Key topics

emergency management

Emergency management is the discipline of dealing with and avoiding both natural and manmade disasters. It involves preparedness, response and recovery in order to lessen the impact of disasters.

Item	Type		Key Topics
Flood vulnerability functions: detailed vs generalised approach	Biblio	save (1.65 MB)	emergency management, flood, modelling
Leadership in crisis: developing beyond command and control	Biblio	save (350.71 KB)	communication, decision making, emergency management
Enhancing learning in emergency services organisational work	Biblio		capability, decision making, emergency management
The value of disaster research	Project		economics, emergency management
Evaluation of pre-intervention data: divergent thinking and brain plasticity	Biblio	save (526.36 KB)	decision making, emergency management, scenario analysis
We have not lived long enough: Sensemaking and learning from bushfire in Australia	Biblio		emergency management, governance, policy
Prevalence and predictors of mental health in firefighters	Biblio	save (604.44 KB)	capability, emergency management, resilience
Planning and capability requirements for catastrophic and cascading disasters - final project report	Biblio	save (2.01 MB)	capability, emergency management, multi-hazard
Are fire brigades liable for poor decisions?	Biblio		emergency management, governance, response
Impact-based forecasting for the coastal zone	Biblio	save (657.21 KB)	coastal, emergency management, storm surge
Economics of Natural Hazards Annual Report 2017-2018	Biblio	save (1.21 MB)	emergency management, environments, multi-hazard
A review of emergency and fire management training available for remote communities in northern Australia based on the views of local inhabitants	Biblio	save (1.47 MB)	emergency management, indigenous communities, Northern Australia
Cost-effective mitigation strategy development for flood proof buildings - annual report 2018-2019	Biblio	save (943.9 KB)	emergency management, engineering, flood
Improving volunteer recruitment and retention: Annual project report 2015-2016	Biblio	save (1.46 MB)	emergency management, recruitment, volunteering
Flash flood fatalities in NSW, VIC, ACT and South East QLD from 1 January 2000 to 30 June 2017	Biblio	save (1.59 MB)	emergency management, flood, risk management
A characterisation of synoptic weather features often associated with extreme events in southeast Australia: Stage 1 – common features of recent events	Biblio	save (21.94 MB)	emergency management, fire weather, severe weather
Salivary cortisol profiles of on-call from home fire and emergency service personnel	Biblio		emergency management, mental health
Established and emerging uses of predictive services	Project		emergency management, fire, firefighter
Disaster Management in Australia: Government Coordination in a Time of Crisis	Biblio		decision making, emergency management, governance
Decision making, team monitoring and organisational performance: Part two decision making research stream	Biblio	save (1.45 MB)	decision making, emergency management, scenario analysis
Organisational socialisation of volunteers in an emergency services agency	Biblio	save (564.04 KB)	emergency management, recruitment, volunteering
Effective Representation of River Geometry in Hydraulic Flood Forecast Models	Biblio	save (1.75 MB)	emergency management, flood, risk management
A formative evaluation of the Triple Zero Kids’ Challenge Teacher’s Guide	Biblio		child-centred, communication, emergency management
Professionalism: certification for emergency management leaders	Biblio	save (251.72 KB)	capability, emergency management, organisational
Community engagement techniques toolkit	Biblio	save (1.66 MB)	communities, emergency management, preparedness
Get ready NSW- fostering all hazards resilience in local communities	Biblio	save (667.19 KB)	communities, emergency management, resilience
The lived experience of disadvantaged communities affected by the 2015 South Indian Floods: Implications for disaster risk reduction dialogue	Biblio		communities, emergency management, vulnerability
Optimising post-disaster recovery interventions in Australia: annual project report 2018-19	Biblio	save (790.52 KB)	emergency management, optimisation, risk management
Using discrete event simulation cellular automata models to determine multi-mode travel times and routes of terrestrial suppression resources to wildland fires	Biblio		emergency management, fire
Preparing emergency services for operations in a climate-challenged world	Project		climate change, emergency management, governance
You own the fuel, but who owns the fire?	Biblio		emergency management, policy, risk analysis
We have not lived long enough: Sensemaking and learning from bushfire in Australia	Biblio		decision making, emergency management
Assessing the application and value of participatory mapping for community bushfire preparation	Biblio		communities, emergency management, local knowledge
Disaster Resilient Communities: Engagement with Spontaneous Volunteer Groups	Biblio	save (1.05 MB)	communities, emergency management, volunteering
Role Clarity, Swift Trust and Multi‐Agency Coordination	Biblio		capability, emergency management, framework
Collaboration in disasters: A cultural challenge for the utilities sector	Biblio		communication, emergency management
Human Factors Challenges in Emergency Management	Biblio		decision making, emergency management, multi-hazard
Retrofitting of a high-set Queensland house for wind loading	Biblio	save (1.69 MB)	cyclone, emergency management, vulnerability
Research proceedings from the 2018 Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC and AFAC Conference	Biblio	save (15.24 MB)	emergency management, land management, multi-hazard
Public information in the emergency services - literature review	Biblio	save (788.53 KB)	communication, emergency management