Kirkham-Smith Consultants provides specialist support across emergency management, marine environmental emergencies, maritime domain awareness, search and rescue, critical infrastructure resilience, and public information. We work with organisations and governments across Australia and selected international locations to strengthen capability, improve communication, and support operational readiness in complex, high risk environments.

Our services are practical, collaborative, and grounded in real world experience.

Emergency Management Capability& Planning

We support agencies and organisations to build and maintain effective emergency management capability through:
•    Emergency management planning and review
•    Operational readiness assessments
•    Multi agency coordination support
•    Development of frameworks, guidelines, and operational procedures
•    Risk, consequence, and impact focused planning

Maritime Incident Response, Marine Environmental Emergencies & Maritime Domain Awareness

Kirkham-Smith Consultants provides specialist support across the maritime domain, with a focus on marine environmental emergencies, maritime incident response, and maritime domain awareness.

Our work includes:
•    Marine environmental emergency planning and capability development
•    Support for oil spills, HNS incidents, and coastal pollution events
•    Integration of maritime environmental emergency arrangements with broader EM frameworks
•    Maritime incident coordination and multi agency response support
•    Communication strategies for maritime and coastal incidents
•    Strengthening maritime domain awareness through improved information flows and situational awareness
•    Alignment with national and international maritime safety and environmental protection standards

Search and Rescue (SAR) Capability

We contribute to SAR capability through:
•    SAR planning and coordination support
•    Development of SAR procedures and operational guidance
•    Communication and public information for SAR operations
•    Multi agency integration and readiness activities

Critical Infrastructure Resilience

We help operators and regulators strengthen resilience and preparedness across essential systems and assets through:
•    Critical infrastructure risk and consequence analysis
•    Emergency and continuity planning
•    Stakeholder engagement and coordination
•    Communication strategies for infrastructure disruptions

Exercises, Training & Capability Development

We design and deliver capability building activities that prepare organisations for real world challenges:
•    Discussion based and functional exercises
•    Scenario development
•    Training packages and workshops
•    Evaluation, reporting, and curriculum improvement planning

Strategic Communication & Stakeholder Engagement

We support organisations to communicate effectively with internal and external audiences through:
•    Communication strategies and frameworks
•    Stakeholder mapping and engagement planning
•    Briefings, reports, and executive communication
•    Cross agency communication alignment