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Raj Prasanna; Lili Yang; Malcolm King |
Title |
Evaluation of a software prototype for supporting fire emergency response |
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Conference Article |
Year |
2011 |
Publication |
8th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management: From Early-Warning Systems to Preparedness and Training, ISCRAM 2011 |
Abbreviated Journal |
ISCRAM 2011 |
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Keywords |
Information systems; Software prototyping; Emergency response; Fire and rescue services; Fire emergencies; Fire fighters; First responders; Human computer interaction (HCI); Human computer interfaces; Situation awareness; Human computer interaction |
Abstract |
Despite recent work on information systems, many first responders in the UK Fire and Rescue Services (FRSs) are unable to develop sufficient understanding of the situation to enable them to make good decisions. As a partial requirement of the development of information system for the UK fire and rescue services, a software prototype consisting of a number of human computer interfaces are developed and subsequently evaluated to explore how to present useful information for firefighters during their response operations. This paper exclusively discusses the findings arising from end-user demonstration sessions conducted via participative type of prototype evaluation which is aimed to understand the appropriateness and usefulness of the proposed software prototype. This paper contributes to improve the designing of the human computer interfaces and human computer interaction for supporting fire fighters during fire emergency response. |
Address |
Loughborough University, United Kingdom |
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Publisher |
Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM |
Place of Publication |
Lisbon |
Editor |
M.A. Santos, L. Sousa, E. Portela |
Language |
English |
Summary Language |
English |
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Edition |
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ISSN |
2411-3387 |
ISBN |
9789724922478 |
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Track |
User Centred Design Process for EMIS |
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Conference |
8th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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854 |
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Author |
Raj Prasanna; Lili Yang; Malcolm King |
Title |
GDIA: A cognitive task analysis protocol to capture the information requirements of emergency first responders |
Type |
Conference Article |
Year |
2009 |
Publication |
ISCRAM 2009 – 6th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management: Boundary Spanning Initiatives and New Perspectives |
Abbreviated Journal |
ISCRAM 2009 |
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Pages |
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Keywords |
Information systems; Job analysis; Cognitive task analysis; Cta; Development and applications; Emergency response; Fire and rescue services; First responders; Gdia; Information requirement; Emergency services |
Abstract |
As a partial requirement of the development of an information system for the UK fire and rescue services, this paper describes the development and application of a protocol capable of capturing the information requirements of fire and rescue first responders. After evaluating the existing techniques commonly used in difficult decision-making environments, a Goal Directed Information Analysis (GDIA) protocol is proposed. The clearly defined, repeatable steps of GDIA make it a requirements-gathering protocol which can be easily administered by an investigator without any prior knowledge or experience of the tool. This makes GDIA one of the very few information requirements-gathering protocols capable of capturing the requirements of the emergency-related domains. |
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Business School, Loughborough University, United Kingdom |
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Publisher |
Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM |
Place of Publication |
Gothenburg |
Editor |
J. Landgren, S. Jul |
Language |
English |
Summary Language |
English |
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ISSN |
2411-3387 |
ISBN |
9789163347153 |
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Research Methods |
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Conference |
6th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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855 |
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