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.

Date	Item	Type		Key Topics
	Activation of community fire units in the Blue Mountains during the October 2013 bushfires	Project		capability, communication, emergency management
	Ecosystem resilience - technological advances to increases efficiency of ecosystem resilience monitoring	Project		emergency management, modelling, resilience
	Sleep and stress in on-call fire and emergency service workers	Project		emergency management
	What human capacity demands should inform the development and appointment of an emergency manager?	Project		communication, emergency management
	Using realistic disaster scenario analysis to understand natural hazard impacts and emergency management requirements	Project	save (0 bytes)	emergency management, modelling, scenario analysis
	Assessing community resilience for emergencies in local government policy - Maroondah City Council and Knox City Council case studies	Project		communities, emergency management, resilience
	Risks assessments of non-compliant materials on buildings	Project		emergency management, risk analysis, risk management
	Characterisation of synoptic weather features often associated with extreme events in south east Australia and Tasmania	Project		emergency management, severe weather
	Collapse behaviour of limited ductile high-strength reinforced concrete columns under simulated earthquake loading.	Project		emergency management, engineering
	Preparing emergency services for operations in a climate-challenged world	Project		climate change, emergency management, governance
	Established and emerging uses of predictive services	Project		emergency management, fire, firefighter
	Community engagement for disaster risk reduction through embedding DRR values	Project		emergency management, multi-hazard
26 Feb 2019	Stretch your thinking on natural hazards management - 17 to 19 June, Canberra	Resource	save (0 bytes)	communication, emergency management, land management
05 Mar 2014	Launch of the CRC - SES	Resource	save (0 bytes)	emergency management, multi-hazard
21 Apr 2020	Landscape prescribed burning: a south west Australian perspective	Resource	save (242.84 KB)	emergency management, land management, prescribed burning
07 Sep 2018	AFAC18 - Continuing the conversation: A changing world	Resource	save (0 bytes)	climate change, decision making, emergency management
20 Oct 2014	Discovering future disaster management capability needs using scenario planning	Resource		capability, emergency management, scenario analysis
18 Nov 2019	Highlights - International Day for Disaster Reduction 2019	Resource	save (0 bytes)	emergency management, land management, resilience
17 May 2016	Improving the retention and engagement of volunteers in emergency service agencies	Resource	save (2.63 MB)	communication, emergency management, volunteering
23 Apr 2018	Dr Steven Curnin - early career researcher entry 2018	Resource	save (0 bytes)	capability, decision making, emergency management
07 Sep 2017	No ordinary call: factors predicting fire communication officers' job strain and well-being	Resource	save (2.21 MB)	capability, communication, emergency management
11 Sep 2015	Disaster Management: Building Resilient Systems to Aid Recovery	Resource	save (1.03 MB)	emergency management, resilience
24 May 2019	Public health and natural hazards: New policies and preparedness initiatives developed from an Australian bushfire case study	Resource	save (84.72 KB)	decision making, emergency management, fire
16 Apr 2018	Planning and Capability Requirements for Catastrophic and Cascading Events	Resource	save (1.22 MB)	capability, emergency management, planning
18 Jun 2019	Sleep and stress in on-call fire and emergency service workers	Resource	save (209.44 KB)	emergency management, response
30 Jun 2017	Social media in emergencies: an examination of government accountability for risk communication and warning	Resource	save (702.21 KB)	communication, emergency management, risk analysis
28 Oct 2019	Mapping approaches to community engagement for disaster preparedness in Australia	Resource	save (0 bytes)	emergency management, planning, preparedness
07 Jul 2017	Lightning presentation: planning and capability requirements for catastrophic and cascading events	Resource	save (1021.56 KB)	capability, emergency management, multi-hazard
15 Sep 2017	AFAC17 - Day 2 wrap up	Resource	save (0 bytes)	communication, emergency management, multi-hazard
21 May 2020	Psychological Safety Checklist	Resource	save (151.59 KB)	communication, decision making, emergency management
25 Jun 2021	Stay informed and connected with the CRC	Resource		emergency management, local knowledge, multi-hazard
02 Aug 2017	Panel: Making a difference - Showcase 2017	Resource		emergency management, policy, risk management
24 May 2018	CRC focused and engaged: review panel	Resource	save (330.55 KB)	capability, coastal, emergency management
19 Sep 2018	Volunteering into the future: disaster events, local governments and communities	Resource	save (4.97 MB)	communities, emergency management, volunteering
18 Aug 2015	Volunteering Challenges for Emergency Services	Resource	save (376.22 KB)	emergency management, volunteering
12 Sep 2016	#AFAC16 Research Forum day wrap-up	Resource	save (0 bytes)	emergency management, multi-hazard
28 Mar 2022	A guide to non-technical skills in emergency management	Resource	save (7.57 MB)	decision making, emergency management, scenario analysis
25 Nov 2020	Complex decision making and teamwork when the heat is on	Resource		decision making, emergency management, response
03 Jul 2017	Warnings - a statement on research priorities for natural hazards emergency management in Australia	Resource	save (940.87 KB)	communities, emergency management, warnings
25 Oct 2017	Implementation of the Sendai Framework in Australia	Resource	save (556.24 KB)	communities, emergency management, risk management