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Incident management systems in disaster management

Ronald W. Perry (Professor of Public Affairs at Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA. He has studied natural and technological disasters since 1971. Since 1996 he has worked on command and control systems for consequence management of terrorist attacks)

Disaster Prevention and Management

ISSN: 0965-3562

Article publication date: 1 December 2003

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Abstract

Particularly since the 11 September terrorist attacks in the USA, much attention has been given to the development and implementation of incident management systems (IMS). The IMS is a tool for marshalling pre‐identified and pre‐assembled resources to respond to an emergency or disaster. IMS is particularly useful when personnel and resources from many agencies and jurisdictions are required to manage large incidents successfully. While many IMS have been devised over the years, their use remains intermittent. This paper traces the evolution of IMS, reviews how it can be integrated into jurisdictional emergency and disaster management, and specifies the structures that are used in most incident management systems at the municipal level.

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Perry, R.W. (2003), "Incident management systems in disaster management", Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. 12 No. 5, pp. 405-412. https://doi.org/10.1108/09653560310507226

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