Bushfire public inquiries: From recommendations to hybrid emergency management arrangements

IF 2.1 4区 管理学 Q2 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Graham Dwyer, Timothy Marjoribanks, Fiannuala Morgan, Jane Farmer
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Abstract

Victoria, Australia consistently experiences significant bushfires. This article examines the ways in which public inquiry recommendations after major bushfires in Victoria have played an important role in shifting the emphasis of emergency management organisations (EMOs) from bushfire response to bushfire preparedness through hybrid emergency management arrangements. Based on a qualitative analysis of Victorian public inquiry bushfire reports from 1851 to 2020, this study shows that public inquiry recommendations contribute to new emergency management arrangements. These new arrangements have seen organisational hybridity emerge as a way of achieving greater integration between EMOs. These findings have important implications for research related to managing natural hazard events such as bushfires which, to date, has proposed that public inquiries hinder the ability of EMOs to learn from bushfires and, more broadly, natural hazard events. This study also shows how emerging organisational hybrid phases have been important as a mechanism by which EMOs have moved towards an approach to natural hazard mitigation which is shared, collaborative, and prospective.

Points for practitioners

  • This article provides insights into ways in which practitioners can use public inquiry recommendations as a basis for creating hybrid emergency management arrangements, including policies, practices and procedures.
  • It also highlights how practitioners can use public inquiry recommendations as a way of focusing on preparedness for future natural hazard events.
  • Additionally, the article offers insights into organisational learning, suggesting that emergency management organisations have been able to demonstrate learning as a process of continuous improvement by implementing public inquiry recommendations.
  • Finally, it presents a framework which can be used by practitioners to operationalise hybridity in emergency management organisations. The emphasis is on approaches that are shared, collaborative and prospective.

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森林大火公众调查:从建议到混合应急管理安排
澳大利亚维多利亚州经常发生严重的森林大火。本文考察了维多利亚州重大森林火灾后公众调查建议的方式,通过混合应急管理安排,将应急管理组织(emo)的重点从森林火灾响应转移到森林火灾准备方面发挥了重要作用。基于对1851年至2020年维多利亚州公众调查森林火灾报告的定性分析,本研究表明,公众调查建议有助于新的应急管理安排。这些新的安排使组织混合成为实现emo之间更大整合的一种方式。这些发现对管理森林火灾等自然灾害事件的研究具有重要意义,迄今为止,这些研究表明,公众调查阻碍了emo从森林火灾和更广泛的自然灾害事件中学习的能力。本研究还表明,新兴的组织混合阶段作为一种机制是如何重要的,通过这种机制,emo已经转向了一种共享、协作和前瞻性的自然灾害缓解方法。从业人员要点本文提供了从业人员使用公共调查建议作为创建混合应急管理安排(包括政策、实践和程序)基础的方法的见解。它还强调了从业人员如何将公众调查建议作为一种关注未来自然灾害事件防范的方式。此外,本文还提供了对组织学习的见解,表明应急管理组织已经能够通过实施公众调查建议来证明学习是一个持续改进的过程。最后,它提出了一个框架,从业者可以使用它来在应急管理组织中实现混合。重点是共享、合作和前瞻性的方法。
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期刊介绍: Aimed at a diverse readership, the Australian Journal of Public Administration is committed to the study and practice of public administration, public management and policy making. It encourages research, reflection and commentary amongst those interested in a range of public sector settings - federal, state, local and inter-governmental. The journal focuses on Australian concerns, but welcomes manuscripts relating to international developments of relevance to Australian experience.
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