Australian Counter Disaster College
ACDC
1978 – 1993
Previously Australian Civil Defence School (1956–1978). Renamed Australian Emergency Management Institute in 1993.
National disaster management training college of the Natural Disasters Organisation at Mount Macedon, Victoria, running courses for emergency services and government officers. From 1986 it published the Macedon Digest, forerunner of the Australian Journal of Emergency Management.
Names over time
- Australian Civil Defence School1956–1978
- Australian Counter Disaster College1978–1993
- Australian Emergency Management Institute1993–2015
How it came into existence
Renamed from the Australian Civil Defence School as the Commonwealth's emphasis shifted from civil defence to counter-disaster planning (year of renaming not confirmed).
- Emergency and disaster management training
How it ended
Renamed the Australian Emergency Management Institute in 1993, when the Natural Disasters Organisation was renamed Emergency Management Australia.
- Emergency management training and education
- Emergency management publications
Main functions
- Disaster management training
- Emergency services and government officer courses
- Publication of the Macedon Digest
- Disaster management research and information
Where it sits
Last in the portfolio of Department of Defence.
Lineage
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Sources
Some dates or links for this organisation are uncertain. Corrections are welcome.