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
Optimising emergency services resourcing: informing SAFECOM's capability planning	Project		capability, communication, emergency 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
Sprinkler systems for the protection of buildings from wildfire	Biblio	save (19.97 MB)	emergency management, engineering, vulnerability
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
We have not lived long enough: Sensemaking and learning from bushfire in Australia	Biblio		decision making, emergency management
You own the fuel, but who owns the fire?	Biblio		emergency management, policy, risk analysis
Preparing emergency services for operations in a climate-challenged world	Project		climate change, 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
Community organisation involvement in disaster management	Biblio	save (1.76 MB)	communities, emergency management, multi-hazard
Prevalence and predictors of suicidal thoughts and behaviours among Australian police and emergency services employees	Biblio		emergency management, mental health, organisational
Cost-effective mitigation strategy development for building related earthquake risk: progress report on economic loss modelling	Biblio	save (1.16 MB)	decision making, earthquake, emergency management
Increasing emergency management capacity through business sector involvement	Biblio	save (503.1 KB)	emergency management, land management, risk management
Human Factors Challenges in Emergency Management	Biblio		decision making, emergency management, multi-hazard
Role Clarity, Swift Trust and Multi‐Agency Coordination	Biblio		capability, emergency management, framework
Challenges of Measuring Emergency Management Performance Under Adversity: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly Conference Paper 2014	Biblio	save (594.66 KB)	decision making, emergency management, scenario analysis
Prioritisation strategy for seismic retrofitting of reinforced concrete buildings in Australia	Project		emergency management, engineering
Research proceedings from the 2018 Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC and AFAC Conference	Biblio	save (15.24 MB)	emergency management, land management, multi-hazard
Opportunities and constraints identified in existing frameworks in use for organisational learning	Biblio	save (1.31 MB)	emergency management, organisational
Discussion paper: Learning for emergency services, looking for a new approach	Biblio	save (2.34 MB)	decision making, emergency management, policy
Giving voice to our givers: A phenomenological study addressing the perceptions of Rural Fire Service volunteers in Queensland	Project		emergency management, fire, volunteering
Real people, real stories- if it’s flooded forget it	Biblio	save (767.2 KB)	communities, emergency management, flood
Legal and Ethical Aspects of Disaster Management	Biblio		emergency management, governance, policy
Learning to learn from bushfire: Perspectives from Victorian emergency management practitioners	Biblio		emergency management, fire, organisational
Can major post-event inquiries and reviews contribute to lessons management?	Biblio		communication, emergency management
Risky business: Why diversity and inclusion matter	Biblio	save (2.31 MB)	diversity and inclusion, emergency management
Assessing the application and value of participatory mapping for community bushfire preparation	Biblio		communities, emergency management, local knowledge
From research outcome to agency change: mapping a learning trajectory of opportunities and challenges	Biblio	save (421.2 KB)	decision making, emergency management, policy
The value of research from the Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC	Biblio	save (1.15 MB)	economics, emergency management
Earthquake Scenario, Melbourne	Biblio	save (3.44 MB)	earthquake, emergency management, scenario analysis
Emergency management and policy: research impact and utilisation	Biblio	save (397.64 KB)	emergency management, governance, policy
Safety awareness of firefighters and their perception of fire risks in cladding fires	Biblio	save (2.08 MB)	emergency management, fire impacts, firefighter
No Ordinary Moments: Improving the response to disasters by enhancing the Incident Command System (ICS)	Project		communication, emergency management
Assessing community resilience for emergencies in local government policy - Maroondah City Council and Knox City Council	Biblio	save (1.64 MB)	communication, emergency management, resilience
The value of disaster research: a review of the literature	Biblio	save (1.16 MB)	economics, emergency management
Flood levee influences on community preparedness: a paradox?	Biblio		communities, emergency management, flood
Nonprofit and public sector interorganizational collaboration in disaster recovery: Lessons from the field	Biblio		decision making, emergency management, organisational
Volunteering research in Australia: A narrative review	Biblio		diversity and inclusion, emergency management, volunteering
Performance of fire detection algorithms using himawari-8	Biblio	save (1.27 MB)	emergency management, fire, fire weather
Supplementing emergency warning messages to encourage readiness to act: the effect of colours and icons	Biblio	save (3.07 MB)	communication, emergency management, warnings