About us We support those who are there when we need them the most
Our Community Safety Team is a group of scientists, engineers and mathematicians who believe sharing knowledge is the best approach for keeping our communities safe from natural hazards. Our work forms part of the backbone behind the most important decisions made by governments, emergency services, and the industry sector.
We build a better understanding of natural hazards
Our team provides scientific capabilities that monitor and model the impact and extent of damage from potential hazard events.
- Understanding this exposure decreases the likely impact on Australia’s economy, environment and society.
- Making this data available means Australians are less vulnerable to the threat of natural hazards.
This helps save lives, reduce damage to property and infrastructure, decrease disruption to business, and bring stability to people’s lives.
We foster collaborative communities
Our team of earth system scientists, mathematicians and engineers bring expertise on how to be better prepared for the consequences of natural hazards through:
- earth observation from space
- location derived statistics
- population data, and
- an understanding of the built environment
We also partner with government agencies such as the Australian Geoscience-Intelligence Organisation, the Bureau of Meteorology, the Australian Bureau of Statistics as well as local and state governments to combine knowledge and boost capabilities.
These programs include the Australian Climate Service, the National Earthquake Alert Centre and the Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Centre.
We enable science informed decisions
We inform the Australian Government and other stakeholders of the likelihood of natural hazards and their consequences to community safety. These standards guide how Australia designs and maintains buildings, roads, critical infrastructure important for the longevity of transport systems, power, water and communication networks.
We share our knowledge
With the latest science and technology, and a growing catalogue of freely available open-source data, we provide the community safety sectors with information they need to minimise everybody's vulnerability to natural hazards.
We also contribute to Australia's overseas development program by harnessing our science, sharing our knowledge and developing technology to help other countries reduce their risk.
Community Safety's latest projects
National Seismic Hazard Assessment (NSHA)
The NSHA defines variations in the level of earthquake ground shaking hazard across Australia.
Tropical Cyclone Scenario Selector Tool
Use this interactive tool for querying, visualising and downloading cyclone scenarios plausible future tropical cyclone scenarios used for risk management and planning
Australian Exposure Information Portal (AEIP)
Develop a statistical summary of the number of people, dwellings, buildings, infrastructure assets, agricultural and environmental assets potentially exposed during a threat or hazard event
How we support your sector
Our natural hazard resources can help your organisation be better prepared
Emergency managers
We offer a range of scientific tools to help emergency services plan and prepare for natural hazards, with the goal of reducing their impact when they do occur.
Government
Our scientific community safety resources can help inform robust government policy making with an evidence-based understanding of natural hazards.
Infrastructure
Our scientific tools and resources can help the infrastructure industry understand the exposure and vulnerability developments may have to natural hazards.
Talk to us about your challenges
Contact us
To find out how our natural hazard information and research could help you, please call the Community Safety team on 1800 800 173 or email hazards@ga.gov.au
Collaborate with us
To discuss how we can work together to manage the impacts of Australia's natural hazards, please call the Community Safety team on 1800 800 173 or email hazards@ga.gov.au
Work with us
To find out more about joining Geoscience Australia's Community Safey team, please email clientservices@ga.gov.au or visit our careers portal