Australian Emergency Management Institute
AEMI · Emergency Management Australia Institute · EMA Institute
1993 – 2015
Previously Australian Counter Disaster College (1978–1993).
National emergency management training, education and knowledge centre at Mount Macedon, Victoria, run as part of Emergency Management Australia. It ran courses for emergency services and government officers, kept a national emergency management library and published the Australian Journal of Emergency Management and the national handbook series.
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 Counter Disaster College in 1993, when the Natural Disasters Organisation in the Department of Defence was renamed Emergency Management Australia.
- Emergency management training and education
- Emergency management publications
Changes during its life
- 2001Moved with Emergency Management Australia from the Department of Defence to the Attorney-General's Department.
How it ended
Relocated from Mount Macedon to Canberra by June 2015 following a Commonwealth budget decision; its national knowledge and education role, including the Australian Journal of Emergency Management, passed to the Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience, a partnership led by AFAC with Commonwealth funding.
Main functions
- Emergency management training and education
- National emergency management library and information centre
- Publication of the Australian Journal of Emergency Management
- Australian Emergency Management Handbook Series
- Emergency management manuals and doctrine
Where it sits
Last in the portfolio of Attorney-General's Department.
Lineage
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Sources
Some dates or links for this organisation are not fully confirmed. Corrections are welcome.