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Author | Hans Jochen Scholl; Sarah L. Carnes | ||||
Title | Managerial Challenges in Early Disaster Response: The Case of the 2014 Oso/SR530 Landslide Disaster | Type | Conference Article | ||
Year | 2017 | Publication | Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response And Management | Abbreviated Journal | Iscram 2017 |
Volume | Issue | Pages | 961-972 | ||
Keywords | Incident Command System (ICS); National Incident Management System (NIMS); coordination challenges; resource challenges; training and preparedness challenges; collaboration; communication and information sharing | ||||
Abstract | The larger the scale, scope, and duration of a disaster, the higher is the number of response units. However, with more units involved in the response also the heterogeneity of responder units drastically increases in terms of capabilities, experiences, practices, techniques, tactics, and procedures. As a result, the coordination and overall management of the response becomes an increasingly challenging endeavor. In the response to the 2014 Oso/SR530 landslide disaster in Washington State over one hundred agencies were involved, which presented a huge coordination task for the incident command. This empirical study is exploratory and focuses on the activities and interactions of professional responders, particularly, in the early phases of the response. It amends and complements previous studies on the subject by identifying and describing in detail various challenges in the early response. It also discusses recommendations on how to tackle and potentially mitigate the challenges identified in future responses. | ||||
Address | University of Washington | ||||
Corporate Author | Thesis | ||||
Publisher | Iscram | Place of Publication | Albi, France | Editor | Tina Comes, F.B., Chihab Hanachi, Matthieu Lauras, Aurélie Montarnal, eds |
Language | English | Summary Language | English | Original Title | |
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Series Volume | Series Issue | Edition | |||
ISSN | 2411-3387 | ISBN | Medium | ||
Track | Response and Recovery | Expedition | Conference | 14th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response And Management | |
Notes | Approved | no | |||
Call Number | Serial | 2080 | |||
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