Hazardous Webinar August 2024: Enhancing decision making in emergency management

In the August Hazardous Webinar researchers discussed decision making in emergency management: how people make decisions, what tools they use and how we train people to make better decisions.

Held on 26 August 2024, attendees heard from A/Prof Chris Bearman (Central Queensland University, Natural Hazards Research Australia), Dr Peter Hayes (Central Queensland University, Natural Hazards Research Australia) and Sandra Lunardi (AFAC). Chris and Peter presented their preliminary findings and discussed key themes that have emerged about how we make decisions using intuitive and analytical processes; the strengths and limitations of cognitive aids that support decision making and how we train decision making in emergency management.

Sandra provided an end-user perspective on how the research findings are and will be used in practice to enhance emergency management decision making.

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