AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

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Volume 23, Issue Three, August 2008 Contents FOREWORD Historical snapshot The use of applied drama in crisis management: an empirical psychological study Joanne Arciuli, John Carroll and David Cameron suggest applied drama methods can be used in training professionals in crisis management. Crisis communication and multimodal decision making on the fireground Valerie Ingham offers the new concept of ‘multimodal decision making’ to help understand decision making in crisis situations. Communication with disaster survivors: towards best practice Nicholls and Healy examine the World Trade Center and London bombing events to determine best practice in post-disaster communication. Total flood warning systems Mary Barry, CEO Victoria SES, reports on the findings of a recent review of the role of VICSES in flood warning in Victoria. Emergency management of tsunami in New South Wales and the response to the Solomon Islands tsunami April 2nd 2007 Gissing, Webb and Hanslow provide an insight into the emergency management of tsunami in NSW including the current activities being undertaken to prepare for tsunami and provide an overview of the NSW response to the April 2007 Solomon Islands tsunami. Public behaviour during a pandemic Hagan, Macguire and Bopping outline a number of public response issues for effective pandemic planning. Living with bushfire risk: social and environmental influences on preparedness Paton, Bürgelt and Prior discuss the process of developing a model capable of informing the development of community outreach strategies to facilitate the sustained adoption of bushfire preparedness measures. An economic assessment of the voluntary land search and rescue sector in New Zealand Scott & Scott report on a research project that investigated and quantified the economic value of the land voluntary search and rescue services to New Zealand. Gen Y and emergency management: How do we engage generation Y in the emergency management sector? Wajs-Chaczko examines the values and expectations of the next generation of emergency managers. The AFAC Knowledge Web In Profile: Brian (Hori) Howard Book Review Interesting websites Australian Disasters Conference 2009

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• 1998 AJEM Editions - Volume 13

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The Australian Journal of Emergency Management (AJEM) has been a part of Emergency Management Australia, in various forms, since 1986. The journal began as The Macedon Digest in March 1986, then in Autumn 1995 the name was changed to the Australian Journal of Emergency Management. In Spring 1996 the look of the journal underwent radical change as it transformed into the colourful product of today.

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