Emergency Management

Pandemicity and Severity are Separate Constructs

by Alan Card

Open source GIS Tools to Map Earthquake Damage Scenarios and to Support Emergency

by Maurizio Pollino

Authors: Maurizio Pollino, Antonio Bruno Della Rocca, Grazia Fattoruso, Luigi La Porta, Sergio Lo Curzio, Agnese Arolchi, Valentina James, Carmine Pascale.
Published in: GEOProcessing 2012 Conference Proceedings. Valencia, Spain,
January 30 - February 4, 2012, pp. 152-157. Copyright (c) IARIA, 2012
ISBN: 978-1-61208-178-6

The latest improvements in geo-informatics offer new opportunities in a wide range of territorial and environmental... more The latest improvements in geo-informatics offer new opportunities in a wide range of territorial and environmental applications. In this general framework, a relevant issue is represented by earthquake early warning and emergency management. In the recent years, the scientific community has recognized the added value of a geo-analytic approach in order to support complex decision making processes for critical situations, due to disastrous natural events like earthquakes. This paper describes the research activities concerning a GIS-based solution, which is aimed at the development of seismic Early Warning Systems (EWSs). In this context, an innovative open source GIS has been studied, implemented and integrated as component of the seismic EWS. Its architecture consists in: a geospatial database system; a local GIS application for analyzing and modelling the seismic event and its impacts and supporting post-event emergency management; a WEB-GIS module for sharing the geo-information among the public and private stakeholders and emergency managers involved in disaster impact assessment and response management.

Collaborative Open Source Geospatial Tools and Maps Supporting the Response Planning to Disastrous Earthquake Events

by Maurizio Pollino

Authors: Maurizio Pollino, Grazia Fattoruso, Luigi La Porta, Antonio Bruno Della Rocca and Valentina James
Published in: Future Internet 2012, 4(2), 451-468; doi:10.3390/fi4020451

Future Internet (ISSN 1999-5903), an open access journal on Internet technologies and the information society, is published by MDPI online quarterly.

The latest improvements in geo-informatics offer new opportunities in a wide range of territorial and environmental... more The latest improvements in geo-informatics offer new opportunities in a wide range of territorial and environmental applications. In this general framework, a relevant issue is represented by earthquake early warning and emergency management. This research work presents the investigation and development of a simple and innovative geospatial methodology and related collaborative open source geospatial tools for predicting and mapping the vulnerability to seismic hazard in order to support the response planning to disastrous events. The proposed geospatial methodology and tools have been integrated into an open source collaborative GIS system, designed and developed as an integrated component of an earthquake early warning and emergency management system.
Keywords: GIS; VGI; geospatial open source technology; early warning systems; emergency managemen

European Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation 2010

by Mohammad Fahmy

A powerpoint presentation summarizing ERC guidelines of Advanced life support A powerpoint presentation summarizing ERC guidelines of Advanced life support

New technologies and citizen perception of the communication of emergencies

by Carles Pont

Spanish version / versión en castellano
Las nuevas tecnologías y la percepción de los ciudadanos ante la comunicación de emergencias

The irruption of new technologies has allowed a substantial improvement of information in emergency situations. This... more The irruption of new technologies has allowed a substantial improvement of information in emergency situations. This research presents the adaptation of the Catalan administration to different information systems to spread information on risks, catastrophes and emergencies. The spread of that information is analyzed together with the application of new technologies, especially Web 2.0, compared to the United States. Besides, the perception of the Catalan public opinion regarding the quality of the information and the mechanisms through which a crisis episode is reported has been studied.

Maslow and Management: Universally Applicable or Idiosyncratic?

by Matthew Jelavic

Jelavic, M., & Ogilvie, K. (2010). Maslow and management: Universally applicable or idiosyncratic? Canadian Manager, 34(4), 16 – 17.

Globalization, Knowledge Workers and the Expanding European Union: A Lesson for North America?

by Matthew Jelavic

Jelavic, M., & Ogilvie, K. (2010). Globalization, knowledge workers and the expanding European Union: A lesson for North America? Canadian Manager, 35(1), 26 – 27.

Social Network Mapping and Analysis in the Global Aerospace Community

by Matthew Jelavic

Ogilvie, K., & Jelavic, M. (2010). Social network mapping and analysis in the global aerospace community. Canadian Manager, 35(2), 20 – 21.

Management Consulting: Understanding the Process Using Concepts in Neuroscience

by Matthew Jelavic

Vincenti, M., & Jelavic, M. (2011). Management consulting: Understanding the process using concepts in neuroscience. Canadian Manager, 35(4), 22 – 23.

Competence Management in High-Technology Organizations

by Matthew Jelavic

Jelavic, M. (2011). Competence management in high-technology organizations. Canadian Manager, 36(1), 21 – 22.

LEGS summary paper

by Anthony Egeru

Incorporating external command signals in the simulation of interdependent infrastructures: The control room concept

by Americo Cunha

CUNHA A.B., PHAM V., ROSS W., WANG X. “Incorporating External and Command Signals in the Simulation of Interdependent Infrastructures: the Control Room Concept”. Proceedings of the IEEE-CCECE 2011, 24th Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Effective coordination is one of the most critical aspects of emergency management. Several scientific articles have... more Effective coordination is one of the most critical aspects of emergency management. Several scientific articles have described how the lack of proper coordination resulting from "limited resources, inadequate communication, misinformation, and damaged infrastructure" has negatively impacted response efforts. Problems involving the lack of consistent data moving from the incident, including the accurate description of the evolving situation, must be addressed to achieve better coordination. This paper investigates how interdependency simulators can be used to support coordination efforts and decision-making during emergency management.

Sinistres naturels et accidents technologiques

by Philippe Guerrier

Using Prospective Hazard Analysis to Assess an Active Shooter Emergency Operations Plan

by Alan Card

Alan J. Card, Heidi Harrison, James Ward, P. John Clarkson. Using Prospective Hazard Analysis to Assess an Active Shooter Emergency Operations Plan. Journal of Healthcare Risk Management. 2012;31(3):34-€“40.

Most risk management activity in the healthcare sector is retrospective, based on learning from experience. This is... more Most risk management activity in the healthcare sector is retrospective, based on learning from experience. This is feasible where the risks are routine, but emergency operations plans (EOP) guide the response to events that are both high risk and rare. Under these circumstances, it is important to get the response right the first time, but learning from experience is usually not an option. This case study presents the rationale for taking a proactive approach to improving healthcare organizations' EOP. It demonstrates how the Prospective Hazard Analysis (PHA) Toolkit can drive organizational learning and argues that this toolkit may lead to more efficient improvement than drills and exercises.

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A Model Assessment Tool for the Incident Command System: A Case Study of the San Antonio Fire Department

by Brian O'Neill

Action and information networks in disaster management

by Robert Skertich

Time to Re-Group: A Typology and Nested Phase Model for Action Teams

by Andrew Ishak

Co-authored with Dawna Ballard.

Action teams are unique among group types in that their work is focused on time-constrained performance events that... more Action teams are unique among group types in that their work is focused on time-constrained performance events that cannot be redone later. This aspect of their team temporality gives rise to an emphasis on simulation— a technique used by teams to replicate the taskwork, coordination, and communication of real-life events—and adaptation—in which teams use “time-outs” to give members a chance to regroup and communicate. In the present article, we attempt to offer more precision in research and theorizing across diverse team types through first offering a typology of action teams that considers the work of critical, contending, and perform- ing teams. This typology informs the nested phase model introduced next, which accounts for the unique temporality of teams that place a heavy emphasis on performance and the related issues of cyclicity, finality, and epochality that characterize their work. Testable propositions intended to guide future research are offered.

Phillips J - Privy Council EM Curriculum

by Jennie Phillips

Developed during internship with the Privy Council Office

Emergency Management (EM) & Business Continuity (BC) Training program developed for the Privy Council / Prime... more Emergency Management (EM) & Business Continuity (BC) Training program developed for the Privy Council / Prime Minister's Office complete with research background, findings, program competencies, appendices for the needs assessment documents used, terminology and acronym dictionary

Modeling Human Behaviour in Emergency: A Research Agenda for the Creation of a Rescue Robot

by Nicla Rossini

co-autored with Anna Esposito.
In Apolloni, B., Bassis, S., Esposito, A., Morabito, C.F. (Eds): Neural Nets WIRN11, Vol. 234, Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications, pp. 235-46, ISBN 978-1-60750-971-4, IOSpress, 2011.
N.B.: THIS IS A PRE-PUBLICATION DRAFT. IT MAY CONTAIN ERROS AND DIFFER SIGNIFICANTLY FROM THE PUBLISHED VERSION. FOR QUOTATION PLEASE ASK US A COPY OF THE PUBLISHED VERSION.

Analysis of State Disaster Debris Management Plans

by Texas State PA Applied Research Projects

Hall, Donald, "Analysis of State Disaster Debris Management Plans" (2000). Applied Research Projects, Texas State University-San Marcos. Paper 152.
http://ecommons.txstate.edu/arp/152

Analysis of State Disaster Debris Management Plans texas, disaster management, debris management,solid waste,... more Analysis of State Disaster Debris Management Plans texas, disaster management, debris management,solid waste, hazardous waste by Donald Hall don.hall@cpa.state.tx.us donhall2000@yahoo.com Abstract: The heart of Emergency Management and Solid Waste Management is the protection of public life, health, welfare and the environment. This is at the very core of Public Administration. Disaster Debris Management is the combination of essential elements of these two disciplines. Disasters generate tremendous amounts of debris that need to be managed in order to protect the public.

Prior to Solid Waste and Hazardous Waste legislation in the mid-1990's most communities either burned or buried the enormous amount of debris left behind after a disaster. In the 90's both the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) took a different look at disaster debris. Each agency developed a guide for dealing with disaster debris. The purpose of the research is three-fold:


1) to describe the need for planning and management of disaster debris;
2) to describe the ideal characteristics of an effective disaster debris management plan as established by the Federal Emergency Management Environmental Agency;
3) to gauge the Emergency/Debris Management Plans of states against the standards established by FEMA.

Content analysis is the research method employed for this project. Babbie (1998, 308) defines content analysis as a researcher's examination of a class of social artifacts, typically written documents. Content analysis is an appropriate data source for this research because the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Debris Management Guide, 1999, establishes a "practical ideal type" far all Debris Management Plans. The technique of content analysis will also allow for expediency and accuracy in exploring current status of State Debris Management Plans.

The results of this research project show that state Disaster Debris Management Plans fall well short of the "practical ideal type" established by FEMA. The lack of adequate debris management plans indicates that state officials are still depending on the resource wasteful methods of burning and burying to handle disaster generated debris.