AJEM | Australian Journal of Emergency Management

'Volunteering is a great Australian tradition. About 6 million of us volunteer every year – on our beaches, along fire fronts and helping in our communities. I have found participating in the Rural Fire Service and the surf lifesaving movement a very satisfying way to give back to our community.

'We don’t have to look very far to find examples of volunteers helping to make our country more resilient.'

The Hon Tony Abbott MP
Prime Minister of Australia

News and views

AJEM April 2014 Foreword: The Hon Tony Abbott MP view view
Out of uniform-building community resilience through non-traditional emergency volunteering view view
Increasing the cultural diversity of volunteering organisations view view
Opinion: Promoting resilience – a contemporary and integrated policy and funding framework for disaster management view view
Development of pharmacy emergency management guidelines view view
Lessons from Louisiana, and a new normal in disasters view view
From a message in a bottle to best practice in communications view view
Graduate education in the planning and management of natural hazards view view
Notes from the field: Coober Pedy Mine Rescue Squad / State Emergency Service view view

Research

Bushfire survival preparations by householders in at-risk areas of south-eastern Australia view view
Using existing social networks to improve emergency preparedness of supported community members view view
Disaster survivors: a narrative approach towards emotional recovery view view
The frontline: a new focus for learning about leadership view view
From silos to flows: spatial metaphor and communication response to the Christchurch earthquakes view view
Earthquake preparedness in South Australia: recommendations based on previous earthquakes in Australia, New Zealand and the United States of America view view

EM online

Rare atmosphere: Introducing the National Meteorological Library view view