...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...

... of an evaluation. It has been defined as: Crisis Disaster Emergency Response Exercise Simulation Evaluation Survey Expectations The Netherlands Usefulness Evaluation design Evaluation report Crisis management practice has been accused of producing “fantasy documents” (Bowen, 2008 ; Clarke...

... of activities. The exercise studied was held in the far north in Norway. It was estimated to be Europe’s most extensive exercise in 2016. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach The data were collected through observations, semi-structured interviews and reviews of associated...

...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...

... with members of the public, the authors reviewed open source decontamination guidance documents for responders, as well as published reports of emergency preparedness exercises involving decontamination. Findings The review of decontamination guidance documents showed that specific guidance...