Current Issue
Volume 25, Issue One, January 2010 ~AJEM1/$FILE/AJEM1.png)
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- Table of Contents [PDF 545KB]
- Foreword [PDF 40KB]
- Paper developed from a speech presented at the AFAC/Bushfire CRC 2009 Conference [PDF 73KB]
Federalism and the Emergency Services
By Roger Wilkins AO, Secretary, Attorney-General’s Department - Ministerial Council for Police and Emergency Management [PDF 72KB]
Communiqué
Canberra, 25 September 2009 - Ministerial Council for Police and Emergency Management [PDF 43KB]
Communiqué
Perth, 20 November 2009 - Council of Australian Governments’ Meeting [PDF 46KB]
Excerpt from Communiqué
Brisbane, 7 December 2009 - Media access to emergencies – command, control or co-ordination? [PDF 77KB]
Eburn argues that tension between the obligations of the relevant emergency service and the right of the media to report matters in the public interest can be overcome through cooperation. - Engaging communities before an emergency: developing community capacity through social capital investment [PDF 95KB]
Chia presents a qualitative study that suggests that to develop social capital, relationships and networks need to be established as a basis for all planning and effective emergency management. - Equine Influenza – Horsing about with a quarantine crisis [PDF 128KB]
Howell & Rohan examine the critical role that traditional and new media played in the communication program for the geographically widespread equine influenza crisis in Australia in 2007. - Public relations in a crisis decision-making kaleidoscope [PDF 169KB]
Mirandilla reports some initial findings on how organisational crisis decision-makers maximise the use of public relations in effective crisis management. - Engaging volunteers in an emergency management organisation [PDF 150KB]
Ranse and Carter present a focus group study that aims to identify the factors that assist in successfully engaging and retaining volunteers in the St John Ambulance organisation in Australia. - Crisis communication during an air pollution event [PDF 700KB]
Hayward, Peters, van Bockxmeer, Seow, McKitrick, and Canyon explore the efficacy of public health communication on community decision-making during an air pollution crisis in Perth. - Islam for fire fighters – A case study on an education program for emergency services [PDF 102KB]
Roberts and Fozdar describe an initiative by the Fire and Emergency Services Authority to build awareness and understanding among emergency services personnel of a diverse community group in Western Australia. - Significance of communication in emergency management [PDF 63KB]
Ryan and Matheson endeavour to quantify the importance of communication activities to emergency management. - Effective Training of Mine Rescue Personnel: A Case Study [PDF 171KB]
Ingham & Ingham present a case study of the current training practices of the Mine Rescue Team at Golden Grove, Western Australia. - 2009 Australian Safer Communities Awards [PDF 150KB]
- Tsunami Education Kit [PDF 301KB]
- National Security Updates [PDF 365KB]
- Flood Management Manuals reviewed – and available [PDF 472KB]
Keys, Gissing and Godber make the case for the newly-released flood management manuals to be used by practitioners in the State and Territory Emergency Services and other agencies. - EMA’s Graduate Certificate in Emergency Management [PDF 38KB]
- Interesting Websites [PDF 44KB]
- Book Review [PDF 527KB]
- Back Cover [PDF 724KB]