Australian Journal of Emergency Management | AJEM

Collene Bremner

Disaster risk reduction is critically important in the Northern Territory, with communities regularly exposed to the destructive power of natural hazards.

The Northern Territory is susceptible to the full range of disasters experienced in Australia and destructive bushfires, cyclones, floods and storms occur with regularity. Due to these factors, essential services are regularly affected by single points of failure.

I have been involved in emergency management roles in the Northern Territory for over 15 years. I was chair of the Australia and New Zealand Emergency Management Committee Recovery Subcommittee for several years, which developed the National Impact and Assessment Model and the Monitoring and Evaluation Framework. Both are used today to assess the impacts of disasters.

Collene Bremner
Executive Director, Bushfires NT

News and views

Foreword view download154.9 KB view
Overcoming systemic vulnerability through the National Disaster Risk Reduction Framework view download155 KB view
The 1960 Chilean earthquake and tsunami helped prepare Australia for tsunami view download442.5 KB view
Simulated disaster: how games prepare us for emergencies and crises view download123.1 KB view
Bushfire lessons from cultural burns view download530.8 KB view
Readiness for the next major bushfire emergency view download149.9 KB view
The new Australian Disaster Resilience Index: a tool for building safer, adaptable communities view download360.8 KB view
Uncovering exposure to natural hazards view download143.3 KB view
Animal Management and Welfare in Natural Disasters view download151.2 KB view

Research

When do local governments reduce risk? Knowledge gaps and a research agenda view download260.2 KB view
Engaging stakeholders in pre-event recovery planning: using a recovery capitals framework view download636.8 KB view
Urban planning capabilities for bushfire: treatment categories and scenario testing view download1.4 MB view
Stakeholder engagement for disaster management in master-planned communities view download335.8 KB view
The many-headed beast of wildfire risks in Aotearoa-New Zealand view download244.3 KB view
Implementing research to support disaster risk reduction view download277 KB view
Disruptions and mental-health outcomes following Cyclone Debbie view download299.5 KB view
Disaster memorial events for increasing awareness and preparedness: 150 years since the Arica tsunami in Aotearoa-New Zealand view download1.2 MB view