Matthew Dyer
About
Matt Dyer has more than twenty years’ experience in disaster management in Queensland, making significant contributions to disaster research, policy and practice, and has guided disaster response through events that impacted regional Queensland communities, receiving the National Emergency Medal in recognition of his service and commitment to community safety. Matt grew up on Cape York and remembers fondly the heat, humidity, sound and smell of an impending monsoon: his passion today includes understanding current and future hazard and risk, to build resilience in a climate-challenged world. He remains a student of disaster resilience. Matt is Executive Manager of the Hazard and Risk Unit within State Operations at the Queensland Fire Department.