...Jarle Lowe Sorensen; Fredrik G. Christoffersen; Andre Horgen Purpose This is a study of a joint snow avalanche collaboration exercise involving university students and search and rescue (SAR) responders from public and non-governmental organizations. The aim was to evaluate the participant`s...

...Rebecca Stenberg; Maria Wolmesjö Purpose The purpose of this paper is to give an account for preparative collaboration between the police and municipal eldercare in Sweden concerning missing persons with dementia. Design/methodology/approach Design/methodology/approach used was a qualitative...

... challenges to establish collaboration. This study aims to contribute to the field of collaborative tunnel responses by exploring how “common knowledge” (Edwards, 2011) is built by the emergency services organisations, that is, what the organisations consider important while working on a potentially common...

...Peter Murphy; Katarzyna Lakoma Purpose This paper explores how fire and rescue services in England responded to the challenges and opportunities presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. It examines the form and nature of fire and rescue services’ collaborations with the ambulance, police and other...

...Johan Hylander; Britt-Inger Saveman; Ulf Björnstig; Lina Gyllencreutz; Anton Westman Purpose Major incidents in road tunnels remain a collaborative challenge for the emergency services (fire and rescue service, police and ambulance), emergency dispatch centres (EDCs) and infrastructure owners...

...Jori Pascal Kalkman Purpose Crisis management increasingly requires coordination and collaboration between multiple organizations. This means that inter-organizational boundaries have to be spanned by dedicated organizational members (i.e. boundary spanners). This paper aims to describe which...

...Jarle Lowe Sorensen; Eric D. Carlström; Leif Inge Magnussen; Tae-eun Kim; Atle Martin Christiansen; Glenn-Egil Torgersen Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the perceived effects of a maritime cross-sector collaboration exercise. More specifically, this study aims to examine...

...Elsa Kristiansen; Jarle Løwe Sørensen; Eric Carlström; Leif Inge Magnussen Purpose This case study maps the perceived collaboration between public, private and volunteer organizations during maritime crisis work, with a substantive focus on communication, information flow and distribution...

...Annika Andersson; Eric D. Carlstrom; Bengt Ahgren; Johan M. Berlin Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify what is practiced during collaboration exercises and possible facilitators for inter-organisational collaboration. Design/methodology/approach – Interviews with 23...