Mainstreaming fire and emergency management across legal and policy sectors: Preliminary findings on measures of success

Michael Eburn*, Stephen Dovers

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    Abstract

    This paper reports on a research project, funded by the Bushfire CRC and conducted at the Australian National University, jointly by the ANU College of Law and the Fenner School of Environment and Society. 'Mainstreaming Fire and Emergency Management across Legal and Policy Sectors: Joint Research and Policy Learning' is looking at the impact of law and policy on emergency and fire management. This paper argues that an absence of clearly defined goals in emergency management policy inhibits our ability to make decisions on what are acceptable trade-offs and makes it impossible to know when Emergency Management goals have been achieved. The paper reports on the research conducted so far and identifies the next steps in the research program.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)14-19
    Number of pages6
    JournalAustralian Journal of Emergency Management
    Volume27
    Issue number2
    Publication statusPublished - Apr 2012

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