AFAC22 Conference And Exhibition Will Host The Latest Innovations For Australia's Fire And Emergency Management Sector

The agenda for this year’s AFAC22 Conference and Exhibition (AFAC22) is loaded with big topics, such as reducing risk in the changing climate, the new Australian Fire Danger Rating System, women in emergency management, lithium battery fires and so much more.

It is the first time since the start of the COVID-19 global pandemic that the Australian and APAC emergency management industry is coming together in person. AFAC22 Conference and Exhibition will be held in 2022 at the Adelaide Convention Centre, in Adelaide, Australia, where the industry will gather to discuss the crises of the past two years and plan for emergencies to come.

Highlights of the AFAC22 Conference and Exhibition

The Australian Seasonal Bushfire Outlook 2022 will be launched at AFAC22 Conference and Exhibition

The Australian Seasonal Bushfire Outlook 2022 will be launched at AFAC22 Conference and Exhibition, where fire agency commissioners, chiefs and senior leaders from each state and territory in Australia will provide the first glimpse into the anticipated conditions for the country’s 2022–23 wildfire season. This will be launched at a press conference on Wednesday, August 24, 2022.

A federally funded diversity and resilience program will be announced, along with a media address. All details of the announcement are currently under full embargo.

Live demos of the latest technology, response techniques

The Expo stage at the AFAC22 Conference and Exhibition is where a series of speakers will discuss hot topics for the industry and where live demonstrations of the latest technology, response techniques and operations will take place.

Some of the session topics coming to the Expo stage at the AFAC22 Conference and Exhibition include:

• The welfare of first responders
• National bushfire intelligence capability
• The status of women in emergency management
• Responding to and planning for the changing climate
• How cloud technology and AI is changing emergency management
• Proactive emergency management

Diverse range of equipment, robotics, emergency vehicles

The AFAC22 Conference and Exhibition will feature the largest floor space to date, taking up over 12,000 square meters of area space with 194 exhibitors. It will be filled with the latest diverse range of equipment, robotics, emergency management vehicles and historical equipment.

The AFAC22 Conference and Exhibition displays will include:

• The unveiling of a new emergency management vehicle
• An electric truck
• A cloud-based data and artificial intelligence platform

New learnings - the key discussion point at the conference

The Australasian emergency management sector has experienced a vast array of new learnings over the past two years

The Australasian emergency management sector has experienced a vast array of new learnings, over the past two years and these learnings will all be part of the key discussion points at the conference, specifically, the need for greater collaboration between sectors, including healthcare, defense, fire and rescue.

The AFAC22 Conference and Exhibition for the first time is welcoming these sectors to join the conversation, in order to provide highly valuable input into the future of emergency response.

Media interviews Are available upon request

Media interviews will be available upon request with representatives in uniform from the below mentioned South Australian host agencies, in order to appeal to the Adelaide and wider South Australian audience, and to show the collaboration in this sector. The South Australian host agencies include:

• Department for Environment and Water, Government of South Australia
• South Australian Country Fire Service (CFS)
• Forestry SA
• State Emergency Service (SES) Rescue, Government of South Australia
• South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service (MFS)
• South Australian Fire and Emergency Services Commission, Government of South Australia

Media are welcome and invited to attend AFAC22 Conference and Exhibition in person, alternatively, virtual or phone interviews may be facilitated on request.