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.

Date	Item	Type		Key Topics
	Sprinkler systems for the protection of buildings from wildfire	Biblio	save (19.97 MB)	emergency management, engineering, vulnerability
	Non‐technical skills for emergency incident management teams: A literature review	Biblio		decision making, emergency management, organisational
	Large damage bills to buildings from cyclones can be reduced by small actions	Biblio	save (507.42 KB)	cyclone, emergency management, resilience
	Organisational socialisation of volunteers in an emergency services agency	Biblio	save (564.04 KB)	emergency management, recruitment, volunteering
	Emergency Volunteering 2030: Views from Managers in Volunteerism	Biblio	save (1.89 MB)	emergency management, volunteering
	Animal emergency management in South Australia: a case study of the Sampson Flat bushfire	Biblio		animals, communities, emergency management
	Improving the resilience of existing housing to severe wind events - annual report 2018-19	Biblio	save (1.85 MB)	cyclone, emergency management, engineering
	Major post-event inquiries and reviews: review of recommendations	Biblio	save (1.15 MB)	decision making, emergency management, policy
	Increasing emergency management capacity through business sector involvement	Biblio	save (503.1 KB)	emergency management, land management, 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
	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
	Improving Fire Behaviour Data Obtained from Wildfires	Biblio		emergency management, fire impacts, fire severity
	Evidence to support incident management team capability	Biblio	save (146.37 KB)	communication, emergency management, multi-hazard
	Assessing the application and value of participatory mapping for community bushfire preparation	Biblio		communities, emergency management, local knowledge
	Australian householders’ psychological preparedness for potential natural hazard threats: An exploration of contributing factors	Biblio		communities, emergency management, fire
	Opportunities and constraints identified in existing frameworks in use for organisational learning	Biblio	save (1.31 MB)	emergency management, organisational
	Experiences in the in-field utilisation of fuels3D	Biblio	save (601.76 KB)	emergency management, fire, fuel reduction
	Improving decision making, teamwork and organisational learning in emergency management – final project report	Biblio	save (2.96 MB)	decision making, emergency management, scenario analysis
	The roles of pharmacists in disaster health management in natural and anthropogenic disasters	Biblio	save (13.99 MB)	communication, emergency management
	Human Factors Challenges in Emergency Management	Biblio		decision making, emergency management, multi-hazard
	Role Clarity, Swift Trust and Multi‐Agency Coordination	Biblio		capability, emergency management, framework
	The Hawaii nuclear alert: how did people respond?	Biblio	save (537.88 KB)	emergency management, response, warnings
	Prevalence and predictors of suicidal thoughts and behaviours among Australian police and emergency services employees	Biblio		emergency management, mental health, organisational
	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
21 Oct 2016	Learning lessons from, and about, post disaster inquiries	Blog		decision making, emergency management, policy
25 Jul 2017	Going somewhere?	Blog		emergency management, multi-hazard
19 Mar 2019	A model for highly valued research	Blog		emergency management, land management, multi-hazard
15 Feb 2018	Independent performance review of the CRC	Blog		communication, emergency management, multi-hazard
15 Jan 2015	Natural hazards—a wicked problem	Blog		emergency management, multi-hazard, risk management
11 Mar 2016	Expedited ethics review of time-critical research	Blog		emergency management, planning, policy
10 Sep 2019	Assessing the value of disaster research	Blog		economics, emergency management
05 Apr 2016	Utilisation the real challenge	Blog		emergency management, non-traditional recruitment, volunteering
18 Nov 2019	Disaster database developed	Blog		decision making, emergency management, guidelines
20 Sep 2017	Good for your media profile	Blog		communication, emergency management, multi-hazard
20 Dec 2018	Providing useful benefits in 2018 and beyond	Blog		emergency management, mental health, multi-hazard
25 Feb 2021	Indigenous expertise is reducing bushfires in northern Australia. It’s time to consider similar approaches for other disasters	Blog		emergency management, indigenous communities, Northern Australia
13 Apr 2017	Making research matter	Blog		coastal, emergency management, resilience
14 May 2019	Becoming fire-fit: preparing for the unexpected and unimagined	Blog		communities, emergency management, resilience
23 Aug 2019	Our new global plant water status database may prevent you from needing to fieldwork. What will you miss?	Blog		emergency management, fire, fire severity