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Darren Whitelaw Web 2.0 in Government Conference 2009
1. Web 2.0 in Government Conference 2009 Bushfire 2.0 Case study: online response to the 2009 Victorian Bushfires DARREN WHITELAW Department of Justice, Victoria 24 June 2009
A series of fires that ignited or started burning across Victoria on Saturday 7 February 2009 Total of 173 people killed, another 500 injured
Up to 400 individual fires recorded Started with worst-ever bushfire conditions recorded – intense heat (40°c), strong winds up to 120kph, dry bushland
Destroyed 2,200 homes Wiped out or severely damaged towns of Kinglake, Marysville, Narbethong, Strathewen and Flowerdale
More than 4,000 firefighters responded Took nearly one month to extinguish all the fires
LAFD – using twitter to alert of fires, conducts media interviews over public radio so people can tune in Leysia Palen of the University of Colorado researched paper in New Scientist. Californian bushfires – twitter, google maps, schools and business closures Virginia Tech shootings – Wikipedia page created within 90 mins. Facebook group (I’m OK at VT) just 20 minutes after. Chinese Earthquake: First message posted by Twitter user scribeoflight at 2:35:33pm Beijing local time, and said simply: “earthquake. not sure how big. maybe four”. The earthquake occurred at 2:28pm. US Geological Survey operates a “did you feel it” site for locals to report seismic activity Red Cross – has set up a twitter account “Safe and Well” for use in a disaster Traffic alerts major use in emergencies – online updates will help people plan escape Govtwit.com has 1,506 of twitter names used by various levels of government