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
The effect of working on-call from home on salivary cortisol in fire and emergency service personnel	Biblio		capability, emergency management, optimisation
Business involvement in disaster management	Biblio	save (1.19 MB)	capability, emergency management, multi-hazard
Risk modelling as a tool to support local government emergency management	Biblio	save (690.83 KB)	emergency management, risk analysis, tsunami
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
Advances in the remote sensing of active fires: a review	Biblio	save (1.79 MB)	emergency management, fire, remote sensing
The emerging imperative of disaster justice	Biblio	save (599.81 KB)	emergency management, multi-hazard
Using realistic disaster scenario analysis to understand natural hazard impacts and emergency management requirements: Annual project report 2015-2016	Biblio	save (671.08 KB)	emergency management, multi-hazard, scenario analysis
Managing animals in disasters: Annual project report 2014-2015	Biblio	save (1017.25 KB)	animals, emergency management, vulnerability
Prevalence and predictors of suicidal thoughts and behaviours among Australian police and emergency services employees	Biblio		emergency management, mental health, organisational
Embedding non-technical skills as part of core business in emergency management - Final project report Part A	Biblio	save (493.6 KB)	decision making, emergency management, scenario analysis
Established and emerging uses of predictive services in Victoria	Biblio	save (895.93 KB)	emergency management, fire, firefighter
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
The value of disaster research: a review of the literature	Biblio	save (1.16 MB)	economics, emergency management
Seismic retrofit of exterior RC beam-column joint using diagonal haunch	Biblio		earthquake, emergency management, mitigation
Tools for monitoring teams in emergency management: EMBAM and TBM	Biblio	save (908.13 KB)	decision making, emergency management
Civil society mobilisation after Cyclone Tracy, Darwin 1974	Biblio	save (2.52 MB)	capability, emergency management, organisational
Quantification of inter-regional differences in risk mitigation from prescribed burning across multiple management values	Biblio		emergency management, fire impacts, fire severity
Don't just do something, stand there! Mitigating goal seduction in emergency management	Biblio		capability, emergency management, volunteering
A systematic approach to embedding safety, well-being and risk management when responding to interstate and international deployments	Biblio	save (897.65 KB)	emergency management, multi-hazard
Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement	Biblio		communication, education, emergency management
A Seasonal-Window Ensemble-Based Thresholding Technique Used to Detect Active Fires in Geostationary Remotely Sensed Data	Biblio		emergency management, fire, remote sensing
Valuing volunteers: better understanding the primary motives for volunteering in Australian emergency services	Biblio	save (1.86 MB)	communities, emergency management, volunteering
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
Whole of Government: the Solution to Managing Crises?	Biblio		emergency management, governance, policy
Reducing turnover in volunteer organisations: A leadership intervention based on self-determination theory	Biblio	save (1.77 MB)	emergency management, recruitment, volunteering
Priorities to guide hazards research	Biblio	save (731.17 KB)	emergency management, multi-hazard, risk management
From research to red tape - the challenges in implementing fit for duty programs amongst emergency management agencies	Biblio	save (538.93 KB)	emergency management, governance, policy
The value of research from the Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC	Biblio	save (1.15 MB)	economics, emergency management
Decision making, team monitoring and organisational performance: Part three team performance monitoring research stream	Biblio	save (990.42 KB)	decision making, emergency management, scenario analysis
Community benefits of roof upgrades	Biblio	save (8.24 MB)	cyclone, emergency management, severe weather
Influence of road characteristics on flood fatalities in Australia	Biblio	save (1.22 MB)	emergency management, flood, preparedness
The interaction between firefighting boot design and lower body injury risk at work	Biblio	save (587.38 KB)	emergency management, optimisation, volunteering
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
An assessment of the opportunities to improve strategic decision-making in emergency and disaster management	Biblio	save (259.81 KB)	decision making, emergency management, response
Using the human centred design method to develop tools for non-technical skills in emergency management	Biblio	save (666.71 KB)	communities, decision making, emergency management
Public health and natural hazards: new policies and preparedness initiatives developed from an Australian bushfire case study	Biblio	save (84.72 KB)	emergency management, mental health, resilience
Capability Needs for Emergency and Disaster Management Organisations Annual Report 2014	Biblio	save (397.34 KB)	capability, emergency management, scenario analysis
Monitoring, evaluation and learning toolkit	Biblio	save (1.29 MB)	communities, emergency management, preparedness