The human capacity demands of an emergency manager in Australia

This research will analyse all Australian judicial and semi-judicial reports of emergency events over a 20-year period to discover the role of human capacity in emergency management. Human capacity in this research will refer to contextual expertise in addition to the experience, skills and qualifications of the designated emergency manager. Recognising the complexity of bringing together a range of emergencies, in disparate Australian jurisdictions over an extended period, a Gadamerian Philosophical Hermeneutical examination will be utilised to explicate human capacities of the emergency manager.