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Jackson, Brian A.
[VerfasserIn]
;
Willis, Henry H.
[Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft];
Faith, Kay Sullivan
[Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft]
RAND Homeland Security and Defense Center,
Rand Corporation National Security Research Division,
Rand Infrastructure, Safety, and Environment (Organization),
United States Federal Emergency Management Agency
Evaluating the reliability of emergency response systems for large-scale incident operations
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- Medientyp: E-Book
- Titel: Evaluating the reliability of emergency response systems for large-scale incident operations
- Beteiligte: Jackson, Brian A. [VerfasserIn]; Willis, Henry H. [Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft]; Faith, Kay Sullivan [Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft]
- Körperschaft: RAND Homeland Security and Defense Center ; Rand Corporation, National Security Research Division ; Rand Infrastructure, Safety, and Environment (Organization) ; United States, Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Erschienen: Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2010
- Erschienen in: RAND Corporation monograph series
- Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (xxiv, 199 pages, 1 flowchart)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN: 9780833050052; 0833050141; 0833050052; 9780833050144
- Schlagwörter: Emergency communication systems United States ; Preparedness Evaluation ; Incident command systems United States ; Assistance in emergencies United States ; Emergency management United States Evaluation ; Emergency communication systems ; Preparedness ; Incident command systems ; Assistance in emergencies ; Emergency management ; Disaster Planning organization & administration ; Emergencies ; Program Evaluation ; Emergency Responders ; United States ; Emergency management ; Evaluation ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Disasters & Disaster Relief ; Electronic books
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-199)
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The ability to measure emergency preparedness - to predict the likely performance of emergency response systems in future events - is critical for policy analysis in homeland security. Yet it remains difficult to know how prepared a response system is to deal with large-scale incidents, whether it be a natural disaster, terrorist attack, or industrial or transportation accident. This research draws on the fields of systems analysis and engineering to apply the concept of system reliability to the evaluation of emergency response systems. The authors describe a method for modeling an emergency response system; identifying how individual parts of the system might fail; and assessing the likelihood of each failure and the severity of its effects on the overall response effort. The authors walk the reader through two applications of this method: a simplified example in which responders must deliver medical treatment to a certain number of people in a specified time window, and a more complex scenario involving the release of chlorine gas. The authors also describe an exploratory analysis in which they parsed a set of after-action reports describing real-world incidents, to demonstrate how this method can be used to quantitatively analyze data on past response performance. The authors conclude with a discussion of how this method of measuring emergency response system reliability could inform policy discussion of emergency preparedness, how system reliability might be improved, and the costs of doing so. --From publisher description
The ability to measure emergency preparedness - to predict the likely performance of emergency response systems in future events - is critical for policy analysis in homeland security. Yet it remains difficult to know how prepared a response system is to deal with large-scale incidents, whether it be a natural disaster, terrorist attack, or industrial or transportation accident. This research draws on the fields of systems analysis and engineering to apply the concept of system reliability to the evaluation of emergency response systems. The authors describe a method for modeling an emergency response system; identifying how individual parts of the system might fail; and assessing the likelihood of each failure and the severity of its effects on the overall response effort. The authors walk the reader through two applications of this method: a simplified example in which responders must deliver medical treatment to a certain number of people in a specified time window, and a more complex scenario involving the release of chlorine gas. The authors also describe an exploratory analysis in which they parsed a set of after-action reports describing real-world incidents, to demonstrate how this method can be used to quantitatively analyze data on past response performance. The authors conclude with a discussion of how this method of measuring emergency response system reliability could inform policy discussion of emergency preparedness, how system reliability might be improved, and the costs of doing so. --From publisher description - Zugangsstatus: Freier Zugang