AJEM | Australian Journal of Emergency Management

'Disaster management has progressed significantly since 1974. Today, through the National Strategy for Disaster Resilience (NSDR), the Commonwealth and the States and Territories are jointly leading a broad range of initiatives to build community and organisational resilience. This is a shared responsibility for individuals, households, businesses and communities, as well as for governments at the local, state and national levels.

'...However, the essential doctrine of disaster management has not changed. Prevention, preparation, response and recovery are still best executed at the local level...The front-line will always remain at the local level of communities and, ultimately, individuals.

Kelvin Anderson
Director-General
Department of Community Safety, Queensland

News and views

AJEM January 2013 Foreword: Kelvin Anderson view view
Communique: Standing Council on Police and Emergency Management, Creswick, Victoria, 23 November 2012 view view
An introduction to the Victorian Fire Services Commissioner and the 2021 Research Program view view
Environmental health disaster management: a new approach view view
Fire development in focus view view
2012 Resilient Australia Awards: building a disaster resilient Australia view view
Letters to the editor view view
Notes from the field: Australian Emergency Management Institute forums, workshops and master class activities view view

Research

Interactive hazard preparation strategy efficacy: considerations for future community engagement programs view view
In search of the 'prepared community': the way ahead for Australia? view view
Human behaviour during an evacuation scenario in the Sydney Harbour Tunnel view view
Impact of landslides in Australia to December 2011 view view
Perceptions of institutional and social response to frequent flooding in an Australian rural town view download785.8 KB view

EM online

Flood Risk Information Portal view view
EM online: Australian Emergency Management Knowledge Hub view view