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
Organisational socialisation of volunteers in an emergency services agency	Biblio	save (564.04 KB)	emergency management, recruitment, volunteering
Intelligent warnings: a twenty-first century approach to encouraging protective action in emergencies	Biblio	save (993.19 KB)	communities, emergency management, warnings
Sleep in wildland firefighters: what do we know and why does it matter?	Biblio		emergency management, fire impacts, fire severity
Globe-LFMC, a global plant water status database for vegetation ecophysiology and wildfire applications	Biblio		emergency management, fire, fire impacts
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
Stretch‐Thinking Loops: A New Technique for Scenario Planning	Biblio		emergency management, organisational, scenario analysis
Reducing bushfire risk to vulnerable community members through health and community services agencies – business continuity approach	Biblio	save (687.64 KB)	communities, emergency management, fire
Sprinkler systems for the protection of buildings from wildfire	Biblio	save (19.97 MB)	emergency management, engineering, vulnerability
We have not lived long enough: Sensemaking and learning from bushfire in Australia	Biblio		decision making, emergency management
Optimising post-disaster recovery interventions in Australia: annual project report 2018-19	Biblio	save (790.52 KB)	emergency management, optimisation, risk management
Non‐technical skills for emergency incident management teams: A literature review	Biblio		decision making, emergency management, organisational
You own the fuel, but who owns the fire?	Biblio		emergency management, policy, risk analysis
Improving decision making, teamwork and organisational learning in emergency management – final project report	Biblio	save (2.96 MB)	decision making, emergency management, scenario analysis
Assessing the application and value of participatory mapping for community bushfire preparation	Biblio		communities, emergency management, local knowledge
Prevalence and predictors of suicidal thoughts and behaviours among Australian police and emergency services employees	Biblio		emergency management, mental health, organisational
Human Factors Challenges in Emergency Management	Biblio		decision making, emergency management, multi-hazard
Increasing emergency management capacity through business sector involvement	Biblio	save (503.1 KB)	emergency management, land management, risk management
Role Clarity, Swift Trust and Multi‐Agency Coordination	Biblio		capability, emergency management, framework
Conditions for effective coproduction in community-led disaster risk management	Biblio		emergency management, multi-hazard, risk management
Diversity and inclusion: towards a better understanding of management and measurement - policy paper	Biblio	save (1.14 MB)	capability, diversity and inclusion, emergency management
Displacement Based Design of Bridge Abutments	Biblio		earthquake, emergency management, mitigation
Collaboration in disasters: A cultural challenge for the utilities sector	Biblio		communication, emergency management
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
Risk modelling as a tool to support local government emergency management	Biblio	save (690.83 KB)	emergency management, risk analysis, tsunami
Prioritisation strategy for seismic retrofitting of reinforced concrete buildings in Australia	Project		emergency management, engineering
Public information in the emergency services - literature review	Biblio	save (788.53 KB)	communication, emergency management
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
Legal and Ethical Aspects of Disaster Management	Biblio		emergency management, governance, policy
The emerging imperative of disaster justice	Biblio	save (599.81 KB)	emergency management, multi-hazard
Giving voice to our givers: A phenomenological study addressing the perceptions of Rural Fire Service volunteers in Queensland	Project		emergency management, fire, volunteering
The challenges of managing animals and their owners in disasters: perspectives of Australian response organisations and stakeholders	Biblio	save (411.01 KB)	animals, communication, emergency management
Earthquake Scenario, Melbourne	Biblio	save (3.44 MB)	earthquake, emergency management, scenario analysis
Network Enabled Agility: A model for filling the strategic void in interoperability thinking	Project		decision making, emergency management, optimisation
The value of research from the Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC	Biblio	save (1.15 MB)	economics, emergency management
Emergency management and policy: research impact and utilisation	Biblio	save (397.64 KB)	emergency management, governance, policy
Safety awareness of firefighters and their perception of fire risks in cladding fires	Biblio	save (2.08 MB)	emergency management, fire impacts, firefighter
Wind load fluctuations on roof batten to rafter/truss connections	Biblio		emergency management, engineering, multi-hazard
Seismic retrofit of exterior RC beam-column joint using diagonal haunch	Biblio		earthquake, emergency management, mitigation
The value of disaster research: a review of the literature	Biblio	save (1.16 MB)	economics, emergency management