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AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
Volume 22, February - November 2007
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Volume 22, Issue One, February 2007
Foreword: Success of the Working Together to Manage Emergencies initiative managed by EMA by Tony Pearce, Director-General, Emergency Management Australia
Niue after Cyclone Heta
Jon Barnett and Heidi Ellemor report on Niue’s recovery from Cyclone Heta. This report is based on 8 months of fieldwork in Niue in 2006.
No time to de(con)struct: the accessibility of bush fire risk management plans in New South Wales, Australia
Prue Laidlaw, Dirk HR Spennemann and Catherine Allan discuss the accessibility of bush-fire risk management plans in NSW.
Relocalising disaster risk reduction in Boulder, Colorado
Ilan Kelman and Eric Karnes discuss the lessons learned in a relocalisation disaster risk reduction program in Boulder, Colorado, USA.
Lessons learned from the housing reconstruction following the Bam earthquake in Iran
Alireza Fallahi recounts some of the highlights and pitfalls of Iran’s participatory model of providing permanent housing for survivors of the 2003 Bam earthquake.
Strengthening linkages between land-use planning and emergency management in New Zealand
Wendy Saunders, Jane Forsyth, David Johnston and Julia Becker highlight the importance of the CDEM Act in New Zealand in promoting natural hazard risk reduction.
A case study of tort liability for fire damage
Michael Eburn calls for a ‘realistic assessment’ of rural firefighting.
Emergency management seminar program
CBR Expert retires from EMA and looks forward to a quieter life
International Association of Emergency Managers announces Oceania Region XIV
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Volume 22, Issue Two, May 2007
Foreword: fostering community resilience by Naomi Brown, CEO, Australasian Fire Authorities Council
Increasing community resilience to bushfire - implications from a north Queensland community case study
Sally Bushnell and Alison Cottrell report on research that defines bushfire issues within a community, with the aim of contributing to efforts to increase community resilience to bushfire.
Exploring information for residents on websites of fire authorities - practical experiences
Bernd Rohrmann outlines a research project investigating the usefulness of websites as bushfire information sources.
Disasters and communities: understanding social resilience
Brigit Maguire and Patrick Hagan argue emergency management plans must recognise and build on a community’s capacity for social resilience.
Emergency health care workers’ willingness to work during major emergencies and disasters
Erin Smith explores the factors that affect health care workers’ willingness to work during major emergencies and disasters.
The psychological impact of responding to agricultural emergencies
Meredith Jenner overviews the literature on the unique psychological impacts of responding to agricultural emergencies.
Early warning systems: reframing the discussion
Philip Hall proposes a shift in the way emergency managers conceptualise early warning systems.
How the United States is reducing its firefighter fatalities
Gareth Burton outlines some of the initiatives the US is taking to reduce its firefighter deaths.
Is a contained fire less risky than a going fire? Career and volunteer firefighters’ perception of risk
Paul Sadler, Alina Holgate and David Clancy investigate how career and volunteer firefighters perceive risk in different scenarios.
Emergency Management Information Development Plan (EMIDP)
Nick Nicolopoulos, Peter Damcevski, Jill Tomlinson and Roger Lye report on the new Emergency Management Information Development Plan.
Notes from the field: patient retrieval services benefit with new technology
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Volume 22, Issue Three, August 2007
Historical snapshot - inside front cover
Foreword by Tony Pearce, Director General, Emergency Management Australia
Community and fire service perceptions of bushfire issues in Tamborine Mountain: what’s the difference?
Sally Bushnell, Luke Balcombe and Alison Cottrell describe the similarities and differences in perceptions between Tamborine Mountain fire services and their community, and discuss the implications.
Enhancement of the emergency disease management capability in Victoria: adapting Victoria’s arrangements for the management of aquatic animal disease emergencies through Exercise Rainbow
Mehdi Doroudi, Iain East, Peter Appleford, Linda Walker and Christopher Button designed and conducted a workshop simulating a disease outbreak on a trout farm, with the aim of increasing Victorian government preparedness to respond to unpredictable aquatic disease emergencies
Imagining the worst: land use planning & training responses to natural disaster
Alan March and Susan Henry outline a training approach to compliment forward land use planning for natural hazards
Measuring emergency services workloads at mass gathering events
Kathryn Zeitz, Shane Bolton, Russell Dippy, Yvette Dowling, Lee Francis, John Thorne, Terry Butler, and Chris Zeitz
maintain better information management can improve Emergency Workload planning at large public events
Fighting fatigue whilst fighting bushfire: an overview of factors contributing to firefighter fatigue during bushfire suppression
Brad Aisbett and David Nichols explore the physiological factors contributing to firefighter fatigue while fighting bushfires
Mainstreaming disaster risk management: a development issue for the Pacific small island developing states
Alan Mearns looks at disaster risk management in small island developing states of the Pacific.
Book Review
Alastair Wilson reviews In Case of Emergency: How Australia Deals With Disasters and the People who Confront the Unexpected
Implementing New Zealand’s Civil Defence Legislation
Fred Wilson examines how well the 2002 update to New Zealand’s civil defence legislation has been implemented by central and local government, and the ramification on civil defence in New Zealand.
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Volume 22, Issue Four, November 2007
Volume 22, Issue Four, November 2007
Evacuation powers of emergency workers and emergency-service organisations in Australia
Loh outlines the powers of ESOs to force evacuations during fire emergencies
The shelter-in-place decision – all things considered
Glotzer, Psoter, St. Jean and Weiserbs argue that community education can contribute to effective emergency management
Bushfires and the media: a cultural perspective
Hughes, White and Cohen look at how changing technology is forcing a new relationship between emergency management agencies and the media
Megacode 2006: from concept to reality
Moutia describes the planning of the emergency management exercise, Megacode 2006, and the lessons learned from this exercise
The use of local knowledge in the Australian high country during the 2003 bushfires
Jenny Indian considers the application and use of local knowledge as a tool for emergency management. She discusses the implications of such a tool using two case studies
Coming down off the high: firefighters experience of readjustment following deployment
Holgate and Di Petro analyse the psychological experiences of volunteer firefighters
Disaster Conference to focus on future
Australian Disasters Conference 2009 conference flyer
Reports
‘Keeping our mob safe’ A national emergency management strategy for remote indigenous communities
Interesting Websites (inside back cover)
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