Participating organisations
As Western Australias leading hazard management agency, the Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) (formerly the Fire and Emergency Services Authority of WA) performs a critical role coordinating emergency services for a range of natural disasters and emergency incidents threatening life and property. Supported by an extensive network of over 29,000 volunteers and 1111 career firefighters DFES works together with the community and government to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from a diverse range of emergencies.
Child-centred disaster risk reduction
Northern Australian bushfire and natural hazard training
Economics of natural hazards
Improved decision support systems for optimal natural hazard mitigation
Improving the role of hazard communications in increasing residents’ preparedness and response planning
Enhancing remote north Australian community resilience
Managing animals in disasters: improving preparedness, response, and resilience through individual and organisational collaboration
The Australian Natural Disaster Resilience Index: A system for assessing the resilience of Australian communities to natural hazards
Flood risk communication
Mapping and understanding bushfire and natural hazard vulnerability and risks at the institutional scale
2014 Parkerville WA post-incident task force
Effective risk and warning communication during natural hazards
Improved predictions of severe weather to reduce community impact
Using realistic disaster scenario analysis to understand natural hazard impacts and emergency management requirements
Resilience to clustered disaster events on the coast - storm surge
Developing better predictions for extreme water levels
Impact-based forecasting for the coastal zone: East-Coast Lows
Threshold conditions for extreme fire behaviour
Fire spread prediction across fuel types
Cost-effective mitigation strategy for flood prone buildings
Out of uniform: building community resilience through non-traditional emergency volunteering
Enabling sustainable emergency volunteering
Diversity and inclusion: building strength and capability
Factors affecting long term community recovery
AFAC17 logo
All the resources from our 2017 conference
National research priorities for natural hazards
National priorities for research
The Sir Ivan fire. Photo: Nick Moir, Fairfax Media
Research findings from 2017 NSW fires
Four years of highlights
Bushfire planning with kids ebook
