AJEM | Australian Journal of Emergency Management

'No one wishes an emergency or crisis on any community. But we understand they will come from time to time and probably with little warning and perhaps of a scale that is not anticipated.

'While we do our best to balance our investment and efforts across risk reduction, readiness and the ability to respond and recover from an emergency, inevitably there will be times when the unstinting help of friends is welcome and essential to bolster local capacities. The Australia New Zealand Emergency Management Committee serves as a foundation for the understandings and procedures that underpin effective emergency management and co-operation.'

John Hamilton
Director
Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management, New Zealand

News and views

AJEM Oct 2012 - Opinion: Prevention is no longer a useful term in emergency management view view
AJEM Oct 2012 - 2011 Winston Churchill Fellowship for disaster assistance programs and community resilience view view
AJEM Oct 2012 - Public information management in Christchurch following the February 2011 earthquake: Lessons learned view view
AJEM Oct 2012 - Control and co-ordination during a health emergency response view view
AJEM Oct 2012 - New Zealand Shake Out: More than 1.3 million people in New Zealand participate in a drop, cover and hold earthquake drill view view
AJEM Oct 2012 - New Zealand Red Cross earthquake response and recovery view view

Research

AJEM Oct 2012 - Emergency service volunteers: A comparison of age, motives and values view view
AJEM Oct 2012 - Shifting Victoria's emphasis in land-use planning for bushfire: Towards a place-based approach view view
AJEM Oct 2012 - Is insurance an under-utilised mechanism in climate change adaptation? The case of bushfire management in Tasmania view view
AJEM Oct 2012 - Tsunami alert: The mobile phone difference view view
AJEM Oct 2012 - Managing the tension between emergency management policy decisions and residential aged care facility planning in South Australia view view
AJEM Oct 2012 - Australian training package in serial wildfire arson investigation goes international view view

EM online

AJEM Oct 2012 - Interesting website: University of Canterbury, New Zealand view view