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Catastrophic events are cascading in nature, escalating in their impacts as interconnected essential services fail, causing further impacts and making the recovery more complex and prolonged. Events may not respect borders or boundaries, resulting in unclear accountabilities amongst responding agencies, and conflicting strategies and public messaging as different jurisdictions respond.
This study commenced in July 2017, and aims to better understand the nature of catastrophe and identify ways to improve management approaches in the Australian context.
For the first time, a nationwide research project investigated the mental health and wellbeing of Australia’s emergency service staff and volunteers. Beyond Blue in collaboration with the CRC, surveyed 20,000 current and former personnel from 33 police and emergency organisations across Australia about their mental health and risk of suicide.
Resources credited
Type | Released | Title | Download | Key Topics |
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Presentation-Audio-Video | 12 Jun 2018 | Heather Stuart from NSW SES discusses the benefits of organisational learning in IMT's |
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communication, decision making, emergency management |
Presentation-Slideshow | 07 Jul 2017 | Enhancing capability in emergency management |
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capability, decision making, emergency management |