Key topics

communities

Communities refers to groups of people living in the same place, who share particular characteristics or endeavours.

Date	Item	Type		Key Topics
	Harnessing the capacities of spontaneous volunteers: application and adaptation of the Queensland model	Biblio	save (177.09 KB)	communities, non-traditional recruitment, volunteering
	Study of heatwave impacts on residents and businesses in western Sydney - 2017	Project		communities, response, severe weather
	Volunteered geographic information, community engagement and bushfire preparation	Project		communities, local knowledge, volunteering
	Emergency volunteer retention: can a culture of inclusiveness help?	Biblio	save (1.36 MB)	communities, diversity and inclusion, volunteering
	Assessing the application and value of participatory mapping for community bushfire preparation	Biblio		communities, emergency management, local knowledge
	Improved predictions of severe weather to reduce community impact: Annual project report 2014-2015	Biblio	save (816.16 KB)	communities, forecasting, severe weather
	Demographic profiling: Victorian bushfires 2009 case study	Biblio	save (12.2 MB)	communities, fire, fire impacts
	Capturing community members' bushfire experiences following the 12 January 2014 Parkerville (WA) fire: supplementary online survey	Biblio	save (6.33 MB)	communication, communities, decision making
	Checks and balances: A business‐oriented lens on disaster management and warnings	Biblio		communication, communities, recovery
	Domestic architecture and the perception of risk in bushfire-prone areas	Project		communities, fire, risk analysis
	Australia's future national heatwave forecast and warning service: operational considerations.	Biblio	save (1.17 MB)	communities, fire, heat transfer
	How do residents in bushfire prone areas view the risk of their local area and homes?	Biblio	save (676.88 KB)	communities, fire, risk analysis
	Community understanding of the tsunami risk and warnings systems in Australian communities	Project		communication, communities, tsunami
	Briefing paper: A proposed framework to assess strategies for engaging non-traditional emergency volunteers	Biblio	save (1.29 MB)	communities, non-traditional recruitment, volunteering
	Developing a targeted resilience intervention for the primary prevention of PTSD - non peer reviewed extended abstract	Biblio	save (186.16 KB)	communities, response
14 Dec 2013	Post fire field research	News		communities, resilience
11 Feb 2014	Emergency warnings under review	Press Clipping		communication, communities, warnings
28 Feb 2014	Warning communities to take action	News		communication, communities, decision making
28 Feb 2014	Preparing kids for disasters may help mobilise the whole community	News		communities, education, resilience
27 Mar 2014	Building best practice in child-centred disaster risk reduction	Resource	save (570.26 KB)	child-centred, communities, risk management
27 Mar 2014	Managing animals in disasters	Resource	save (1.74 MB)	animals, communities, resilience
27 Mar 2014	Connecting communities and resilience	Resource	save (1.14 MB)	communities, recovery, resilience
07 May 2014	Newsletter - Out of Uniform	News		communities, volunteering
07 Aug 2014	Community Members' Responses to Bushfire Threat	Resource	save (1.17 MB)	communities, decision making, fire
25 Aug 2014	Improving the role of hazard communications in increasing residents' preparedness and response planning	Resource	save (484.61 KB)	communities, planning, preparedness
30 Aug 2014	Predicting community behavior to disasters to be presented at Emergency Services conference in New Zealand	Press Clipping		communication, communities
08 Sep 2014	The Australian natural disaster resilience index	Resource	save (1.17 MB)	communities, resilience
08 Sep 2014	Building community resilience to natural hazards in Northern Australia	Resource	save (1.65 MB)	communities, Northern Australia, resilience
30 Sep 2014	Findings from the October 2013 bushfires in NSW	News		communication, communities, warnings
01 Oct 2014	Fire Australia Spring 2014	Resource	save (9.97 MB)	communities, risk management, volunteering
07 Oct 2014	Mercury rising replay available	News		communities, fire severity, fire weather
13 Oct 2014	Public event marks International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction	News		communities, mitigation, resilience
22 Oct 2014	Sustainable volunteering - how can we do it differently?	News		communities, non-traditional recruitment, volunteering
27 Oct 2014	The NSW RFS household assessment tool	Resource		communities
27 Oct 2014	Building community resilience to natural hazards in northern Australia	Resource		communities, Northern Australia, resilience
27 Oct 2014	Devloping an index of resilience for Australian communities	Resource		communities, resilience
29 Oct 2014	All Research to Drive Change resources accessible	News		communication, communities, fire
29 Oct 2014	Facing a disaster	News		capability, communities, vulnerability
29 Oct 2014	Missed the Research Forum? Audio and video now available	News		communities, fire, flood
10 Dec 2014	Research helps TFS win national award	News		communities, education, fire