Key topics

volunteering

Volunteering is the act of working for an organisation without being paid. Volunteer retention is the ability to hold on to volunteers for future scenarios requiring their assistance.

Item	Type		Key Topics
State Emergency Service (SES): Volunteer views on experiences, wellbeing, and motivations – Findings from the Cultural Assessment Tool (CAT) Survey 2019-20	Biblio	save (852.43 KB)	non-traditional recruitment, recruitment, volunteering
Improving volunteer recruitment and retention: Annual project report 2015-2016	Biblio	save (1.46 MB)	emergency management, recruitment, volunteering
The interaction between firefighting boot design and lower body injury risk at work	Biblio	save (587.38 KB)	emergency management, optimisation, volunteering
Emergency volunteering 2030: views from local government managers	Biblio	save (985.88 KB)	emergency management, governance, volunteering
Emergency volunteering in Australia: transforming, not declining	Biblio	save (1017.73 KB)	volunteering
Extending into community-led preparedness and planning just enough (but not too much?)	Biblio		communities, non-traditional recruitment, volunteering
Volunteering research in Australia: A narrative review	Biblio		diversity and inclusion, emergency management, volunteering
Informal Volunteerism in Emergencies and Disasters: A Literature Review	Biblio	save (676.37 KB)	non-traditional recruitment, resilience, volunteering
Out of uniform (building community resilience through non-traditional emergency volunteering): what have we learnt?	Biblio	save (534.45 KB)	non-traditional recruitment, resilience, volunteering
Don't just do something, stand there! Mitigating goal seduction in emergency management	Biblio		capability, emergency management, volunteering
Navigating authority and legitimacy when ‘outsider’ volunteers co-produce emergency management services	Biblio	save (334.51 KB)	capability, recruitment, volunteering
The integration of informal volunteers into animal emergency management: experiences from the 2015 South Australian bushfires - non peer reviewed extended abstract	Biblio	save (184.77 KB)	animals, volunteering
Emergency volunteering 2030: Views from emergency response volunteer representatives	Biblio	save (1.18 MB)	non-traditional recruitment, recruitment, volunteering
The changing landscape of disaster volunteering: opportunities, responses and gaps in Australia	Biblio		non-traditional recruitment, resilience, volunteering
Exploring Volunteer Turnover Reasons, Intentions, and Behaviour	Biblio		communication, recruitment, volunteering
Enabling sustainable emergency volunteering - annual report 2019-2020	Biblio	save (1.73 MB)	non-traditional recruitment, recruitment, volunteering
Harnessing the capacities of spontaneous volunteers: application and adaptation of the Queensland model	Biblio	save (177.09 KB)	communities, non-traditional recruitment, volunteering
Assessing the potential, application, and implications of volunteered geographic information in disaster risk reduction	Biblio	save (7.27 MB)	communities, local knowledge, volunteering
Building Community Resilience Through Informal Emergency Volunteering Conference Paper 2014	Biblio	save (595.14 KB)	non-traditional recruitment, resilience, volunteering
Disaster Resilient Communities: Engagement with Spontaneous Volunteer Groups	Biblio	save (1.05 MB)	communities, emergency management, volunteering
When joining is not enough: emergency services volunteers and the intention to remain	Biblio		volunteering
A Review of Volunteered Geographic Information for Disaster Management	Biblio		communication, emergency management, volunteering
Enabling sustainable emergency volunteering – final project report	Biblio	save (3.17 MB)	non-traditional recruitment, recruitment, volunteering
Improving the retention and engagement of volunteers in emergency service agencies: Annual project report 2014-2015	Biblio	save (854.2 KB)	communities, non-traditional recruitment, volunteering
Emergency Services Workforce 2030: Changing landscape literature review	Biblio	save (2.04 MB)	non-traditional recruitment, recruitment, volunteering
Volunteering into the future – disaster events, local governments & communities	Biblio	save (635.16 KB)	emergency management, multi-hazard, volunteering
Out of uniform: building community resilience through non-traditional volunteering: Annual project report 2015-2016	Biblio	save (1014.69 KB)	non-traditional recruitment, resilience, volunteering
Emergency volunteering 2030: Views from the community sector	Biblio	save (1.05 MB)	emergency management, volunteering
Emerging technologies for risk reduction: assessing the potential use of social media and VGI for increasing community engagement	Biblio	save (570.72 KB)	communication, local knowledge, volunteering
Investigating the activation of community fire units in the Blue Mountains during the October 2013 bushfires	Biblio	save (5.29 MB)	fire, local knowledge, volunteering
Sleep Restriction during Simulated Wildfire Suppression: Effect on Physical Task Performance	Biblio		guidelines, volunteering
A review of informal volunteerism in emergencies and disasters: Definition, opportunities and challenges	Biblio	save (384.22 KB)	multi-hazard, volunteering
Centralised coordination of spontaneous emergency volunteers: the EV CREW model	Biblio	save (327.34 KB)	response, severe weather, volunteering
Valuing volunteers: better understanding the primary motives for volunteering in Australian emergency services	Biblio	save (1.86 MB)	communities, emergency management, volunteering
First responder mental health: Fire and Rescue New South Wales experience	Biblio	save (515.2 KB)	recruitment, resilience, volunteering
Community-led bushfire preparedness in action: The case of Be Ready Warrandyte	Biblio	save (834.52 KB)	communities, decision making, volunteering
Positive mental health in young adult emergency service personnel	Biblio	save (11.99 MB)	mental health, recruitment, volunteering
Out of uniform - building resilience through non-traditional volunteering: annual report 2016-17	Biblio	save (1.42 MB)	non-traditional recruitment, resilience, volunteering
Enabling sustainable emergency volunteering: annual report 2018-19	Biblio	save (1.22 MB)	emergency management, volunteering
The sleep architecture of Australian volunteer firefighters during a multi-day simulated wildfire suppression: Impact of sleep restriction and temperature	Biblio		risk analysis, scenario analysis, volunteering