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
A theoretical framework for negotiating the path of emergency management multi-agency coordination	Biblio		emergency management, fire
Prioritisation strategy for seismic retrofitting of reinforced concrete buildings in Australia	Project		emergency management, engineering
Rhetoric or reality: coordination in a time of crisis	Biblio	save (1.97 MB)	emergency management, governance
Breakdowns in coordinated decision making at and above the incident management team level: An analysis of three large scale Australian wildfires	Biblio		decision making, emergency management
Opportunities and constraints identified in existing frameworks in use for organisational learning	Biblio	save (1.31 MB)	emergency management, organisational
Describing adaptation tipping points in coastal flood risk management	Biblio		emergency management, flood, forecasting
Values and complexities in assessing strategic-level emergency management effectiveness	Biblio		capability, emergency management, response
Animal Emergency Management in Australia	Biblio	save (3.13 MB)	animals, emergency management
Community strategy development for reducing earthquake risk in Western Australia	Biblio	save (765.35 KB)	earthquake, emergency management, risk analysis
Giving voice to our givers: A phenomenological study addressing the perceptions of Rural Fire Service volunteers in Queensland	Project		emergency management, fire, volunteering
Spanning boundaries to support effective multi-agency coordination in emergency management	Project		capability, emergency management, framework
Learning to learn from bushfire: Perspectives from Victorian emergency management practitioners	Biblio		emergency management, fire, organisational
Using realistic disaster scenario analysis to understand natural hazard impacts and emergency management requirements: annual project report 2016-17	Biblio	save (824.12 KB)	emergency management, multi-hazard, scenario analysis
Decision making, team monitoring and organisational performance: Part One Executive Summary	Biblio	save (938.06 KB)	decision making, emergency management, scenario analysis
Sleep and stress in on-call fire and emergency service workers	Biblio		emergency management, mental health
Prevalence and predictors of suicidal thoughts and behaviours among Australian police and emergency services employees	Biblio		emergency management, mental health, organisational
Community organisation involvement in disaster management	Biblio	save (1.76 MB)	communities, emergency management, multi-hazard
Increasing emergency management capacity through business sector involvement	Biblio	save (503.1 KB)	emergency management, land management, risk management
Enhancing team performance	Biblio	save (501.37 KB)	capability, decision making, emergency management
Safety awareness of firefighters and their perception of fire risks in cladding fires	Biblio	save (2.08 MB)	emergency management, fire impacts, firefighter
SES fit for task	Project		emergency management, recruitment, volunteering
Assessing community resilience for emergencies in local government policy - Maroondah City Council and Knox City Council	Biblio	save (1.64 MB)	communication, emergency management, resilience
Urban Search and Rescue Operations in Tropical Climates Conference Paper 2014	Biblio	save (579.21 KB)	emergency management, Northern Australia, response
Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Asymmetrical Reinforced Concrete Buildings in Australia	Biblio		earthquake, emergency management, mitigation
The value of disaster research: a review of the literature	Biblio	save (1.16 MB)	economics, emergency management
Integrated response as a process for enhancing the incident command system	Biblio	save (2.99 MB)	emergency management, response
Nonprofit and public sector interorganizational collaboration in disaster recovery: Lessons from the field	Biblio		decision making, emergency management, organisational
Social media in emergencies: An examination of government accountability for risk communication and warning	Biblio	save (2.73 MB)	emergency management, policy, risk management
Applying unharmed for risk reduction planning – comparing strategies and long-term effectiveness	Biblio	save (1.51 MB)	emergency management, mitigation, response
Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement	Biblio		communication, education, emergency management
Supplementing emergency warning messages to encourage readiness to act: the effect of colours and icons	Biblio	save (3.07 MB)	communication, emergency management, warnings
Enhancing public information practice in Tasmania’s emergency services (TFS and SES)	Project		communities, emergency management
Developing leadership to retain volunteers in emergency service organisations	Project		emergency management, volunteering
Planning and capability requirements for catastrophic and cascading events	Biblio	save (659.92 KB)	capability, emergency management, planning
My grab bag is two suitcases: an autoethnographical view of a super-plus size self-evacuation from Hurricane Irma	Biblio		diversity and inclusion, emergency management, vulnerability
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
The disaster resilience project: a school-based feasibility and acceptability study	Biblio	save (2.94 MB)	communication, emergency management, warnings
The value of research from the Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC	Biblio	save (1.15 MB)	economics, emergency management
Building resilience through flood risk communication annual report 2018-2019	Biblio	save (415.97 KB)	emergency management, flood, risk management