4220 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://www.westernadvocate.com.au/story/7736835/should-we-encourage-people-to-rescue-their-neighbours-in-private-boats/?cs=9676There is an age-old question that arises during the real-time management of natural disasters: to what extent should responses be in the hands of trained personnel in emergency management agencies, and to what extent can we rely on the efforts of private citizens acting on their own? This question....2022-05-13T23:14+0200westernadvocate-c0dd6bb941305d7278580ed23495678120220513231400https://www.portstephensexaminer.com.au/story/7736835/should-we-encourage-people-to-rescue-their-neighbours-in-private-boats/?cs=9676This question came to the fore during the massive flood at Lismore from February 28 to March 1. That flood was not only the biggest seen in the city's 170-year history, it reached far, far higher than anybody there had ever seen. The previous record height, established in 1974, was exceeded not by a....2022-05-13T23:14+0200portstephensexaminer-9e09f6cbb656f7dcbd9aae4c5d1377cf20220513231400https://www.dailyadvertiser.com.au/story/7736835/should-we-encourage-people-to-rescue-their-neighbours-in-private-boats/?cs=9676This question came to the fore during the massive flood at Lismore from February 28 to March 1. That flood was not only the biggest seen in the city's 170-year history, it reached far, far higher than anybody there had ever seen. The previous record height, established in 1974, was exceeded not by a....2022-05-13T22:12+0200dailyadvertiser-9e09f6cbb656f7dcbd9aae4c5d1377cf20220513221200https://www.maitlandmercury.com.au/story/7736835/should-we-encourage-people-to-rescue-their-neighbours-in-private-boats/?cs=12This question came to the fore during the massive flood at Lismore from February 28 to March 1. That flood was not only the biggest seen in the city's 170-year history, it reached far, far higher than anybody there had ever seen. The previous record height, established in 1974, was exceeded not by a....2022-05-13T21:50+0200maitlandmercury-9e09f6cbb656f7dcbd9aae4c5d1377cf20220513215000