As the largest emergency management library in the southern hemisphere, the Australian Emergency Management Library houses a unique collection, especially information collected at the time of events such as Cyclone Tracy, Ash Wednesday and the Granville train disaster.

Want to know more? Anyone with an interest in emergency management can join the library online .

Members can access journal articles, ebooks, dvds and books which cover the entire range of emergency management subjects including the psychological aspects, recovery, business continuity and volunteering.  Searching the catalogue is easy and with a search box at the bottom of the page on the Australian Emergency Management Knowledge Hub, it is easy to find what you are looking for.

Can't find what you need? Ask a Librarian

 

 

As part of the 2014–15 Budget, the Australian Government announced that AEMI will vacate its Mt Macedon premises and operate out of Canberra. The transition process, to be completed by mid-2015, will allow AEMI greater flexibility to deliver emergency management education and training, and products and services in new and innovative ways. AEMI is committed to the continued delivery of the Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Emergency Management) as well as many of the current AEMI programs, and to develop new products and services to enhance the building of national disaster resilience.

Looking to the future, AEMI’s role as the national Centre of Excellence for emergency management education and training is both valued and assured. What is changing is only the aspects of how AEMI will deliver emergency management education and capability development by being more agile and responsive to the needs of jurisdictions and to agencies with emergency management contexts.

The AEMI Transitioning Team, led by Mark Crosweller, Director-General Emergency Management Australia, is currently working through developing the future education delivery products, as well as the community engagement and knowledge management products and services that will continue to meet the needs of the sector and wider community.

 

Further information can be found the Australian Emergency Management Institute Facebook page.

 

 

It has been a busy time at the Australian Emergency Management Library with the hosting of the 23rd annual Australasian Libraries in the Emergency Sector (ALIES). Conference.  It was held at the Australian Emergency Management Institute on 15 to 17 April, the theme was "Anatomy of a Disaster", several speakers shared their experiences of working closely with survivors of natural disasters and the challenges they encountered. The workshop held Jamie McKenzie from the Country Fire Authority certainly gave the delegates something to think about in terms of decision making. 

 

The informal panel sessions gave everyone an opportunity to participate and share their experiences in the information management environment as we all strive to inform the emergency management sector.

 

This conference provided librarians from the emergency management sector the oppportunity to gain an understanding of how we can work together for the best outcome after a disaster.

 

 

 

Jamie McKenzie


 

Panel session

 

WELCOME TO A NEW YEAR

The team at the Australian Emergency Management Library and Knowledge Hub would like to wish our members all the best for 2014 and look forward to assisting you with your information requirements.

Your will find more information about disasters on the Australian Emergency Management Knowledge Hub, while you are there have a look at the blog updated regularly by guest bloggers.

  

We have added a number of new books to the collection which you can borrow from the library using the
request forms. 

 

Here are just a few, check out the list on the New Books page for even more.

 

 



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GRANVILLE RAIL DISASTER

 

 

On 18 January 1977, a passenger train left Mount Victoria in the Blue Mountains for Sydney. Whilst negotiating a left hand curve 250 m west of the Granville Railway Station, the train derailed causing it to collide with the northern trestle supporting the Bold Street Bridge. The bridge collapsed on the train, destroying one carriage and crushing two others.

 

A case study can be found on the Australian Emergency Management Knowledge Hub along with images from the Blue Mountains City Library.

 

 

Further information can be found on the following websites:
 

Granville Train Disaster (NSW Fire Brigades)
Granville Rail Disaster (Granville Historical Society)
Granville Rail Disaster (About NSW)

 

If you want to know more about railway disasters in Australia the library has a number of books which can be borrowed by members.  To join the library or to find out more, search the library catalogue.
 

 

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Journal articles can also be requested from the library by members by filling in the request form

 



Carroll, B 1983, ‘Train crashes into bridge at Granville, 1977: great Australian disasters’, Be Aware, Issue 12, pp.4-5.

Christopher, PJ & Selig, M 1978, ‘Medical aspects of the Granville rail disaster’, Medical Journal of Australia, Vol.2 No.12, pp.383-386.

Down, S 1983, ‘A retrospective view of the Granville rail disaster’, The Australian Clinical Psychology, November, pp.33-39.

Harriet, K 2002, ‘Granville train disaster: 25 years later’, Australian Police Journal, Vol.56 No.4, pp.264-265.

Johnston, L 1998, ‘Grief on the line’, The Bulletin, Vol.117 No.6136, pp.64-65.

Keavney, K, Balderston, D, Moffit, I, O’Grady, S, Armstrong, D, & Saw, R 1977, ‘Anatomy of a tragedy’, The Bulletin, Vol.99 No.5042, pp.16-25.

 



Welcome to the November edition of our library blog, where you will find a list of new journal articles and new books in the library.
You can find journal articles on community leadership, resilience and risk management from journals such as the Australian Journal of Emergency Management, International Journal of Disaster Resilience and the Built Environment and Fire Australia.
Our selection of new books include the titles shown below and can be requested from the library.

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Welcome to the latest edition of our library blog, where you will find a list of new journal articles and new books in the library.

You can find journal articles on children and disasters, resilience, exercise management from journals  such as Australian Journal of Emergency Management, Journal of Emergency Management and New Scientist.

Our selection of new books include the titles shown below and can be requested from the library

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More resources can be found on the library catalogue. Details about library membership, requesting items and how to access the databases are available from the library on the Australian Emergency Management website.

Another valuable source of emergency management information is the Australian Emergency Management Knowledge Hub where you can find resources in the research clearing house, disaster event information or connect with other members of the EM community using the forum space or Twitter @aemkh.