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Resilience Resource Directory
Resilience is big space. Here is our directory with links to a number of local, state, federal, and international organisations and resources to help assist you on your journey to building resilience.

Tools for support
PEOPLE, COMMUNITY AND CULTURE
For people and communities:
- Council website emergency management pages and social media
- NSW Fires Near Me (also available as an app)
- NSW RFS plan and prepare tools
- NSW SES emergency kit information
- NSW SES Your Risk suburb look-up
- Preparing for emergencies provided by the Australian Red Cross
For governments and service organisations:
- Australian Red Cross ‘Understanding Preparedness and Recovery’ report
- Handbooks for small and large recovery organisations prepared by the University of Canberra
- ‘Strengthening disaster preparedness in human service organisations’ project report prepared by Charles Sturt University in Wagga Wagga
- ‘Person-Centred Emergency Preparedness’ (P-CEP) for disability inclusive disaster risk reduction prepared by the University of Sydney
- Natural Hazards Research Australia’s diversity and inclusion framework:
- University of Canberra regional wellbeing survey reports
- The Economic Cost of the Social Impact of Natural Disasters prepared by the Australian Business Roundtable for Disaster Resilience and Safer Communities
- Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience (AIDR) Handbook Collection:
- Australian Emergency Management Arrangements
- Community engagement for disaster resilience
- Community recovery
- Disaster resilience education for young people.
- Australian Warning System for national consistency in public hazard warnings.
- Community Resilience Scorecard Toolkit for councils to measure and improve resilience, a Commonwealth Government initiative.
- National Indigenous Disaster Resilience program provides culturally appropriate emergency planning and resources.
- Urban Heat Planning Toolkit provided by the Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils
- Disaster Adaptation Plan (DAP) Guidelines prepared by NSW Reconstruction Authority
- Climate Resilient Homes Toolkit prepared by Canberra Region Joint Organisation, Resilience NSW, Minderoo Foundation and Edge Environment
THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
For people and communities, businesses, service agencies and organisations:
- 7-day ensemble streamflow forecasts for water management available from BoM
- Enabling Adaptation in the South East (EASE) report prepared by AdaptNSW
- South East Landcare
- Drought Knowledge Centre available from BoM
- Drought Resilience Self-Assessment Tool available from the Commonwealth Government
- My Climate View Tool available from the Commonwealth Government
- Climate Services for Agriculture available from the Commonwealth Government
For governments:
- National Climate Resilience and Adaptation Strategy 2021-2025 prepared by the Commonwealth Government
- NSW Climate Change Adaptation Strategy prepared by AdaptNSW
- NSW Climate Data Portal available from the NSW Government
- Coastal Management Toolkit available from the NSW Government
- NSW Water Strategy and regional water strategies available from the NSW Government
- Natural resource management plans prepared by Local Land Services
- Sustainable Land Management Practices for Graziers: Best management practices for grazing in the Tablelands and southern Highlands of NSW prepared by Department of Primary Industries
- Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) datasets
- Transitional Native Vegetation Regulatory Map available from the NSW Government
- Biodiversity Indicator Program for NSW available from the NSW Government
- NSW BioNet available from the NSW Government
- Bush Fire Risk Management Plans and the ‘next gen’ Bush Fire Risk Management Plans prepared by the NSW Rural Fire Service
- Earthquakes in the Canberra Region provided by Geoscience Australia
- Interactive climate change projections map provided by NSW Government
- NSW Government’s central resource for Sharing and Enabling Environmental Data in NSW
- Urban Heat Planning Toolkit provided by the Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils
- Disaster Adaptation Plan (DAP) Guidelines prepared by NSW Reconstruction Authority
- Climate Resilient Homes Toolkit prepared by Canberra Region Joint Organisation, Resilience NSW, Minderoo Foundation and Edge Environment
BUILT ENVIRONMENTS AND INFRASTRUCTURE
For people and communities:
- Bushfire-Resilient Housing Toolkit prepared by the Canberra Region Joint Organisation
- Building in a Bushfire Prone Area and Planning for Bushfire Protection prepared by the NSW Rural Fire Service
- Your Home: Creating sustainable homes for the future available from the Commonwealth Government
- Future Homes program from the Green Building Council Australia
- Council Local Strategic Planning Statements, Local Environmental Plans, Development Control Plans, Infrastructure and Asset Management Plans available via NSW Planning Portal
For service agencies, organisations and governments:
- Bushfire-Resilient Housing Toolkit for Councils prepared by the Canberra Region Joint Organisation
- Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience (AIDR) Handbook Collection:
- Evacuation planning
- Land use planning for disaster resilient communities
- Flood emergency planning for disaster resilience
- Managing the floodplain
- National Emergency Risk Assessment Guidelines
- Systemic disaster risk
- Risk-based Land Use Guide prepared by the United Nations
- NSW Climate Adaptation Strategy prepared by AdaptNSW
- A Pathway to Infrastructure Resilience prepared by the Commonwealth Government
- State Infrastructure Strategy prepared by the Infrastructure NSW
- NSW Critical Infrastructure Resilience Strategy and Guide prepared by Resilience NSW
- Building Resilient Infrastructure prepared by the Australian Business Roundtable for Disaster Resilience and Safer Communities
- Resilience Planning available from the NSW Government
- Strategic Planning for Natural Hazards in NSW available from the NSW Government
- Flood-prone land package prepared by the NSW Government
- Flood Risk Management Manual prepared by the NSW Government
- Planning for Bushfire Protection 2019 prepared by the NSW Rural Fire Service
- Coastal Management Framework available from the NSW Government
- Urban Heat Planning Toolkit prepared by the Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils
- Enabling Resilience Investment available from the CSIRO
- NSW Spatial Digital Twin available from the NSW Government
- Bush Fire Risk Management Plans and the ‘next gen’ Bush Fire Risk Management Plans prepared by the NSW Rural Fire Service
- Earthquakes in the Canberra Region provided by Geoscience Australia
- Interactive climate change projections map provided by NSW Government
- NSW Government’s central resource for Sharing and Enabling Environmental Data in NSW
- Urban Heat Planning Toolkit provided by the Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils
- Disaster Adaptation Plan (DAP) Guidelines prepared by NSW Reconstruction Authority
- Climate Resilient Homes Toolkit prepared by Canberra Region Joint Organisation, Resilience NSW, Minderoo Foundation and Edge Environment
THE ECONOMY
For businesses and private sector organisations:
- Business continuity toolkit prepared by Service NSW
- Five lessons to ready your business and support community resilience prepared by the Australian Business Roundtable for Disaster Resilience and Safer Communities
- Building small business resilience prepared by the Small Business Commissioner
- Find disaster recovery services and support provided by the National Recovery and Resilience Agency
- Service NSW for Business provided by the NSW Government
- What to do immediately after a disaster available from CPA Australia
- Guidance for business: To help reduce climate and disaster risk prepared by the Department of Home Affairs
For government:
- Special report: Update to the economic costs of natural disasters in Australia prepared by the Australian Business Roundtable for Disaster Resilience and Safer Communities
- Enabling Resilience Investment available from the CSIRO
- Enabling Resilience Investment tools, products and services available from the CSIRO
- A Blueprint to Grow Structured Giving prepared by Philanthropy Australia
- Resilience Valuation Initiative established by the Australian Business Roundtable for Disaster Resilience and Safer Communities
- Natural Hazards Research Australia economic analysis tools:
LEADERSHIP AND STRATEGY
- How to Make Cities More Resilient: A handbook for local government leaders prepared by the UNDRR
- 2020 Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements available from the Commonwealth Government
- 2020 NSW Bushfire Inquiry available from the NSW Government
- 2022 Select Committee on the Response to Major Flooding across NSW in 2022 available from the Parliament of NSW
- Australian Disaster Resilience Handbook Collection:
- Australian emergency management arrangements
- Community engagement for disaster resilience
- Community recovery
- Disaster resilience education for young people
- Emergency planning
- Flood emergency planning for disaster resilience
- Health and disaster management
- Land use planning for disaster resilient communities
- Lessons management
- Managing the floodplain
- National emergency risk assessment guidelines
- Public information and warnings
- Safe and healthy crowded places
- Systemic disaster risk
- Guidance for Strategic Decisions on Climate and Disaster Risk prepared by the Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience
- Profiling Australia’s Vulnerability prepared by the National Resilience Taskforce
- Best Practice Guidelines: Supporting communities before, during and after collective trauma events prepared by the Australian Red Cross
- Coping after a crisis prepared by the Australian Red Cross
- Strengthening Your Community’s Resilience prepared by the Australian Red Cross
- Disaster Adaptation Plan (DAP) Guidelines prepared by NSW Reconstruction Authority
Additional Tools & Resources
AdaptNSW, 2014, South East and Tablelands Climate Change Snapshot
AdaptNSW, 2017, Enabling Adaptation in the South East (EASE)
Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2022, 2021 Census Local Government Community Profiles
Council for Australian Governments, 2011, National Strategy for Disaster Resilience
CSIRO, 2019, Resilience Adaptation Pathways and Transformation Approach, Version 2
Deloitte Access Economics, 2022, Special Report – Economic Costs of Natural Disasters
Department of Planning and Environment, 2017, South East and Tablelands Regional Plan
Department of Primary Industries, 2018, Enhanced Drought Information System
Department of Regional NSW, 2021, A 20-Year Economic Vision for Regional NSW
Department of Regional NSW, 2021, Future Ready Regions Strategy
Geoscience Australia, 2018, National Seismic Hazard Assessment
.IDCommunity, 2022, Canberra Regional Joint Organisation Area
IPCC, 2022, Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
UNDRR, 2015, Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030
University of Canberra, 2018, Regional Wellbeing Survey Reports




