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
	Increasing residents’ preparedness and planning for natural hazards : annual project report 2017-18	Biblio	save (674.96 KB)	communication, emergency management, planning
	Stretch‐Thinking Loops: A New Technique for Scenario Planning	Biblio		emergency management, organisational, scenario analysis
	Community engagement techniques toolkit	Biblio	save (1.66 MB)	communities, emergency management, preparedness
	Extreme fire behaviours: Surveying fire management staff to determine behaviour frequencies and importance	Biblio	save (414.7 KB)	emergency management, fire, fire severity
	Identifying and resolving coordinated decision making breakdowns in emergency management	Biblio		decision making, emergency management
	Non‐technical skills for emergency incident management teams: A literature review	Biblio		decision making, emergency management, organisational
	Large damage bills to buildings from cyclones can be reduced by small actions	Biblio	save (507.42 KB)	cyclone, emergency management, resilience
	Bushfire and natural hazard training for Northern Australia: Annual project report 2014-2015	Biblio	save (742.18 KB)	emergency management, multi-hazard, response
	Learning for emergency services: looking for a new approach	Biblio	save (1.91 MB)	emergency management, governance, policy
	Animal emergency management in South Australia: a case study of the Sampson Flat bushfire	Biblio		animals, communities, emergency management
	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
	Diversity and inclusion: towards a better understanding of management and measurement - policy paper	Biblio	save (1.14 MB)	capability, diversity and inclusion, emergency management
	Major post-event inquiries and reviews: review of recommendations	Biblio	save (1.15 MB)	decision making, emergency management, policy
	Disaster Resilient Communities: Engagement with Spontaneous Volunteer Groups	Biblio	save (1.05 MB)	communities, emergency management, volunteering
	Vulnerability of buildings and civil infrastructure to tropical cyclones: A preliminary review of modelling approaches and literature	Biblio	save (1.74 MB)	emergency management, modelling, scenario analysis
	Improving Fire Behaviour Data Obtained from Wildfires	Biblio		emergency management, fire impacts, fire severity
	Evidence to support incident management team capability	Biblio	save (146.37 KB)	communication, emergency management, multi-hazard
	Retrofitting of a high-set Queensland house for wind loading	Biblio	save (1.69 MB)	cyclone, emergency management, vulnerability
	The effect of working on-call from home on salivary cortisol in fire and emergency service personnel	Biblio		capability, emergency management, optimisation
	Experiences in the in-field utilisation of fuels3D	Biblio	save (601.76 KB)	emergency management, fire, fuel reduction
	Improving decision making, teamwork and organisational learning in emergency management – final project report	Biblio	save (2.96 MB)	decision making, emergency management, scenario analysis
	Advances in the remote sensing of active fires: a review	Biblio	save (1.79 MB)	emergency management, fire, remote sensing
	Beyond Binary: (Re)Defining “Gender” for 21st Century Disaster Risk Reduction Research, Policy, and Practice	Biblio	save (766.4 KB)	communities, diversity and inclusion, emergency management
	The Hawaii nuclear alert: how did people respond?	Biblio	save (537.88 KB)	emergency management, response, warnings
	Risky business: Why diversity and inclusion matter	Biblio	save (2.31 MB)	diversity and inclusion, emergency management
14 Dec 2016	Resources to help your PhD	Blog		communication, education, emergency management
23 May 2016	The RAF, the future and outreach	Blog		emergency management, land management
14 Feb 2020	AFAC20 - don't miss out!	Blog		emergency management, land management, multi-hazard
19 Mar 2019	A model for highly valued research	Blog		emergency management, land management, multi-hazard
20 Apr 2020	AFAC20 update	Blog		emergency management, land management, multi-hazard
15 Feb 2018	Independent performance review of the CRC	Blog		communication, emergency management, multi-hazard
08 Sep 2017	Research plays part for better policy and practice	Blog		emergency management, multi-hazard
15 Jan 2015	Natural hazards—a wicked problem	Blog		emergency management, multi-hazard, risk management
06 Mar 2020	Celebrating International Women’s Day	Blog		diversity and inclusion, emergency management
28 Jun 2019	Six years done and the main game is to use the research	Blog		communities, emergency management, warnings
10 Sep 2019	Assessing the value of disaster research	Blog		economics, emergency management
09 Jan 2016	Research must advance to keep us safe from natural hazards	Blog		communication, communities, emergency management
02 Sep 2020	Valuing each other - why diversity and inclusion matters	Blog		diversity and inclusion, emergency management, policy
19 Sep 2017	Uptake from partners evident at conference	Blog		communication, emergency management, multi-hazard
20 Dec 2018	Providing useful benefits in 2018 and beyond	Blog		emergency management, mental health, multi-hazard