Presented by Monica Farrow.
Monica Farrow is Director of Operations, Emergency Management Unit, Queensland Ambulance Service. With over 26 years’ experience in ambulance services across a myriad of clinical, supervisory and managerial positions, Monica Farrow is currently the Director of Operations for the Emergency Management Unit, Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS). Monica is responsible for the State-wide preparedness, planning, education and governance of QAS disaster management response and recovery, significant incidents, event management, readiness and exercise management, and aeromedical safety and governance.
In 2018, Monica was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) for exemplary performance in leadership, expertise and contribution to the strategic planning, preparation and readiness of QAS operations supporting the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Monica holds a Master of Education (Leadership & Management), postgraduate degrees in Business and Intensive Care Paramedic Practice and a Bachelor of Health Science from the Queensland University of Technology. Monica is currently undertaking studies in psychology and is passionate about human behaviour, capability building, public safety, policy and research.
The College is the peak professional body representing and supporting paramedics and student paramedics across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand since 1973.
The College acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the traditional custodians of the land and sea in which we live and work, we recognise their continuing connection to land, sea and culture and pay our respects to Elders past, present and future.
The College acknowledges Māori as tangata whenua and Treaty of Waitangi partners in Aotearoa New Zealand.
