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Evidence-informed emergency planning and management
Research informing the way agencies and the public act to be safer and more resilient.
Evidence from our research is routinely used by agencies and the public to support more effective action.
Increased agencies’ crisis decision-making capacity
Principles and practices for Australian Disaster Resilience Handbook Collection
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Connected local agencies and Indigenous rangers in FNQ
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Findings translated into practical agency and public knowledge
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This process helped us understand that we need strategies for today’s world as well as the world that we believe is on our doorstep.
Consistent, evidence-informed planning and action during emergencies
We have built an evidence base for nationally consistent and effective planning and action during emergencies, equipping agencies with sound advice as we face ever more complex and out-of-scale events.
After the Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements recommended that national emergency management capabilities should be built, we have worked directly with agencies around Australia to translate research findings into good practice principles, guides, training modules and practical tools.
Research outputs
- A Guide to Non-Technical Skills in Emergency Management used by AFAC’s Learning and Development Group
- Research conducted with the University of Melbourne’s Recovery Capitals (ReCap) project used by Australian Red Cross, Victorian Government, National Emergency Management Agency/Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience, and the University of Melbourne’s Foundations in Disaster Recovery course. Knowledge modules used for professional development by end-users:
- Modelling fire weather interactions using the ACCESS-Fire model (Lead Participant: AFAC)
- Utilisation of transformative scenarios in a climate-challenged world (Lead Participant: AFAC (Climate Change Group))
- The Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience uses Centre-funded research in its Handbook Collection. Each handbook identifies sector knowledge gaps with input from a network of experts, and many incorporate Centre-funded research (Table 3).
Insights from the Centre’s research shape future editions and ensure the handbooks remain a trusted source of knowledge.
Stories of impact
Training leaders to make decisions under pressure
Effective decision making is a critical part of emergency management. These tools are supporting the needs of decision makers across the country.
Using transformative scenarios to face a changing world
This innovative planning process helped emergency management leaders stress-test their existing strategies against future scenarios.