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Melbourne DRT prepares for Gippsland bushfire recovery
Our Melbourne Disaster Relief Team recently assisted the the Latrobe City Council in the Gippsland region, providing bushfire recovery post Yinnar South bushfires of March 2019. Our members sharpened their chainsaw skills in December 2019 in preparation for an...
Newsletter December 2020
Members Only Shop 2020 Year in Review Member Awards National Emergency MedalsACFID Membership 2019 - 20 Annual Report Member Support Social Media Use and Our ValuesMembers Only Shop 2020 Year in Review Member Awards National Emergency Medals ACFID Membership2019 - 20...
DRA featured in BankSA Focus Magazine
Disaster Relief Australia were recently featured in BankSa Foundation's Focus Magazine. This edition of Focus 'A year of challenge' focused on SA's resilience through bushfires and COVID-19. Lifting the load If anyone knows what it’s like to be living and working on...
DRA returns to Adelaide Hills for Black Summer bushfire recovery
Disaster Relief Australia is launching a Service Project in the Cudlee Creek bushfire area to continue assisting with bushfire relief and recovery from the Black Summer 2019/2020 bushfires. In 2019/2020 DRA completed 7 domestic operations, 1 international operation,...
Disaster Relief Australia’s Members awarded the National Emergency Medal
Disaster Relief Australia’s disaster response teams met Australia wide to celebrate and recognise the achievements of members awarded the National Emergency Medal. On Sunday November 15, 2020, DRA members met in person and participated in an online presentation led by...
Taming Disaster: Drones for Good
The COVID-19 pandemic has certainly stayed longer than expected, but with all its devastating effects has also brought positive outcomes, especially with the reaches of the virtual environment, we are now able to connect with people in ways that we were never forced...
Operation Mason on hold due to SA lockdown
2020 continues to throw curveballs our way. With the six-day lockdown now in effect in South Australia we unfortunately will have to postpone our upcoming Black Summer bushfire relief and recovery efforts in the Adelaide Hills as part of Operation Mason. We will look...
Disaster Response Australia (DRA) withdrawing from Kangaroo Island Operations
Due to recent concerns regarding an outbreak of Covid-19 in the Adelaide area, several states have declared that borders will be closed to South Australia as of midnight tonight. Unfortunately, a number of our deployed volunteers working on Kangaroo Island have...
The Story behind Operation Dexter
Before Disaster Relief Australia (DRA) deploys for an Operation, we endeavor to research the history of veterans in the local community. We name our Operations in honour of local Defence veterans and their families. Thomas and Irene Dexter Our recent return to the...
DRA Guest Speaker Series 2020 with Mike Hartas
Michael (Mike) Hartas commenced his military career at Duntroon in Canberra in 1996 and graduated in 1998 to the Royal Regiment of Australian Artillery. Posted to the 1st Field Regiment in Brisbane commanding a Section of Artillery Guns, Mike settled into Regimental...
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