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| Author |
Karin Mertens; Wim Mees |
| Title |
Communication and information system for disaster relief operations |
Type |
Conference Article |
| Year |
2006 |
Publication |
Proceedings of ISCRAM 2006 – 3rd International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
Abbreviated Journal |
ISCRAM 2006 |
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Issue |
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Pages |
461-464 |
| Keywords |
Data warehouses; Disaster prevention; Human resource management; Communication and information systems; Disaster relief operations; Human lives; Information exchanges; Relief workers; Information systems |
| Abstract |
Disaster relief operations are very different from the traditional war operations. In disaster relief operations everything has to go very fast, the relief workers have to leave on very short notice and cooperation with other organizations is needed in order to save as many human lives as possible. The communication and information system of those operations has to be small, flexible, rapidly deployable and mobile. Above that, it has to ensure the information exchange between the coordination center in the home nation and the relief workers in the field in all kinds of situations with changing bandwidths and impermanent connections. In this document the structure and the data warehousing of such an information system are described. |
| Address |
Royal Military Academy, Renaissancelaan 30, 1000 Brussels, Belgium |
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| Publisher |
Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium |
Place of Publication |
Newark, NJ |
Editor |
B. Van de Walle, M. Turoff |
| Language |
English |
Summary Language |
English |
Original Title |
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Series Issue |
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Edition |
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| ISSN |
2411-3387 |
ISBN |
9090206019; 9789090206011 |
Medium |
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| Track |
Military and Civil Information Systems for Emergency Preparedness |
Expedition |
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Conference |
3rd International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Serial |
768 |
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| Author |
Kayvan Yousefi Mojir; Sofie Pilemalm |
| Title |
Emerging communities of collaboration: Co-location in emergency response systems in the 'Safety house' in Sweden |
Type |
Conference Article |
| Year |
2014 |
Publication |
ISCRAM 2014 Conference Proceedings – 11th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
Abbreviated Journal |
ISCRAM 2014 |
| Volume |
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Issue |
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Pages |
546-555 |
| Keywords |
Houses; Information systems; Risk management; Colocations; Emergency management; Emergency response systems; Emergency response time; Emergency situation; Joint decision making; Network governances; New forms; Emergency services |
| Abstract |
Co-location as a form of network governance is a way of organizing response teams when responding to an emergency situation. At the 'Safety house' in the province of Jämtland in Sweden main emergency response actors and supporting actors work together in a shared physical place in order to facilitate the process of cooperation and joint decision making. In order to identify the strengths, weaknesses, obstacles, needs and information system role, we explored this case by looking at how the involved actors experience this new working context. We applied an analytical framework developed specifically for new forms of emergency response. It was found that co-location of actors increases the efficiency in using professional response resources and shortens the emergency response time. Information systems can have a significant role in improving the collaboration between actors at the 'Safety house'. However secrecy issues, the problem of control and politics and the evaluation of the performance of actors are major challenges which face further development of the co-location concept. |
| Address |
Linköping University, Sweden |
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| Publisher |
The Pennsylvania State University |
Place of Publication |
University Park, PA |
Editor |
S.R. Hiltz, M.S. Pfaff, L. Plotnick, and P.C. Shih. |
| Language |
English |
Summary Language |
English |
Original Title |
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Edition |
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| ISSN |
2411-3387 |
ISBN |
9780692211946 |
Medium |
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| Track |
Practitioner Cases and Practitioner-Centered Research |
Expedition |
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Conference |
11th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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| Call Number |
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Serial |
779 |
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