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
	Valuing volunteers: better understanding the primary motives for volunteering in Australian emergency services	Biblio	save (1.86 MB)	communities, emergency management, volunteering
	When joining is not enough: emergency services volunteers and the intention to remain	Biblio		volunteering
	Volunteered geographic information, community engagement and bushfire preparation	Project		communities, local knowledge, 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
	Positive mental health in young adult emergency service personnel	Biblio	save (11.99 MB)	mental health, recruitment, volunteering
	A Review of Volunteered Geographic Information for Disaster Management	Biblio		communication, emergency management, volunteering
	Emergency volunteering shared learning network	Biblio	save (2.1 MB)	emergency management, 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
	Enabling sustainable emergency volunteering: annual report 2018-19	Biblio	save (1.22 MB)	emergency management, volunteering
	Out of uniform: building community resilience through non-traditional emergency volunteering	Project	save (0 bytes)	non-traditional recruitment, resilience, volunteering
	The changing landscape of disaster volunteering: opportunities, responses and gaps in Australia	Biblio		non-traditional recruitment, resilience, volunteering
	SES fit for task	Project		emergency management, recruitment, 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
	Emergency volunteer retention: can a culture of inclusiveness help?	Biblio	save (1.36 MB)	communities, diversity and inclusion, volunteering
	Setting expectations during volunteer recruitment and the first day experience: a preregistered experimental test of the met expectations hypothesis	Biblio		communication, 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
	Sleep Restriction during Simulated Wildfire Suppression: Effect on Physical Task Performance	Biblio		guidelines, volunteering
	Centralised coordination of spontaneous emergency volunteers: the EV CREW model	Biblio	save (327.34 KB)	response, severe weather, volunteering
	State Emergency Service volunteer views on expectations, experiences and motivations	Biblio	save (768.9 KB)	emergency management, volunteering
	Emergency Services Workforce 2030: Changing work literature review	Biblio	save (2.63 MB)	non-traditional recruitment, recruitment, volunteering
	First responder mental health: Fire and Rescue New South Wales experience	Biblio	save (515.2 KB)	recruitment, resilience, volunteering
	A review of informal volunteerism in emergencies and disasters: Definition, opportunities and challenges	Biblio	save (384.22 KB)	multi-hazard, volunteering
	Community-led bushfire preparedness in action: The case of Be Ready Warrandyte	Biblio	save (834.52 KB)	communities, decision making, volunteering
	What's wrong and what needs fixing? Stakeholder perspectives on making the future of emergency volunteering	Biblio	save (1.22 MB)	capability, emergency management, 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
	Reducing turnover in volunteer organisations: A leadership intervention based on self-determination theory	Biblio	save (1.77 MB)	emergency management, recruitment, volunteering
	Positive mental health in young adult emergency services personnel	Project		mental health, recruitment, volunteering
	Emergency Services Workforce 2030	Biblio	save (2.1 MB)	non-traditional recruitment, recruitment, volunteering
	Enabling sustainable emergency volunteering	Project	save (0 bytes)	non-traditional recruitment, recruitment, 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
27 Mar 2014	Out of uniform	Resource	save (877.64 KB)	capability, non-traditional recruitment, volunteering
07 May 2014	Newsletter - Out of Uniform	News		communities, volunteering
07 Aug 2014	Sharing Responsibility and Non-Traditional Volunteering	Resource	save (1.63 MB)	non-traditional recruitment, volunteering
08 Sep 2014	Building community resilience through informal emergency volunteering	Resource	save (1.12 MB)	non-traditional recruitment, volunteering
11 Sep 2014	Insights from an end user in Wellington	Blog		volunteering
22 Sep 2014	Newsletter 2 - Out of Uniform	News		volunteering
01 Oct 2014	Fire Australia Spring 2014	Resource	save (9.97 MB)	communities, risk management, volunteering
22 Oct 2014	Resilient disaster response & recovery: lessons from social science - podcast	Resource		non-traditional recruitment, resilience, volunteering