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
Valuing volunteers: better understanding the primary motives for volunteering in Australian emergency services	Biblio	save (1.86 MB)	communities, emergency management, volunteering
A Seasonal-Window Ensemble-Based Thresholding Technique Used to Detect Active Fires in Geostationary Remotely Sensed Data	Biblio		emergency management, fire, remote sensing
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
Planning and capability requirements for catastrophic and cascading events	Biblio	save (659.92 KB)	capability, emergency management, planning
Urban Search and Rescue Operations in Tropical Climates Conference Paper 2014	Biblio	save (579.21 KB)	emergency management, Northern Australia, response
Townsville flood 2019 - post event data collection	Project		emergency management, flood, warnings
Reducing turnover in volunteer organisations: A leadership intervention based on self-determination theory	Biblio	save (1.77 MB)	emergency management, recruitment, volunteering
Tools for monitoring teams in emergency management: EMBAM and TBM	Biblio	save (908.13 KB)	decision making, emergency management
Demographic profiling: Western Australia Toodyay bushfires 2009 case study	Biblio	save (1.7 MB)	emergency management, preparedness, risk analysis
Established and emerging uses of predictive services in Victoria	Biblio	save (895.93 KB)	emergency management, fire, firefighter
Don't just do something, stand there! Mitigating goal seduction in emergency management	Biblio		capability, emergency management, volunteering
Statistical characterisation of wind fields over complex terrain with applications in bushfire modelling	Biblio		emergency management, fire, physics
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
Building adaptive capacities for disaster resilience: what role for government?	Biblio	save (490.2 KB)	emergency management, governance, policy
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
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
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
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
The interaction between firefighting boot design and lower body injury risk at work	Biblio	save (587.38 KB)	emergency management, optimisation, volunteering
Models and frameworks for assessing the value of disaster research	Biblio	save (1.05 MB)	economics, emergency management, resilience
A Review of Volunteered Geographic Information for Disaster Management	Biblio		communication, emergency management, volunteering
Simulation and analysis of surface wind fields during landfalling tropical cyclones	Biblio	save (34.51 MB)	cyclone, emergency management, engineering
Research proceedings from the 2016 Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC and AFAC conference	Biblio	save (3.51 MB)	emergency management, land management, multi-hazard
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
Disaster management: building resilient systems to aid recovery - non peer reviewed extended abstract	Biblio	save (526.07 KB)	emergency management, resilience
Rhetoric or reality: Coordination in a time of crisis	Biblio	save (307.35 KB)	decision making, emergency management, governance
Influence of road characteristics on flood fatalities in Australia	Biblio	save (1.22 MB)	emergency management, flood, preparedness
The potential role of the commonwealth in responding to catastrophic disasters	Biblio	save (6.84 MB)	emergency management, risk analysis
Bushfire and natural hazard training for Northern Australia: Annual project report 2014-2015	Biblio	save (742.18 KB)	emergency management, multi-hazard, response
Long-term solutions to improve emergency management services in remote communities in northern Australia	Biblio		communities, emergency management, Northern Australia
Intelligent warnings: a twenty-first century approach to encouraging protective action in emergencies	Biblio	save (993.19 KB)	communities, emergency management, warnings
Decision making, team monitoring and organisational learning in emergency management: annual project report 2016-17	Biblio	save (1.14 MB)	capability, decision making, emergency management
Accredited qualifications for capacity development in disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation	Biblio		emergency management, environments, risk management
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