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Effective Crisis Communications and Emergency Notification: In contemporary times, instant communication is considered standard. Americans have come to expect access to information immediately - via cell phones, personal digital assistants, and other time-saving technological devices. That instant communication is never more important than when a critical incident occurs in the author's public schools. Disasters such 9/11...; Tags: crisis communication, emergency response, 9/11 commission, PDA, cell phone, phone; White papers 2006-06-01
Emergency Response: Development and implementation of emergency response procedures, including establishing and managing an emergency operations or command center during the emergency, is critical to response and stabilization of the situation following an incident or event. The first step in the development of an emergency response plan is to review the organizations...; Tags: SECURITY, emergency response; White papers 2006-04-20
Designing Gaming Simulations For The Assessment Of Group Decision Support Systems In Emergency Response: The purpose of this paper is to report on the design and use of a gaming simulation as a means of assessing one Group Decision Support System GDSS for emergency response. The paper reviews related past work and focuses on the experience in conducting quasi-experiments to assess Emergency Management imPROViser...; Tags: Games, SECURITY, emergency response, game, emergency management, training, benefit; White papers 2006-02-06
Improving Patient Monitoring and Tracking in Emergency Response: Patients at disaster scenes can greatly benefit from technologies that continuously monitor their vital status and locations until they are admitted to the hospital. The authors have designed and developed a patient monitoring system that integrates vital signs sensors, location sensors, ad-hoc networking, electronic patient records, and web portal technology...; Tags: John Hopkins University, patient, hospital, emergency response, Web portal, monitoring, collaboration, monitor, benefit, network, Web; White papers 2005-12-16
Modeling and Simulation of Organizational Behavior in Emergency Response: This paper presents the modeling and simulation of the organizational behavior of emergency response in disasters, aiming to use it for the design and assessment of emergency response systems. The authors identified and categorized various rules, protocols, and procedures for emergency response by task analyses, observations, and records of emergency...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, SECURITY, emergency response, organizational behavior, modeling, disaster management, training; White papers 2005-12-08

First Responders Unite: Improving Communications to Prevent or Handle Emergency Response Situations: First responders - police officers, fire fighters, paramedics, border patrol and others are America's first line of attack in a terrorist situation. Unfortunately, one of the most significant lessons learned from 9/11 is that most first responders were unable to communicate with each other and other local, state and federal...; Tags: SECURITY, Viack, emergency response, 9/11 commission, radio; White papers 2005-05-04
Conceptual Model of Emergency Management in the 21st Century: While there are numerous emergency response plans in existence, there is no universally accepted model for integrated incident response involving all levels and players. Evidence Based Research, Inc. EBR has been tasked with developing a conceptual model at the state and local levels, including attributes and behaviors of first responders...; Tags: SECURITY, emergency response, emergency management, homeland security, training, environment; White papers 2005-03-16
Emergency Management Preparedness Standards: Overview and Options for Congress: The report issued by the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States identifies emergency response gaps evident after the attacks of September 11, 2001. The report includes three recommendations that focus on emergency response standards: the adoption and use of emergency response standards for incident command; mutual aid...; Tags: SECURITY, emergency response, standards, emergency management, U.S. Congress, terrorist attack, terrorism; White papers 2005-02-04
Operational Analysis Framework for Emergency Operations Center Preparedness Training: As the U.S. Department of Homeland Security works to create an integrated emergency response system, it is evident that computer-based solutions can support this process. Individual commercial simulation packages and databases can provide a partial solution, but are not easily integrated to provide a comprehensive analysis of the events. This...; Tags: Lockheed Martin Corp., emergency response, analysis, database, computer; White papers 2004-11-11
An Integrating Framework for Modeling and Simulation for Emergency Response: A number of modeling and simulation tools have been developed and more are being developed for emergency response applications. The tools do not attempt to address the overall emergency incident response. A set of tools that can help develop and evaluate coordination among plans for multiple aspects of the response...; Tags: Research & Development, PRODUCTIVITY, SECURITY, NIST, emergency response, modeling, tool; White papers 2004-09-14
International Co-Operation in Oil Spill Response in European Waters (2004): It is often observed after large oil spills that there is pressure to review and change the oil spill prevention and emergency response system. The purpose of the following paper is to aid in the evaluation of response preparedness and available means in Europe. This is done by reviewing the...; Tags: emergency response, Europe, agreement; White papers 2004-07-09
California's Summer 2004 Electricity Supply and Demand Outlook: The California Energy Commission staff's electricity supply and demand outlook for summer 2004 indicates the need for close monitoring and the prudent use of electricity resources, particularly during periods of hotter than normal summer temperatures. While supplies are expected to be adequate under normal (1-in- year) weather, on very hot...; Tags: SECURITY, California Energy Commission, emergency response, monitoring; White papers 2004-07-01
Emergency Response Management: What Can Business Process Management Provide?: This paper discusses how business process management can play a significant role in the harmonic and timely activities of collaborative emergency response. By enforcing critical process steps it helps to remove dangerous uncertainties in the response process. It should be considered as a valuable aid and allay when pressure mounts...; Tags: Operational planning, Business process automation, SECURITY, emergency response, BPM, business process; White papers 2003-09-23
The Emergency Response Team Model: A Common Sense Approach: Article explains that when a major disaster strikes a community, critical resources, emergency services, communications, transportation, and lifeline systems, are often overwhelmed. Neighborhoods and businesses are cut off from outside support. There may be restricted access of emergency response organizations into critically affected areas. Read on that effective response requires...; Tags: SECURITY, emergency response, emergency service, transportation, training; White papers 2003-01-01
Enterprise - eervice Continuity: Singular, isolated business or service disruptions as well as large-scale, community-wide disasters have shown us that a well designed and tested enterprise-wide recovery and continuity plan must be in place. Ensuring that an organization's assets, operations, commitments and relationships enterprise-wide protected is a critical element of staying in business. The...; Tags: SECURITY, eFrog Pond Inc., emergency response, incident management, continuity, recovery, disaster recovery, data center, asset; White papers 2003-01-01
Risk Communication for Sooner Spring and Beyond: Risk Communicating with the public, the media and other health and emergency response organizations becomes a critical role during a confirmed or potential threat situation. Utilizing the tools of risk communication during a public health emergency will help local administrators communicate effectively the related risk to the public. The following...; Tags: SECURITY, HEALTHCARE, Advertising & Promotion, emergency response, public health, risk, health care, tool; White papers 2003-01-01
Contingency Planning Beyond Y2k Merging Emergency Response And Business Continuity: The first step in expanding business continuity planning is merging emergency response and business continuity plans into a seamless, coordinated effort. Most companies view emergency response programs as separate from business continuity. Each group independently develops its own plan. Yet, in reality, an event is going to trigger both plans...; Tags: Business security, IT Services, Strategy, emergency response, business continuity, business continuity planning, contingency planning, information system, Human Resources, security; White papers 2003-01-01
An Introduction To Fire Detection, Alarm, And Automatic Fire Sprinklers: Cultural property management is entrusted with the responsibility of protecting and preserving an institution's buildings, collections, operations and occupants. One of the major steps is halting a fire by the following means: identify the incident, raise the occupant alarm, and then notify emergency response professionals. Fire protection experts generally agree...; Tags: SECURITY, occupant, property management, emergency response, risk management; White papers 2003-01-01
An All-Hazard Approach to Emergency Incident Response: "Information sharing and inter-agency coordination is clearly needed to facilitate a successful emergency incident response. Yet many public and private organizations lack the comprehensive emergency response plans that define the roles and responsibilities of trained personnel responding to an unexpected incident, and describe how to work “side-by-side” with responders from...; Tags: SECURITY, Public Entity Risk Institute, emergency preparedness, emergency response, emergency management, agency, training; White papers 2003-01-01
Emergency Response Management: Business process management can play a significant role in the harmonic and timely activities of collaborative emergency response. By enforcing critical process steps it helps to remove dangerous uncertainties in the response process. It should be considered as a valuable aid and allay when pressure mounts on decision makers, not...; Tags: Operational planning, SECURITY, Public Entity Risk Institute, emergency response, BPM, business process; White papers 2003-01-01