... Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Training Risk Recovery Disaster risk reduction Thank you, Ian for joining the interview. You are probably one of the most explicit DRR pioneers, the DRR pioneer par excellence. How did you get engaged in disaster studies...

... to adverse disaster outcomes and capacity to anticipate, cope with, resist, and recover from disaster events. Because disasters do not impact people equally, researchers, public health practitioners, and emergency managers need training to meet the complex needs of vulnerable populations. Design...

... of this licence may be seen at http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode Sensemaking Crisis response Training Teams Identity Action Terrorism Situational awareness An incident takes place in a concert hall, leading the balconies to partly collapse, which causes destruction...

... Swedish emergency responders were studied: willingness to respond; level of confidence with tasks; and estimated management capability. Factors which positively influenced these perceptions were male sex, training in first aid and dealing with mass casualty incidents, terrorism-related management training...

...Chien‐Yuan Chen; Kun‐Huang Yu; Mei‐Ying Chen Purpose The aim of this project is to modify and test the executive model of professional teacher training of disaster prevention education. Design/methodology/approach A three‐level teacher‐training program for disaster prevention education...

...Helen Sinclair; Emma E. Doyle; David M. Johnston; Douglas Paton Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate how training or exercises are assessed in local government emergency management organisations. Design/methodology/approach An investigative review of the resources available...

...John Lindström Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a model to explain a business contingency process to senior management and other employees in organizations during education or training on business continuity planning. Design/methodology/approach The model has been developed...

... and implementation of training issues in earthquake emergency response for the emergency managers as an essential part at various managerial levels. Findings The paper reveals that, although the high‐level managers such as ministers are authoritative bodies for managing the routine problems of the country...

... developed, tested and confirmed in three comprehensive cases. Senior management, IT managers and employees in the three case organizations have participated in this action research effort during the development, implementation or training on business continuity plans and planning. Findings...

... by the recent Indian Ocean tsunami tragedy highlights the need for development of an effective tsunami warning system for both residents and transient populations, including visitors and tourists. This study sets out evaluate staff training for emergencies, emergency management exercises (including drills...

...; induction and training; deployment and management of individuals and teams; and finally, debriefing and counselling. In this way, there is greater potential for the organisation to achieve objectives and enable its expatriate workforce to handle the stressful conditions in which they may find themselves...

... down qualitative data obtained from disaster workers from multiple organizations and countries. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Authority Knowledge Decision making Training Disasters What makes coordination in international disaster relief work difficult, and why does new technology...

... management Stress Training Disaster recovery Disaster management Stress represents a significant determinant of the effective performance of the emergency management role. It affects, for example, the ability to attend to information, render it meaningful, and make decisions with it. While...

...David Alexander This paper discusses the possible future role of standards in assuring the quality and content of programmes for educating and training people in the fields of emergency planning and management. Principles for the establishment of standards are presented. Existing standards...

...Douglas Paton; Duncan Jackson Fundamental to disaster readiness planning is developing training strategies to compensate for the limited opportunities available for acquiring actual disaster response experience. With regard to communication, decision making and integrated emergency management...

... at the federal, state, county, and community level to improve capability. Also described and critically evaluated are the roles of interagency emergency preparedness training, disaster drills, and coordination and partnership with the private sector, such as medical centers and the Federal Emergency Management...

...Henry C. Wilson Continues from Part 1 and investigates how the learning styles and training methods for individuals and groups can be matched to maximise the efficiency of the training programme. In a similar manner to identifying personal learning styles, training methods can be classified...

...Henry C. Wilson This is Part 1 of a multi‐part paper and examines small group training for those charged with responding in an emergency situation. To ensure both effective and efficient training it is important to understand that people learn in different ways. Their learning styles have...

... planning and exercises which serve to validate plans, enable staff to familiarise themselves with the arrangements and assist in training. The whole plan or just part of it may be exercised according to need, and may involve participation by one or more agencies. It has to be decided who needs...

...Douglas Paton; David Johnston; Bruce F. Houghton This paper reports on the findings of a survey of organisational responses to the 1995 eruptions at Ruapehu volcano, New Zealand. The survey identified co‐ordination, communication, training and management issues that had implications for the quality...