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
Identifying and resolving coordinated decision making breakdowns in emergency management	Biblio		decision making, emergency management
Community engagement for disaster risk reduction through embedding DRR values	Project		emergency management, multi-hazard
Extreme fire behaviours: Surveying fire management staff to determine behaviour frequencies and importance	Biblio	save (414.7 KB)	emergency management, fire, fire severity
Overcoming Ambiguity: Conflict Between Emergency Warning Messages and Socio-Environmental Cues	Biblio		communication, emergency management, warnings
Collapse behaviour of limited ductile high-strength reinforced concrete columns under simulated earthquake loading.	Project		emergency management, engineering
Using realistic disaster scenario analysis to understand natural hazard impacts and emergency management requirements: Annual project report 2015-2016	Biblio	save (671.08 KB)	emergency management, multi-hazard, scenario analysis
Valuing non-market economic impacts from natural hazards	Biblio	save (736.18 KB)	economics, emergency management, risk management
The Hawaii nuclear alert: how did people respond?	Biblio	save (537.88 KB)	emergency management, response, warnings
Sleep and stress in on-call fire and emergency service workers	Biblio		emergency management, mental health
Managing animals in disasters: Annual project report 2014-2015	Biblio	save (1017.25 KB)	animals, emergency management, vulnerability
Embedding non-technical skills as part of core business in emergency management - Final project report Part A	Biblio	save (493.6 KB)	decision making, emergency management, scenario analysis
Diversity and inclusion framework for emergency management policy and practice	Biblio	save (1.69 MB)	diversity and inclusion, emergency management, policy
Major post-event inquiries and reviews: review of recommendations	Biblio	save (1.15 MB)	decision making, emergency management, policy
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
Decision making, team monitoring and organisational learning in emergency management: annual project report 2017-18	Biblio	save (863.67 KB)	decision making, emergency management
Detecting active fires from space using Himawari-8: a report from the regional New South Wales trial	Biblio	save (1.01 MB)	emergency management, fire impacts, planning
Transformative scenarios in a climate challenged world - research methodology for scenario development	Biblio	save (4.32 MB)	climate change, emergency management, governance
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
The effect of working on-call from home on salivary cortisol in fire and emergency service personnel	Biblio		capability, emergency management, optimisation
Rhetoric or reality: coordination in a time of crisis	Biblio	save (1.97 MB)	emergency management, governance
Web 2.0 in disaster and emergency: a risk assessment of tortious liability	Project		communication, emergency management, risk analysis
Business involvement in disaster management	Biblio	save (1.19 MB)	capability, emergency management, multi-hazard
Describing adaptation tipping points in coastal flood risk management	Biblio		emergency management, flood, forecasting
Modelling the impact of lifeline infrastructure failure during natural hazard events	Biblio	save (9.64 MB)	emergency management, environments, risk management
Experiences in the in-field utilisation of fuels3D	Biblio	save (601.76 KB)	emergency management, fire, fuel reduction
Advances in the remote sensing of active fires: a review	Biblio	save (1.79 MB)	emergency management, fire, remote sensing
Planning and capability requirements for catastrophic and cascading disasters	Biblio	save (1.4 MB)	capability, emergency management, multi-hazard
Mapping Bushfire Hazard and Impacts Annual Report 2017-2018	Biblio	save (2.4 MB)	emergency management, fire, fire impacts
Older adults in disaster and emergency management: What are the priority research areas in Australia?	Biblio		diversity and inclusion, emergency management, vulnerability
How emergency services organisations can – and do – utilise research	Biblio		communication, decision making, emergency management
Whole of Government: the Solution to Managing Crises?	Biblio		emergency management, governance, policy
Reducing turnover in volunteer organisations: A leadership intervention based on self-determination theory	Biblio	save (1.77 MB)	emergency management, recruitment, volunteering
Priorities to guide hazards research	Biblio	save (731.17 KB)	emergency management, multi-hazard, risk management
The disaster resilience project: a school-based feasibility and acceptability study	Biblio	save (2.94 MB)	communication, emergency management, warnings
Experiences of Police and Emergency Services Employees with Workers’ Compensation Claims for Mental Health Issues	Biblio		emergency management, mental health, organisational
Building resilience through flood risk communication annual report 2018-2019	Biblio	save (415.97 KB)	emergency management, flood, risk management
From research to red tape - the challenges in implementing fit for duty programs amongst emergency management agencies	Biblio	save (538.93 KB)	emergency management, governance, policy
Model for assessing the vulnerability of Australian housing to windstorms - VAWS	Biblio	save (7.38 MB)	cyclone, emergency management, severe weather
Capability needs for emergency & disaster management organisations	Project		capability, emergency management, scenario analysis