ERMS Group

09/10/2026

Complex public safety and risk challenges need practical solutions that fit your organisation.

The ERMS Group is an Australian-owned boutique consultancy specialising in public safety, protective security, risk and emergency management, and organisational resilience.

We work with client leaders and their teams to connect business objectives with realistic, implementable advice.

From planning to implementation, our focus is on solutions that work in the real world.

Discuss your organisation’s needs: 1300 660 398

www.erms.group

05/10/2026

28/09/2026

The ERMS Group was proud to present and sponsor the Abbeystowe History Festival as part of the celebration of 40 years of the Abbey Museum of Art and Archaeology.

Since 2007, we have been proud to support and sponsor the museum and the annual award winning Abbey Medieval Festival.

Next year we will celebrate our twentieth year of this support as well as our Executive Director being the Sheriff of Abbeystowe.

Make sure you follow our page as well as the festival for chances to win tickets to the 2027 festival.

21/09/2026

The Abbey Medieval Festival has been named a finalist in this years' Queensland Tourism Awards hosted by Queensland Tourism Industry Council - QTIC

This year we've entered two categories, Festivals & Events, and Excellence in Accessible Tourism.

We're so proud of this special moment of recognition for our team and volunteers and the hard work that goes in to making our festival a success, and to In Quiet Company & ERMS Group for their expert support.

We're honoured to be alongside other Moreton Bay finalists Aqua Warrior - Redcliffe, Brisbane Whale Watching, Pranafest, and Tourism and Events Moreton Bay, as well as many other brilliant Queensland businesses contributing excellence to the tourism industry.

The winners will be announced on November 6th, so cross your fingers and toes and catch the livestream on the night as we celebrate with the best of the best in Queensland!

Huzzah!

19/08/2026

The ERMS Group are proud to be the principal provider of public safety, risk and emergency management advisory services for History Alive: A Journey Through Time. Now being hosted at Ipswich and supported by the Ipswich City Council this timeline event is a great opportunity to see reenactments from various periods. Tickets are on sale now!

History alive is just over 3 months away. Ticket sales will go live soon. We can't wait to welcome you all to the event. Watch this space.

17/07/2026

The winner of 4 x Day Passes (Saturday OR Sunday) along with joust tickets and a parking pass to the 2027 Abbey Medieval Festival is Meg McDermott. Meg congratulations on your win, please send our team a DM so we can arrange your tickets.

Stand by there we will have another chance later this year to win more tickets.

16/07/2026

Stayed tuned we will announce the winner of the 2027 tickets for Abbey Medieval Festival later this morning.

The team at the ERMS Group know that a lot of people missed out on tickets for this year so couldn’t enter this competition.

As we move to celebrate our 20 years as sponsors for the festival we will have other competitions that will allow you a chance to get tickets to 2027, and other unique prizes.

15/07/2026

69% of reputational damage in a crisis occurs within the first 24 hours (PwC, 2023). Most organisations that go silent aren't choosing silence. They're waiting for an answer that was never agreed in advance.

Three figures tell the quieter story:
PwC 2023: 69% of damage lands in the first 24 hours.
Deloitte 2022: 49% of executives have no pre-agreed internal escalation protocols.
CMI 2023: recovery takes up to 3x longer when external communications are delayed beyond the first hour.

The gap is rarely about media handling or spokesperson training. It's about decisions that should have been settled long before the incident. Who approves the first statement. Who briefs the board. Who speaks to regulators.

For Australian organisations operating across multiple states, time zones, and regulators, an unrehearsed escalation chain is measured in trust that does not return. The ERMS Group works with executive teams to pre-agree those decisions, so the first hour begins with clarity rather than questions.

Sources: PwC Global Crisis Survey 2023; Deloitte Executive Preparedness Benchmark 2022; Chartered Management Institute 2023.

07/07/2026

19/06/2026

Most disaster recovery plans get written before the planner has spoken to a single resident in the affected area.

That's the wrong order.

Our team spent months embedded inside a regional Australian community 3.5 times the size of Tasmania before drafting a single page of policy. No assumptions. No desktop reviews. Just walking the ground, meeting people, and mapping the informal networks no satellite image will ever show you.

Here's what surfaces when you embed first:

>> Resource gaps that don't appear on any register
>> Cultural considerations that shape whether a response is accepted or rejected
>> Informal networks that activate faster than any official channel

Plans built this way treat preparedness, response, and recovery as one connected sequence. Not three separate documents handed to three different teams once the pressure is already on.

Resilience is built before the disaster, not during it. 💡

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