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Andrew Gissing

Chief Executive Officer
Natural Hazards Research Australia
Andrew.Gissing@naturalhazards.com.au
Natural Hazards Research Australia

About

Andrew Gissing is the Chief Executive Officer of Natural Hazards Research Australia.

He was previously the General Manager of Risk Frontiers, the Deputy Chief Officer and Director of Emergency Management and Communication with the Victoria State Emergency Service, and the Director of Enterprise Risk Management at the NSW Department of Family and Community Services.

Project and roles
Project title Project team
January 2020 NSW bushfires study Andrew Gissing , Dr Mingzhu Wang , Steven George , Jacob Evans , James O'Brien
Principles of best practice strategic crisis management arrangements for catastrophic disasters Andrew Gissing , Dr Michael Eburn , Joe Buffone
Publications
Type Year Citation
Book chapter 04/2024 Flood emergency planning - planning and capability requirements
Report 11/2024 Principles of best practice strategic crisis management arrangements for catastrophic disasters
Resources
Type Released Title Key Topics
Presentation 14 May 2024 Be Ahead of Ready - 2024 Natural Hazards Research Forum presentation Communities, Planning, Policy, Preparedness
News and views
Date Title Key Topics
4 November 2024 Lessons from the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami still relevant today Coastal, Response, Risk management, Vulnerability
22 October 2024 Recent reflections from the Centre
26 August 2024 Annual report highlights Centre research in action
31 May 2024 Forward thinking in research and practice
26 March 2024 Research interest high at Parliament Emergency management, Resilience
20 February 2024 Meeting the needs of a challenging year Coincident events, Resilience, Severe weather
29 January 2024 Better warnings to ensure action Communication, Decision-making, Warnings
11 December 2023 Knowledge and insights delivered by research, with more to come in 2024 Communication, Fire severity, Resilience, Volunteering
19 October 2023 From summits to solutions Climate change, Infrastructure, Policy, Resilience, Risk analysis, Risk management, Severe weather, Vulnerability
24 May 2023 Hitting important topics across the country - CEO update Communities, Governance, Mitigation, Planning, Policy
19 April 2023 Senate committee told of our research Capability, Emergency management
17 March 2023 Gearing up to deliver the research Capability, Policy
18 January 2023 20 years ago, vast bushfires razed Canberra’s suburbs – and bushfire science was never the same Capability, Climate change, Coincident events, Communication, Communities, Decision-making, Education, Emergency management, Engineering, Environments, Exposure, Fire impacts, Fire severity, Fire weather, Firefighter, Fuel reduction, Governance, Indigenous communities, Infrastructure, Land management, Mitigation, Modelling, Planning, Policy, Preparedness, Prescribed burning, Remote sensing, Response, Risk management, Severe weather, Warnings,
12 December 2022 Reflections on the year
4 November 2022 Australia’s tsunami threat may be low but there’s still a risk Preparedness, Risk analysis, Warnings
27 October 2022 Natural Hazards Research Australia launches first Reconciliation Action Plan Indigenous communities, Local knowledge
18 October 2022 New flood histories informed by research insights Mitigation, Resilience, Risk management
15 September 2022 Disaster complexities shape future research Communities, Policy
17 May 2022 When roads become rivers: forming a Plan B can stop people driving into floodwaters Decision-making, Local knowledge, Planning, Preparedness, Severe weather