Prepare and recover
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Prepare
Planning and preparing for emergencies can help protect your family and property, reduce the impact of the emergency, and improve your recovery.
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Recover
Recovery from a disaster can be a long and difficult journey. We’ve pulled together information that can help you and your community once the danger of a disaster has passed.

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Our purpose

To enable more secure, stronger and resilient communities before, during and after emergencies.

Our vision

Working through meaningful partnerships, we will build Australia’s capacity for disaster resilience and support our communities when they need it most.

Our strategic objectives
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Leading and coordinating national action and assistance across the emergency management continuum.

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Building scalable, coordinated emergency management capability for nationally significant, cross jurisdictional and international crises.

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Building evidence, intelligence and insights to empower communities, leaders and stakeholders to make effective decisions.

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Contributing to saving lives, reducing harm, and maintaining public trust to mitigate the consequences of disasters and build back better through investment in people, capabilities and communities.