... Training Emergency management Incident command Emergency response practitioners operate in high-stakes, time-constrained environments where they make decisions under conditions that are dynamic, ambiguous and often hazardous. These situations are characterised by evolving circumstances...

...Natalie Roche; Jodi Oakman; Susan Darzins; Rwth Stuckey Purpose Emergency management volunteers (EMVs) are frequently exposed to incidents involving dying and death, yet psychosocial risk management strategies remain uneven and predominantly reactive. Adopting a systems approach, this study...

...Katarzyna Sienkiewicz-Małyjurek; Barbara Zyzak Purpose This article explores how to ensure effective digital emergency management. Design/methodology/approach Drawing on organizational information processing theory and design science research methodology, the research employs Interpretive...

... during emergency management; thus, qualitative approaches are needed. Practical implications During emergency management, health facilities need to cooperate by sharing information, building capacity to increase their responsiveness and flexibility. This should be done by sharing equipment, tools...

... station service area Travel time Delay time Optimal location GIS network analysis Emergency management Urban fires pose a significant risk to communities around the world. The frequency and severity of fire incidents in various countries highlight the need for effective measures to reduce...

...Sten Torpan; Sten Hansson; Kati Orru; Mark Rhinard; Lucia Savadori; Pirjo Jukarainen; Tor-Olav Nævestad; Sunniva Frislid Meyer; Abriel Schieffelers; Gabriella Lovasz Purpose This paper offers an empirical overview of European emergency managers' institutional arrangements and guidelines for using...

...://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode CBRNe Disaster preparedness Emergency care Emergency management Accident and emergency department Primary care The potential threat of chemical (C), biological (B), radiological (R), nuclear (N) and explosive (CBRNE) weapons is unlikely but has been...

... Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Humanitarian logistics Disaster management Emergency management Disaster preparedness Humanitarian supply chain Table 1 Major natural disasters in India post-independence Disasters No. of events Deaths (total) Affected...

..., as the most critical capabilities to develop for effective emergency management. Research limitations/implications This study discussed the value of consistent and careful management of the collaborative relationship. This study is context-specific in disaster type (Hurricane) and locality (Louisiana...

... Limited 2019 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Communication Emergency management Disaster communication Amateur radio Amateur radio supports communications when all other mediums of communication fail. Recently, there is a growing trend of relying on centralized...

... were used to search English documents, whereas two Korean search engines were used to search Korean documents. At this time, several keywords were typed in these search engines, including “emergency management culture,” “disaster response culture,” “cultural factors and emergency management...

...Rasmus Dahlberg Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the social network in an emergency management organization during a large exercise held in Greenland in 2016. Inspired by approaches in business and organizational studies the aim is to investigate the flow of information through...

...Kyungwoo Kim; Kyujin Jung; Kenneth Chilton Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand the effects of social media use on the resilience of organizations involved in emergency response. While social media has been utilized as a critical tool in the field of emergency management, few...

...Namkyung Oh; Julia Beckett Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to define immigrant knowledge workers (IKWs) as a vulnerable population in the urban emergency management context, and explored how to provide public safety services to IKWs. Due to nomadic features such as high mobility, spatio...

... at: willem.treurniet@tno.nl © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Emergency management Crisis management Crisis communication Societal impact The domain of communication between organisations and the broader public – denoted by the term public relations – has generated a body of literature...

... of the test set. Artificial neural network Computational model Emergency management Fire risk Responding firefighters Toronto Fire departments, particularly in medium and large cities need to enhance efficiency and timeliness of their response to fire and emergency incidents by effective...

...Helen Sinclair; Emma E.H. Doyle; David M. Johnston; Douglas Paton Purpose The purpose of this paper is to contribute information and recommendations that could better equip emergency managers to prepare for and respond to emergencies and disasters, with a focus on improving their decision‐making...