Post-Incident Reporting

A selection of Reports and related Material

 

 

 

A guide to conducting a Post-Event Review. Zurich Insurance
https://www.zurich.com/-/media/project/zurich/dotcom/sustainability/docs/the-perc-manual.pdf

Flood Resilience Portal – Post-Event Review Capability
https://floodresilience.net/perc/

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2023
Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience Major Incidents Report 2022–23
https://rimma.org/australian-institute-for-disaster-resilience-major-incidents-report-2022-23

general

2023

9/11 WTC World Trade Center Health Program
(Handbook for applicants updated April 2023)
https://www.cdc.gov/wtc/handbook.html

Attack

2023

 

A Case Study of the Camp Fire (California 2018)
NIST Report July 2023, 278 p.
https://rimma.org/a-case-study-of-the-camp-fire-california-2018

Fire

2022

South East Queensland Rainfall and Flooding
February to March 2022 Review
Report 1: 2022–2023
https://www.igem.qld.gov.au/sites/default/files/2022-10/PROTECTED%20SEQ%20Rainfall%20and%20Flooding%20Reviewreduced_0.pdf
The
report, its learnings and its recommendations reflect the Standard for Disaster
Management in Queensland, identifying both good practice examples and opportunities for enhancement in Queensland’s disaster management preparation and response.

Flood

2022

Sattler, Meg; Alexander, Jessica: There’s a wide gap between aid’s promise and reality, Haitians say. The New Humanitarian (2022),
https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/2022/04/04/haiti-wide-gap-between-aid-promise-and-reality

Earthquake

2022

Williams, James H et al.: Tsunami damage and post-event disruption assessment of road and electricity infrastructure: A collaborative multi-agency approach in Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 72 (2022) 102841. Elsevier, ISSN 2212-4209
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212420922000607

Tsunami

2022

Karaer, Alican et al.: Remote sensing-based comparative damage assessment of historical storms and hurricanes in Northwestern Florida. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 72 (2022) 102857. Elsevier, ISSN 2212-4209
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.102857

Storm

2022

Anjomshoae, Ali et al.: A systematic review of humanitarian supply chains performance measurement literature from 2007 to 2021. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 72 (2022) 1028. Elsevier, ISSN 2212-4209
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.102852

general

2022

Trendall, Phil: Examining post-incident processes. Crisis Response Journal (2022),
https://www.crisis-response.com/Publisher/Article.aspx?ID=630966

general

2021

Flood Disaster in Germany

Rhineland-Palatinate Parliamentary Investigation Committee (RLP) Ahr 2021 flood disaster, comprehensive final report

[EN]  you may like to use your translation software

Parlamentarischer Untersuchungsausschuss Rheinland-Pfalz (RLP)  Flutkatastrophe Ahr 2021, umfangreicher Abschlussbericht

Der rund 2.100 Seiten starke Abschlussbericht des Untersuchungsausschusses „Flutkatastrophe“ ist unter folgendem Link abrufbar: 
https://dokumente.landtag.rlp.de/landtag/drucksachen/10000-18.pdf

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Report
by the Parlamentarian Investigations Commission of the Parlament of Federal State Rhineland-Palatinate
expected for publication in December 2023
[DE] https://landtag-rlp.de/de/aktuelles/aktuelles-aus-dem-landtag/weiteres-verfahren-beschlossen-18263

The Chairman’s report (report parts A, B and C) is only published together with the report part prepared by the parliamentary groups as a complete final report. The complete final report will be published as a Landtag printed matter via the Landtag’s Open Parliamentary Information System (OPAL) as a pdf file. This will be done in good time before the plenary discussion.

After further investigations release of final report is now expected for September 2024
https://landtag-rlp.de/de/aktuelles/aktuelles-aus-dem-landtag/beweisaufnahme-beendet–20119

Video-Statement / press release of the Chairman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlnvMZTBnxI

Die Einsatzführung im Ahrtal 2021
Erkenntnisse aus der Flutkatastrophe für die Leitung
und das Führen im Katastrophenschutz
Rekonstruktion und Analyse der Führungssysteme und Befundung
ihres Funktionierens an den Tagen der Flut und bei der Katastrophen
bewältigung im Landkreis Ahrweiler / Rheinland Pfalz (Deutschland)
im Jahr 2021
Dominic Gißler, Sebastian Herbe, Ramian Fathi
S+K Verlag, Dez. 2024, 288 S., 978-3-96461-075-1
https://www.skverlag.de/buchshop/artikelbeschreibung/kategorie/katastrophenschutz/artikel/die-einsatzfuehrung-im-ahrtal-2021-1.html 

Flood

2021

Covey, Henry A:Disaster Documentation Revisited. The Evolving Damage Assessments of Emergency Management in Oregon. . Proc., The 39th ACM International Conference on Design of Communication  (2021) 15 p. ACM,
https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3472714.3473625

general

2021

This paper by Dinanath Bhandari and Ajaya Dixit (Nepal) takes the unprecedented October 2021 rainfall over Nepal and uses it as a case study to discuss barriers to the effective use of early warning systems (EWS) in achieving disaster reduction objectives.
The study focused on the dissemination of weather forecast information related to the October 2021 rainfall (the event) and the bottlenecks that prevented the EWS from being used to minimize damage. The paper examines the mechanisms and functionalities in Nepal’s disaster risk reduction and management architecture.
The recommendations present corrective measures to make the system more robust and to help in saving lives, property and livelihoods.

http://isetnepal.org.np/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Bhandari-and-Dixit-2022-Missed-Opportunities-in-Utilization-of-Weather-Forecasts-Nepal-ED.pdf

Flood

2021

Warner, Jeroen: Enschede cries – Restoring ontological security after a fireworks disaster. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 59 (2021) 102171. Elsevier, ISSN 2212-4209
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420921001370

Accident

2020

Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements. (2020) . Commonwealth of Australia 2021,
Background papers and issues papers  https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20230426074553/https://naturaldisaster.royalcommission.gov.au/publications

Fire

2020

Flood Investigation Reports
Rhondda Cynon Taf County (Wales)
several volumes
https://www.rctcbc.gov.uk/EN/Resident/ParkingRoadsandTravel/Roadspavementsandpaths/FloodAlleviation/FloodInvestigationReports.aspx

Flood

2020

Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements. (2020) . Commonwealth of Australia 2021,
Hearings: https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20230426074513/https://naturaldisaster.royalcommission.gov.au/hearings  1,700 public submissions  https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20230426074345/https://naturaldisaster.royalcommission.gov.au/submissions

Fire

2020

Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements. (2020) . Commonwealth of Australia 2021,
Report and Appendices https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20230426074553/https://naturaldisaster.royalcommission.gov.au/publications/html-report  Publications: https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20230426074553/https://naturaldisaster.royalcommission.gov.au/publications

Fire

2020

GFOA:Disaster Recovery Cost Documentation. (2020) . Government Finance Officers Association
https://www.gfoa.org/materials/disaster-recovery-cost-documentation

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2019

 

Report of the Expert Panel on the Technical Causes of the Failure of Feijão Dam I
2019, 81 p.
https://bdrb1investigationstacc.z15.web.core.windows.net/assets/Feijao-Dam-I-Expert-Panel-Report-ENG.pdf

technical

2018

Lord Kerslake: The Kerslake Report: An independent review into the preparedness for, and emergency response to, the Manchester Arena attack on 22nd May 2017. (2018) 226 p.,
https://www.fbu.org.uk/sites/default/files/publications/kerslake_arena_review_printed_final.pdf

Attack

2018

Coopoer, Glenda: Reporting Humanitarian Disasters in a Social Media Age. Routledge Research in Journalism Series (2018) 252 p. Routledge, ISBN 9781138483576

general

2018

Brady, Kate: Disaster recovery: are we doomed to repeat the same mistakes?. Australian Journal of Emergency Management 33 (2018) (3) 10 ff., ISSN 1324 1540
https://knowledge.aidr.org.au/media/5825/ajem_july2018_kh.pdf

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2014

Baker, C. Richard: Breakdowns of accountability in the face of natural disasters: The case of Hurricane Katrina. Critical Perspectives on Accounting 25 (2014) (7) 620 – 632. Elsevier, 1045-2354

Storm

2015

AA1000 AccountAbility Stakeholder Engagement Standard (2015) – the most widely applied stakeholder engagement standard – establishes the global benchmark for conducting high-quality stakeholder engagement projects and programs) 21 p.,
(free download after basic registration)
https://www.accountability.org/standards/aa1000-stakeholder-engagement-standard

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2012

 

Queensland Floods Commission of Inquiry 2012
Final Report
658 p.
https://knowledge.aidr.org.au/media/3456/qfci-final-report-march-2012.pdf  
The Commission was set up fourteen months ago to enquire into seven matters arising out of the 2010/2011 floods, identified in the terms of reference as: preparation and planning for the floods by governments, agencies and the community; the adequacy of the response to the floods; management of essential services; the adequacy of forecasts and early warning systems; insurers’ performance of their responsibilities; the operation of dams; and land use planning to minimise flood impacts. It was a broad and daunting range of subject matter.
Those questions had to be examined over a very large geographical area, because most of the state was affected; inquiries had to be made and hearings held in a variety of locations.

Flood

2010

State Government of Victoria (Australia)
Review of the 2010 –11 Flood Warnings & Response

http://floodsreview.archive.vic.gov.au/images/stories/documents/review_20101011_flood_warnings_and_response.pdf

Flood

2010

 

Haiti Earthquake Response, Context Analysis

The context analysis and evaluative framework aim to
provide a useful contextual background for
operational reflection based on material available at the time of writing (April-May 2010);
serve as a sound and shared foundation for
evaluative efforts going forward;
suggest an overarching set of questions
contextualised for the Haiti response that might inform the development of a shared
evaluation framework—addressing different
evaluation criteria (OECD, RC-RC-NGO Code of Conduct, etc.)—and to be used to analyse and provide a compendium of the different evaluation efforts planned and underway; and
provide a useful structure for a future system-
wide synthesis report on the Haiti response
https://www.alnap.org/system/files/content/resource/files/main/haiti-context-analysis-final.pdf

Earthquake

2006

Federal Response to Hurricane Katrina
(Hearings, Reports, Videos)
https://www.c-span.org/search/basic/?query=Federal+Response+to+Hurricane+Katrina

Storm

2006

 

Hurricane Katrina
Leadership, administrative evil and the ethics of incompetence : the failed response to Hurricane Katrina
Adams, Guy B.
In: Public sector leadership; (2009), p. 294-309
ISBN 9781848440890

 

Storm

2006

Hurricane Katrina
US Senate
: Hurricane Katrina – A nation still unprepared. Special report of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 109-322 (2006) 737 p. US Senate,
http://www.hsgac.senate.gov/download/s-rpt-109-322_hurricane-katrina-a-nation-still-unprepared.pdf

Storm

2006

Hurricane Katrina
US Congress
: A Failure of Initiative. Final Report of the Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Reponse to Hurricane Katrina. 109-377 (2006) 582 p. US House of Representatives,
https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CRPT-109hrpt377/CRPT-109hrpt377

Storm

2006

Hurricane Katrina – Report Appendices
https://govinfo.library.unt.edu/a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/15feb20061230/www.gpoaccess.gov/katrinareport/appendices.pdf

Storm

2001

 

The 9/11 Commission Report: : Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (9/11 Report)
585 p.
https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GPO-911REPORT/context

9/11 Commission Records (US National Archives)
When the 9/11 Commission closed on August 21, 2004, it transferred legal custody of its records to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
During the 9/11 Commission’s investigation, commission staff conducted over 1200 fact-finding interviews.
There is approximately 570 cubic feet of textual records. (approx 16 cbm)
https://www.archives.gov/research/9-11


Progress Report 2011
IMPLEMENTING COMMISSION 9/11 RECOMMENDATIONS
69 p.
https://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/implementing-9-11-commission-report-progress-2011.pdf

A Review of the FBI’s Handling of Intelligence Information Prior to the September 11 Attacks
Special Report, November 2004
Office of the Inspector General
https://oig.justice.gov/sites/default/files/archive/special/0506/index.htm

Report of the Joint Inquiry into the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001 – By the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
838 p.
https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/documents/CRPT-107srpt351-5.pdf

 

1999

 

25 Jahre Lawinenwinter 1999 (Schweiz)
Der schneereiche Winter 1998/99 führte zu zahlreichen Lawinenunfällen, in der Schweiz und im gesamten Alpenraum.

Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt für Wald, Schnee und Landschaft WSL
Institut für Schnee- und Lawinenforschung SLF, Bericht 2024-02-15
https://www.slf.ch/de/news/25-jahre-lawinenwinter-1999/

Snow

1994

Kelmelis, John A: Science for Floodplain Management Into the 21st Century – A Blueprint For Change. Report of the Scientific Assessment and Strategy Team and of the Interagency Floodplain Management Review Committee Washington D.C. (1994) (3 Vols.),
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951d01231960s;view=1up;seq=1

Flood

1962

Die grosse Flut : Katastrophe, Herausforderung, Perspektiven ; [Hamburg und die Sturmflut 1962] 
Begleitbuch zu den Ausstellungen im Hamburger Rathaus und im Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte aus Anlass des 50. Jahrestages der Sturmflut vom Februar 1962 / Herbert Hötte (Hg.)

Landeszentrale für Politische Bildung, Hamburg
150 S. : zahlr. Ill., graph. Darst.,
ISBN: 9783929728729
https://stabikat.de/Record/687067006

Flood

     

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