefield itself.. In 1928, in Australia, John Flynn founded the Flying Doctor Service (later the Royal Flying Doctor Service), to provide a wide range of medical services to civilians in remote areas; these included from routine consultations with travelling general practitioners ...

  4. International SOS - Wikipedia

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    International SOS is a privately owned company. They work with educational organisations, [11] corporate clients (including the majority of the Fortune Global 500), [4] corporate clients (including 89% of the Fortune Global 100 and 64% of Fortune Global 500), governmental organisations and non-governmental organisations (NGOs).

  5. Medical evacuation insurance: another cautionary travel tale

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    Before they left, I urged my father to buy medical evacuation insurance, a specific type of travel insurance that retrieves "members" from anywhere in the world and transports them to the hospital ...

  6. Remote Area Firefighting Team - Wikipedia

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    Remote Area Firefighting Team (RAFT) personnel are members of a number of Australian fire services, including the Queensland RURAL Fire Service, New South Wales Rural Fire Service, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service [1] and the ACT Rural Fire service who are particularly effective for work in rugged, isolated areas that firefighting tankers can’t access by road.

  7. Australia Flooding Forces Evacuation Orders - AOL

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    The State Emergency Service issued evacuation orders to 200,000 residents and evacuation warnings had been sent to another 300,000. ... Rivers were rising in Australia’s most populous city, home ...

  8. Emergency evacuation - Wikipedia

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    Emergency evacuation is an immediate egress or escape of people away from an area that contains an imminent threat, an ongoing threat or a hazard to lives or property. Examples range from the small-scale evacuation of a building due to a storm or fire to the large-scale evacuation of a city because of a flood, bombardment or approaching weather ...

  9. Insurance in Australia - Wikipedia

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    Australia's insurance market can be divided into roughly three components: life insurance, general insurance and health insurance.These markets are fairly distinct, with most larger insurers focusing on only one type, although in recent times several of these companies have broadened their scope into more general financial services, and have faced competition from banks and subsidiaries of ...