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.
Economics of natural hazards
Northern Australian bushfire and natural hazard training
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
Using realistic disaster scenario analysis to understand natural hazard impacts and emergency management requirements
Improved predictions of severe weather to reduce community impact
Forecasting impact for severe weather
Resilience to clustered disaster events on the coast - storm surge
Developing better predictions for extreme water levels
Fire spread prediction across fuel types
Child-centred disaster risk reduction
An analysis of building losses and human fatalities from natural disasters
Out of uniform: building community resilience through non-traditional emergency volunteering
Enabling sustainable emergency volunteering
All the resources from our 2016 conference
Research program in detail
Where, why and how are Australians dying in floods?
2015-2016 year in review
Bushfire planning with kids ebook
