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
Leadership in crisis: developing beyond command and control	Biblio	save (350.71 KB)	communication, decision making, emergency management
Transformative scenarios in a climate challenged world - a guide for using scenarios in the emergency management sector	Biblio	save (2.92 MB)	climate change, emergency management, governance
Risks assessments of non-compliant materials on buildings	Project		emergency management, risk analysis, risk management
Discovering Future Disaster Management Capability Needs Using Scenario Planning Conference Paper 2014	Biblio	save (721.06 KB)	capability, emergency management, infrastructure
Hydrologic model calibration using remotely sensed soil moisture and discharge measurements: The impact on predictions at gauged and ungauged locations	Biblio		emergency management, flood, hydrology
Spanning boundaries to support effective multi-agency coordination in emergency management	Biblio	save (2.38 MB)	capability, emergency management, framework
Seismic assessment of reinforced concrete walls in Australia	Biblio		earthquake, emergency management, resilience
Are fire brigades liable for poor decisions?	Biblio		emergency management, governance, response
Analysis of design standards and applied loads on road structures under extreme events	Biblio	save (3.42 MB)	emergency management, engineering
Planning and capability requirements for catastrophic and cascading disasters - final project report	Biblio	save (2.01 MB)	capability, emergency management, multi-hazard
Diversity and inclusion: Building strength and capability	Biblio	save (511.1 KB)	capability, diversity and inclusion, emergency management
Acknowledging local sociality in disaster recovery: a longitudinal, qualitative study	Biblio	save (4.93 MB)	communities, emergency management, multi-hazard
Web 2.0 in disaster and emergency: a risk assessment of tortious liability	Biblio	save (143.39 KB)	communication, emergency management, resilience
A review of emergency and fire management training available for remote communities in northern Australia based on the views of local inhabitants	Biblio	save (1.47 MB)	emergency management, indigenous communities, Northern Australia
Models and frameworks for assessing the value of disaster research	Biblio	save (1.05 MB)	economics, emergency management, resilience
Townsville 2019 flood: insights from the field	Biblio	save (1.39 MB)	emergency management, flood, warnings
Simulation and analysis of surface wind fields during landfalling tropical cyclones	Biblio	save (34.51 MB)	cyclone, emergency management, engineering
A fuel moisture content and flammability monitoring methodology for continental Australia based on optical remote sensing	Biblio		emergency management, fire, savanna grasslands
A characterisation of synoptic weather features often associated with extreme events in southeast Australia: Stage 1 – common features of recent events	Biblio	save (21.94 MB)	emergency management, fire weather, severe weather
Established and emerging uses of predictive services	Project		emergency management, fire, firefighter
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
Human error during the multilevel responses to three Australian bushfire disasters	Biblio		decision making, emergency management, fire
Globe-LFMC, a global plant water status database for vegetation ecophysiology and wildfire applications	Biblio		emergency management, fire, fire impacts
Professionalism: certification for emergency management leaders	Biblio	save (251.72 KB)	capability, emergency management, organisational
Extreme fire behaviours: Surveying fire management staff to determine behaviour frequencies and importance	Biblio	save (414.7 KB)	emergency management, fire, fire severity
Ten years on from the Victorian Black Saturday bushfires - public information during response	Biblio	save (1.42 MB)	communication, emergency management
Sprinkler systems for the protection of buildings from wildfire	Biblio	save (19.97 MB)	emergency management, engineering, vulnerability
The lived experience of disadvantaged communities affected by the 2015 South Indian Floods: Implications for disaster risk reduction dialogue	Biblio		communities, emergency management, vulnerability
Large damage bills to buildings from cyclones can be reduced by small actions	Biblio	save (507.42 KB)	cyclone, emergency management, resilience
Emergency Volunteering 2030: Views from Managers in Volunteerism	Biblio	save (1.89 MB)	emergency management, volunteering
You own the fuel, but who owns the fire?	Biblio		emergency management, policy, risk analysis
Animal emergency management in South Australia: a case study of the Sampson Flat bushfire	Biblio		animals, communities, emergency management
Preparing emergency services for operations in a climate-challenged world	Project		climate change, emergency management, governance
Improving decision-making in complex multi-team environments	Project	save (0 bytes), save (0 bytes), save (0 bytes), save (0 bytes)	decision making, emergency management, scenario analysis
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
Role Clarity, Swift Trust and Multi‐Agency Coordination	Biblio		capability, emergency management, framework
Web 2.0 in disaster and emergency: a risk assessment of tortious liability	Project		communication, emergency management, risk analysis