... such as Iran. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Earthquakes Training Education Emergency services Response time In most major disasters, particularly destructive earthquakes that have occurred in urban or rural areas around the world, it has been proved that the decision makers...

... Disasters Response time Risk management Knowledge transfer The 8 January 2005 the South of Sweden was hit by Gudrun, a storm with gusts of hurricane force and considered the most severe storm in Sweden since records began (SMHI, 2005). The storm caused many trees to fall (approximately 75‐million...

... cubic feet of gas per‐day and 10,000 barrels of oil per‐day. Maritime structures Safety measures Emergency services Response time Malaysia On July 1988, the world has seen the worst oilrig disaster, 167 people (out of the 232 people on board) were killed when the rig suffered a series...

... Disaster Database (CDD, available at: www.ocipep.gc.ca/disaster/search.asp) categorized disasters in five different types as follows: Disasters Classification Natural disasters Response time Emergency services The word disaster came into the English language in the sixteenth century...

... all the fields collated from the survey. Findings It was found that there are 1,150 teams in the USA, which range from one team per State to 79 teams in California. Local SAR teams had a quicker response time than federal teams, while maintaining better equipment and training than emergent...

... the World Trade Center disaster on September 11, 2001 in New York City. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Disasters Response time Non‐profit organizations Public sector organizations Industrial relations United States of America It has long been recognized by academics...

... be contacted at: d.gillingham@coventry.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Public relations Critical incident technique Response time The organisational response to a critical incident can have a major impact on how the organisation is perceived in both the short and long term...

... afforded by distally generated tsunami events would extend the response time available (to hours), this still would not be long enough to conclusively ensure that staff take the appropriate actions. A face to face survey was undertaken in Ocean Shores, Washington, on 22 and 23 September, 2005...