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Recently we had the pleasure of kicking off the first session to support the East Gippsland Shire Council in recruiting and training...

Increasing the focus on climate-related risk
Climate change presents an increasing challenge for communities across Australia. The uncertainty surrounding the magnitude, timing, and...


Building capability and capacity
We've been lucky enough to work with Mornington Peninsula Shire on a couple of occasions as council looks to build its capability and...


Meet the RCO team - Laura Buchanan
We're excited to welcome Laura Buchanan to the ResilientCo team this week as a Senior Disaster Resilience Specialist. Laura has more than...


Meet the RCO team - John Deering
The team is pleased to welcome John Deering to the team as a Senior Associate with a focus on crisis management and exercising. John is a...


Welcome to the RCO team: Michelle Richards
ResilientCo has welcomed Michelle Richards to the team. Michelle has a wealth of experience in state and local government in council and...


Integrated, local mitigation planning
The Cardinia Municipal Fire Management Planning Committee (MFMPC) has a new fire management plan in place to help guide multi-agency...


Designing for your worst-case plausible scenario
When we design exercises for local government and corporate clients, we’re looking for the most plausible, worst case scenario that will...


Outcomes that matter - mining for emergency management gold
Legislation changes in Victoria are providing the opportunity for Municipal Emergency Management Planning Committees to become truly...


Meet the RCO team - Deborrah Jepsen
Specialty: I turn strategies and ideas into real on the ground projects for communities. With a focus currently in public safety, I work...


Connecting business continuity to community
Business continuity is not often top of mind when communities, councils and statutory authorities are plunged into disaster response. The...


Surf Coast building on the strengths of the systems in place
We’ve spent a bit of time at the beach recently (kind of literally), working with a couple of very switched on councils keen to...


It's a marathon not a sprint
Reflections from ResilientCo Managing Director Brett Ellis : It’s a marathon not a sprint. I’ve heard those words a lot in the Ganawarra...


Local government in partnership
Recently the ResilientCo team headed out to Colac to conduct a tabletop discussion exercise with the Otway District Emergency Management...


Becoming DisasterSmart
ResilientCo is working with municipalities through our DisasterSmart program to help them prepare for, manage and recover from complex...


Supporting resilience in communities
A collaborative program aims to strengthen the capability of an ‘at risk’ community to respond to future shocks and stresses such as...

Welcome to ResilientCo!
Welcome to ResilientCo! We’ve been working behind the scenes on a name change that better represents the work we do, the way we do it,...


Emergency Management Planning
Legislation was introduced by the Victorian Government in 2020 to provide greater cohesion through integrated arrangements for emergency...


Yarra Ranges Storm Event
Devastating storms struck communities across Victoria in June 2021, with a profound impact on the communities of the Yarra Ranges. The...
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