Technology played an important role.
On Sunday 5 January, we recorded an update with QFES Senior Officer Mark Halverson at the scene using two iPhones.
Uploaded on SoundCloud, it received over 400 listens that afternoon alone. The sound clip was used by Brisbane radio 4BC and was also transcribed by QFES media staff in Brisbane for a new operational bulletin on their website.
https://soundcloud.com/redlandcitycouncil Our social media was leading the information provided by QFES communications staff in many instances. This did not cause any issues and in fact was regarded as extremely useful to the QFES communications team who could not be on site on the island.