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Updated: 5 February 2024
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Hello! My name is Nick Craig and I want to share an update on behalf of Deaf Australia about the focus group for deaf and hard of hearing in NSW through the “Fire Proofing At-Risk Communities” project. This focus group is your opportunity to share any experiences or barriers to accessing fire safety information. More information about this project is in the first video (see below).
The focus group was planned for tomorrow, 6 February 2024, but it had to be postponed due to interpreting issues. This has been rescheduled to:
When: Wednesday, 14 February 2024
Time: 1 pm to 3.30 pm
Where: City of Sydney Fire Station
Deaf Australia wants to make sure deaf and hard of hearing people from different groups have opportunities to share their experiences. We have already contacted Deaf organisations and service providers in NSW for 3-4 clients or community members each to join the focus group. Deaf Australia is also looking for 3-4 community members in NSW to participate.
Each participant will be paid. The focus group is available in person or online.
If you are interested, the deadline to register is 12 February 2024. Please see the first video below for more information about the project and registration process.
Remember, this is your opportunity to have a say about improving fire safety information!
If you can’t make it to the focus group, there is an online survey about fire safety messages sent through social media. This survey is to see if the language for fire safety messages online is easy or hard to understand. This will help emergency services improve their emergency messages.
The survey has Auslan videos, too. If you are interested, please go to this link: https://forms.office.com/r/Cpfwi4dfqV
I also want to clarify that participation in the focus group is paid. The online survey is voluntary.
Thank you and hope to see you there!
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Nick Craig stands in front of a white background and is wearing a dark grey button down shirt. He is white, has a short beard, and is signing in a friendly manner towards the camera.
Posted: 25 January 2024
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Hi everyone, my name is Nick Craig. I want to share a focus group organised by the Australian Federation of Disability Organisations (AFDO) and Fire and Rescue NSW. AFDO and Fire and Rescue NSW are working on a project called “Fire Proofing At-Risk Communities”. They are organising focus groups for people from different disability groups.
What will this focus group include? It will talk about:
- Access to information about fire safety-is it easy or hard?
- What do you need from disaster preparation information-for eg, need in Auslan?
- Your experiences and challenges that you went through a disaster.
- Past experiences with fires or emergency services.
- What you already know about what to do in emergencies.
AFDO asked Deaf Australia to assist in organising a focus group for deaf and hard of hearing people. The focus group will have Auslan interpreters. One firefighter from FRNSW and a deaf person will co-facilitate the focus group. I will be the deaf co-facilitator on behalf of Deaf Australia.
Good news—each participant will get $80 for participating in this focus group.
When: Tuesday, 06 February 2024
Time: Please arrive at 9 am as there will be a form for you to fill out before the focus group starts at 9.30 am to 11.30 am
Where: City of Sydney Fire Station: 211-217 Castlereagh Street, Sydney NSW
If you are also interested, a short fire station tour can be provided after the focus group to learn about its history, pictures and building.
If you want to attend the focus group, please contact Ainslie Whitburn from AFDO through either email or SMS:
Ainslie [email protected]
SMS 0431 927 276
Thank you and hope to see you there!
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Nick Craig stands in front a grey background and is wearing a dark grey button down shirt. He is white, has a short beard, and is signing in a friendly manner towards the camera.