Table 1

Summary of study observations and data for ABR and SCMF

Field note (event phase)Observation hoursDiscrete participant engagementsAffiliations (roles)
Field Note #1 (SCMF preparation)4 hInterview #1EMA (Director)
Meeting #1EMA (Director), SCMF (Security and Safety Director)
Meeting #2EMA (Director), SCMF (Owner, Festival Director, Security and Safety Director)
Interview #2EMA (Director)
Field Note #2 (ABR and SCMF preparation)3 hInterview #3EMA (Director)
Field Note #3 (ABR and SCMF preparation, disaster observation)16 hTraining session #1EMA (Director), SCMF (Security and Safety Director), other various attendees
Interview #4SCMF (Security and Safety Director)
Interview #5EMA (Director)
Meeting #3EMA (Director), Town (Mayor, ∼10 town staff), ABR (Director, staff)
Meeting #4EMA (Director), Town (Mayor, staff), ABR (Director, staff)
Natural disaster responseEMA (Director), LE (multiple jurisdictions), EMS and hospital (multiple jurisdictions), FR (multiple jurisdictions), Town (residents, dispatch staff), NWS
Field Note #4 (ABR and SCMF preparation)13 hTraining session #2EMA (Director), SCMF (Security and Safety Director), other various attendees
Interview #6SCMF (Security and Safety Director)
Training session #3EMA (Director), FR (∼10 Firefighters)
Field Note #5 (SCMF preparation)8 hTraining session #4EMA (Director), SCMF (Security and Safety Director), other various attendees
Field Note #6 (SCMF preparation)7 hTraining session #5EMA (Director), SCMF (Security and Safety Director, Festival Director), EMS and hospital (∼20 staff), NWS (staff), LE (Sheriff and Deputy), FR (∼3 staff)
Interview #7EMA (Director)
Interview #8SCMF (Festival Director)
Field Note #7 (ABR preparation)3 hMeeting #5EMA (Intern), Town (Mayor, staff), EMS (private and hospital), LE (Captain, local officers, Sheriff and deputies, two State Troopers), ABR (Director, staff)
Field Note #8 (ABR implementation, SCMF preparation)11 hMeeting #6EMA (Director, Intern), SCMF (Security and Safety Director)
Interview #9EMA (Director)
Interview #10LE (Deputy)
Interview #11SCMF (Security and Safety Director)
Field Note #9 (ABR implementation, SCMF preparation)10 hInterview #12LE (Sheriff)
Meeting #7EMA (Director, Intern), SCMF (Security and Safety Director)
Interview #13FR (Firefighter)
Interview #14LE (Deputy)
Field Note #10 (SCMF preparation)4 hMeeting #8EMA (Director, Intern), SCMF (Security and Safety Director)
Field Note #11 (SCMF implementation)11 hInterview #15EMS (Staff)
Meeting #9EMA (Director, Intern, staff), Town (staff), SCMF (Security and Safety Director), Private security (Front-of-House Lead, Back-of-House Lead), LE (State Trooper), NG-CST (two staff), NWS (staff)
Interview #16Private Security (Front-of-House Lead)
Meeting #10SCMF (Security and Safety Director), EMA (Intern, staff)
Interview #17EMA (Intern)
Interview #18EMA (Director)
Meeting #11EMA (Director, Intern, staff), Town (staff), SCMF (Security and Safety Director), Private security (Front-of-House Lead, Back-of-House Lead), LE (State Trooper), NG-CST (two staff), NWS (staff)
Interview #19SCMF (Security and Safety Director)

Note(s): Field notes and observation hours encompass observations and organic interactions in the local context beyond only formal meetings and informal interviews. Discrete participant engagements refer to clearly defined interactions (e.g. requested conversations or meetings) with and between participants (as opposed to organic conversations that arise in the midst of work activities) and thus reflect only a portion of the total documented field observations. Further, observation hours do not include participant rapport-building contact hours prior to the study, time spent familiarizing ourselves with the geographic area, or the post-study data verification meeting with our primary research site liaisons

EMA = Emergency Management Agency. LE = Law Enforcement. EMS = Emergency Medical Services. FR = Fire and Rescue. NWS = National Weather Service. NG-CST = National Guard Civil Support Team

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