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.

Date	Item	Type		Key Topics
	A Review of Volunteered Geographic Information for Disaster Management	Biblio		communication, emergency management, 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
	Volunteering into the future – disaster events, local governments & communities	Biblio	save (635.16 KB)	emergency management, multi-hazard, volunteering
	Navigating authority and legitimacy when ‘outsider’ volunteers co-produce emergency management services	Biblio	save (334.51 KB)	capability, recruitment, volunteering
	Emergency volunteering 2030: Views from emergency response volunteer representatives	Biblio	save (1.18 MB)	non-traditional recruitment, recruitment, 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
	Sleep Restriction during Simulated Wildfire Suppression: Effect on Physical Task Performance	Biblio		guidelines, 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
	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
	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
	First responder mental health: Fire and Rescue New South Wales experience	Biblio	save (515.2 KB)	recruitment, resilience, volunteering
	Disaster Resilient Communities: Engagement with Spontaneous Volunteer Groups	Biblio	save (1.05 MB)	communities, emergency management, 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
	Enabling sustainable emergency volunteering – final project report	Biblio	save (3.17 MB)	non-traditional recruitment, recruitment, volunteering
	Community-led bushfire preparedness in action: The case of Be Ready Warrandyte	Biblio	save (834.52 KB)	communities, decision making, volunteering
	Emergency Services Workforce 2030: Changing landscape literature review	Biblio	save (2.04 MB)	non-traditional recruitment, recruitment, volunteering
	Emergency volunteering 2030: Views from the community sector	Biblio	save (1.05 MB)	emergency management, volunteering
	Organisational socialisation of volunteers in an emergency services agency	Biblio	save (564.04 KB)	emergency management, 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
	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
05 Apr 2016	Utilisation the real challenge	Blog		emergency management, non-traditional recruitment, volunteering
13 May 2015	On show in Chicago	Blog		communication, emergency management, volunteering
18 Dec 2019	As bushfires intensify, we need to acknowledge the strain on our volunteers	Blog		fire, fire impacts, volunteering
11 Sep 2014	Insights from an end user in Wellington	Blog		volunteering
15 Oct 2015	Extending into community-led preparedness and planning just enough (but not too much?)	Blog		communities, non-traditional recruitment, volunteering
08 Apr 2016	Data progress on Forcett fire	Blog		communities, recovery, volunteering
31 Oct 2017	Sharing PhD findings on community decision making	Blog		communities, local knowledge, volunteering
14 May 2015	Engaging the masses, how we try and do it	Blog		communication, non-traditional recruitment, volunteering
27 Mar 2020	I’ve spent 14 years on bushfire front lines and seen courage in the face of death	Blog		fire, firefighter, volunteering
06 Dec 2016	Out of uniform: workshopping about non-traditional volunteers	Blog		non-traditional recruitment, resilience, volunteering
16 Apr 2015	Sendai through a different lens	Blog		communities, resilience, volunteering
18 Mar 2019	Looking to the future with the NSW Country Women's Association	Blog		capability, communities, volunteering
23 Nov 2015	Connecting, informing, and building relationships: notes from the 2015 CRC sustainable volunteering workshop	Blog		volunteering
10 Sep 2019	Future of EM highlighted for WA volunteers	News		emergency management, mitigation, volunteering
15 Jun 2021	Supporting the mental health of young adult emergency service volunteers through research-backed resources	News		mental health, recruitment, volunteering
15 Dec 2016	Research into leadership skills helps emergency services retain volunteers	News		communication, recruitment, volunteering
07 May 2014	Newsletter - Out of Uniform	News		communities, volunteering
12 Dec 2019	Calling SES volunteers – you can help with research	News		diversity and inclusion, recruitment, volunteering