Events

Government

• Madden, Shane: Coroner’s Report: Inquest in to the Death of Katie Bender - The Bender Coronial Decision

General

• Royal Canberra Hospital Demolition: A Case Study: Savive

• Royal Canberra Hospital Implosion: Wikipedia

• Canberra Hospital Implosion 13 July 1997:  Photo Collection - Nomarhaus, James

• Canberra Hospital Implosion: Google Images Results

Government

Hand, Derrick: Thredbo Coroner’s Report: Report of the Inquest in to Four Deaths Arising from the Thredbo Landslide, 29 June 2000 

• Thredbo Landslide – Geoscience Australia 

• Thredbo Landslide – Emergency Management Australia 

• Thredbo Landslide – Parliament of NSW 

• 1997 Thredbo Landslide – NSW Fire Brigades

Journal Articles

• Harris, Roger D., Medical Log: Forward Command Thredbo, Medical Journal of Australia, 1997; 167: 627 – 629

• Michael-Lieba, M., Impact of Landslides in Australia, Australian Journal of Emergency Management, Spring 1999 (Vol 14, Issue 3)

General

• ACT Contingent/ Taskforce – Firebreak

• Thredbo – 1997, YouTube (video)

• Thredbo Landslide Photo Gallery: The Lantern, Thredbo

• Thredbo Landslide Photos: Google Results (15 June 2010)

• Thredbo Disaster: Natural Disasters

News

• 1997 Thredbo Landslide – ABC News

• 1997 Thredbo Landslide – Wikipedia

• Thredbo Landslide A Disaster Waiting to Happen – 7.30 Report, 29 June 2000

• Thredbo Disaster: At Last, the Facts – Sydney Morning Herald, 3 December 2004

Government

• http://www.bom.gov.au/nsw/sevwx/14april1999.shtml
• http://www.bom.gov.au/inside/services_policy/storms/sydney_hail/hail_report.shtml
• http://www.fire.nsw.gov.au/page.php?id=470
• http://www.ema.gov.au/www/emaweb/rwpattach.nsf/VAP/(084A3429FD57AC0744737F8EA134BACB)~The_April_1999_Sydney_hailstorm.pdf/$file/The_April_1999_Sydney_hailstorm.pdf
• http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Previousproducts/1350.0Feature%20Article490Oct%201999?opendocument&tabname=Summary&prodno=1350.0&issue=Oct%201999&num=&view=
• http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/Prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/V3Key/LA19990512044
• http://www.ga.gov.au/hazards/severeweather/historic.jsp

 GENERAL

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Sydney_hailstorm
• http://australiasevereweather.com/storm_news/1999/docs/9904-01.htm
• Google Images
• http://ozthunder.com/chase/chase13.htm
• http://www.stormchasers.au.com/14_4_99.htm
• http://www.rms.com/Publications/1999_Sydney_Hailstorm.pdf
• http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/5/613/2005/nhess-5-613-2005.pdf
• http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/173_11_041200/lee/lee.html
• http://www.firebreak.com.au/sydney_hailstorm.html

Government

• Jindabyne Police Station

• Army Aircraft with Thermal Imaging Equipment Joins Search for Missing Snowboarders: Defence Public Affairs Organisation, 16 Aug 99

• EMA Update, p2: Australian Journal of Emergency Management, Spring 1999 (Vol 14, Issue 3)

• Snowboarders Dean Pincini, Tim Friend, Paul Beardsmore And Scott Beardsmore, Parliament of NSW, 18 Nov 99

 News

• Police Start Piecing Together the Mystery of Four Missing Snowboarders: 7.30 Report, 16 Nov 99

• Searchers Fear Worst for Missing Snowboarders, Searchers, 17 Aug 99

• Cause of Snowboarders’ Death Still a Mystery, The World Today, 17 Nov 99

• NSW: Search Scaled Down for Missing Snowboarders, Highbeam, 18 Aug 99

• The Secret Life of Rivers, Time.Com, 7 Sep 07

• http://www.firebreak.com.au/taskforce-1-2001.html

Government

• McLeod, R., Inquiry in to the Operational Response to the January 2003 Bushfires (aka the “McLeod Inquiry”)

  • Final Report

•  Doogan, M., Inquests and Inquiry in to the Four Deaths and Four Fires Between 8 and 18 January 2003

•  ACT Bushfire Recovery Taskforce

  • Final Report

• Camilleri, P. et al, Recovering from the 2003 Canberra Bushfire: A Work in Progress Australian Catholic University,

• Geoscience Australia, Canberra Bushfires Fieldwork 18 January 2003

• EMA Disasters Database: 2003 Canberra Bushfire

 General

• ACT Volunteer Bushfire Association: “What You Wouldn’t Believe...”

•  Wikipedia – Canberra Bushfires

• Canberra Firestorm News Coverage – YouTube

• Canberra Bushfires – Mt Taylor: YouTube

• Canberra Bushfires: YouTube

• Duffy Canberra Bushfires 2003: YouTube

• Canberra, ACT: Hailstorm: Emergency Management Australia

• The Storm of the Decade: Canberra Times, 1 Mar 07

• Supercell Thunderstorm Hits Canberra: YouTube

• Canberra Hail Storm – 2007 – You Tube Gallery (from Google Results)

 Government

•  2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission

• Black Saturday/ Victorian Bushfires: EMA Disasters Database

• Historical Disasters: Black Saturday Bushfires, EMA

• MFB Response to Black Saturday: MFB

• Major Fires: Vic Country Fire Authority

 Research

•  State Library of Victoria, Bushfires in Victoria

• Q&A: Victorian Bushfires: CSIRO

News

• The Australian, Victoria Bushfires

• The Herald Sun, Black Saturday One Year On

• ABC News, 2009 Victorian Bushfires – Latest News

• The Age, Our Darkest Day

• ABC, Black Saturday

 General

• BlackSaturday.com.au

• ACT Taskforce Summary from “Firebreak”

• Canberra Bushfire Photo Gallery – from “http://canberrafires.xsnet.org”

• Geoscience Australia – Natural Hazards

• Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre

• CSIRO, Understanding Bushfire Behaviour, Project Vesta

• Emergency Management Australia, Get the Facts - Bushfires

• Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BoM), Bushfire Weather

• Council of Australian Governments (COAG),

• National Inquiry in on Bushfire Mitigation & Management – main web site

• National Inquiry in on Bushfire Mitigation & Management Report, 31 Mar 04

• Firebreak – by Pat Barling (associated with the ACT Volunteer Brigades Association

•  Earthquake - Geoscience Australia

• Landslide - Geoscience Australia

• Landslides – Emergency Management Australia

• Australian Landslides Database – Geoscience Australia

• Landslides – National Geographic: YouTube

      Australian Peak Body: Australian Maritime Safety Authority

• Rescue Coordination Centre- Australia

• SAR Arrangements in Australia (by AMSA)

• National Search & Rescue Council of Australia

• National Search & Rescue Manual

• USAR - Emergency Management Australia

• Australian Swiss Search Dog Association (ASSDA) Inc.

• International Search & Rescue Advisory Group (INSARAG)

Critical Incident Stress - (including Acute Stress Disorder (ASD) and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD))

Journals

• Journal of Traumatic Stress

• International Journal of Stress Managaement

• Stress, Trauma, and Crisis: An International Journal

Internet Resources

• Resource Guide for Critical Incident Stress and Debriefing in Human Service Agencies, Vic Dept of Health

• Australian Society for Traumatic Stress Studies

• How to Cope with the Effects of Critical Incident Stress, University of Sydney

• Critical Incident Stress Management, Firebreak

• Critical Incident and Counselling Services, NSW State Emergency Service

• Critical Incident Stress Management, Firecare (QRFS Counselling & Support Service)

Australian Government

• Disaster Assist

From Emergency Management Australia (Federal):

• Australian Emergency Manual Series

• Australian Journal of Emergency Management

• Disasters Database

• Emergency Management

From Geoscience Australia:

• Natural Hazards Home

• Recent Earthquakes

• Interactive 3D Modelling

From Bureau of Meteorology:

• The Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research

• Climate Information

• National Meteorological Library

From NSW State Emergency Service:

• Research Paper Articles

From Australasian Fire & Emergency Services Authorities Council (AFAC):

• Knowledge Web

• Research Reports

 From US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

• National Response Framework Resource Center

• Preparedness, Response and Recovery (DHS)

• Types of Disasters

 Auf der Heide, Erik: Disaster Response – Principles of Preparation and Coordination