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
Preparing emergency services for operations in a climate-challenged world - summary report	Biblio	save (2.15 MB)	climate change, emergency management, governance
Intelligent warnings: a twenty-first century approach to encouraging protective action in emergencies	Biblio	save (993.19 KB)	communities, emergency management, warnings
Human error during the multilevel responses to three Australian bushfire disasters	Biblio		decision making, emergency management, fire
Effective Representation of River Geometry in Hydraulic Flood Forecast Models	Biblio	save (1.75 MB)	emergency management, flood, risk management
Vehicle‐related flood fatalities in Australia, 2001–2017	Biblio	save (2.97 MB)	emergency management, flood, warnings
Globe-LFMC, a global plant water status database for vegetation ecophysiology and wildfire applications	Biblio		emergency management, fire, fire impacts
A formative evaluation of the Triple Zero Kids’ Challenge Teacher’s Guide	Biblio		child-centred, communication, emergency management
Using discrete event simulation cellular automata models to determine multi-mode travel times and routes of terrestrial suppression resources to wildland fires	Biblio		emergency management, fire
Development of Capability Targets for the NSW Emergency Management Sector	Biblio	save (973.32 KB)	capability, emergency management
Ten years on from the Victorian Black Saturday bushfires - public information during response	Biblio	save (1.42 MB)	communication, emergency management
Sprinkler systems for the protection of buildings from wildfire	Biblio	save (19.97 MB)	emergency management, engineering, vulnerability
Get ready NSW- fostering all hazards resilience in local communities	Biblio	save (667.19 KB)	communities, emergency management, resilience
We have not lived long enough: Sensemaking and learning from bushfire in Australia	Biblio		decision making, emergency management
Emergency Volunteering 2030: Views from Managers in Volunteerism	Biblio	save (1.89 MB)	emergency management, volunteering
Decision making, team monitoring and organisational learning in emergency management: annual project report 2016-17	Biblio	save (1.14 MB)	capability, decision making, emergency management
Decision making, team monitoring and organisational performance: Part two decision making research stream	Biblio	save (1.45 MB)	decision making, emergency management, scenario analysis
Improving the resilience of existing housing to severe wind events - annual report 2018-19	Biblio	save (1.85 MB)	cyclone, emergency management, engineering
No ordinary call: factors predicting fire communication officers' job strain and well-being	Biblio	save (978.68 KB)	capability, emergency management, resilience
Human Factors Challenges in Emergency Management	Biblio		decision making, emergency management, multi-hazard
Principles for enhanced collaboration between land and emergency management agencies and Indigenous peoples - green paper	Biblio	save (1.61 MB)	emergency management, indigenous communities, land management
Increasing emergency management capacity through business sector involvement	Biblio	save (503.1 KB)	emergency management, land management, risk management
Where do we put our dollars? Economic analysis of different bushfire management options in Western Australia	Biblio	save (391.13 KB)	economics, emergency management, fire
Follow up of study participants: brain plasticity and divergent thinking	Biblio	save (781.71 KB)	decision making, emergency management, scenario analysis
Challenges of Measuring Emergency Management Performance Under Adversity: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly Conference Paper 2014	Biblio	save (594.66 KB)	decision making, emergency management, scenario analysis
Assessing community resilience for emergencies in local government policy: summary	Biblio	save (461.41 KB)	communication, emergency management, resilience
Australian householders’ psychological preparedness for potential natural hazard threats: An exploration of contributing factors	Biblio		communities, emergency management, fire
Research proceedings from the 2018 Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC and AFAC Conference	Biblio	save (15.24 MB)	emergency management, land management, multi-hazard
Opportunities and constraints identified in existing frameworks in use for organisational learning	Biblio	save (1.31 MB)	emergency management, organisational
Discussion paper: Learning for emergency services, looking for a new approach	Biblio	save (2.34 MB)	decision making, emergency management, policy
The roles of pharmacists in disaster health management in natural and anthropogenic disasters	Biblio	save (13.99 MB)	communication, emergency management
Real people, real stories- if it’s flooded forget it	Biblio	save (767.2 KB)	communities, emergency management, flood
Assessing the application and value of participatory mapping for community bushfire preparation	Biblio		communities, emergency management, local knowledge
Can major post-event inquiries and reviews contribute to lessons management?	Biblio		communication, emergency management
Collapse behaviour of limited ductile high-strength RC columns under multidirectional earthquake actions	Biblio		emergency management, engineering, infrastructure
Prevalence and predictors of suicidal thoughts and behaviours among Australian police and emergency services employees	Biblio		emergency management, mental health, organisational
The value of research from the Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC	Biblio	save (1.15 MB)	economics, emergency management
Addressing challenges for future strategic-level emergency management: reframing, networking and capacity building	Biblio		decision making, emergency management
Transformative scenarios in a climate challenged world - emergency management sector case studies as worked examples	Biblio	save (3.07 MB)	climate change, emergency management, governance
Safety awareness of firefighters and their perception of fire risks in cladding fires	Biblio	save (2.08 MB)	emergency management, fire impacts, firefighter
A literature review of methods for providing enhanced operational oversight of teams in emergency management	Biblio		capability, decision making, emergency management