International Journal of Emergency Services: Volume 7 Issue 2

In search of the causes of disasters

Ihab Hanna Sawalha

The term “causes” of disasters is used interchangeably very often with other terms, such as “types” of disasters. Also, causes of disasters are usually explained in the literature…

Police use of technology: insights from the literature

Colin Rogers, Emily Jayne Scally

The purpose of this paper is to consider the existing literature surrounding the use of technology in today’s society to inform future developments across emergency services…

Systems mapping for technology development in CBRN response

Graham Hancox, Sue Hignett, Hilary Pillin, Spyros Kintzios, Jyri Silmäri, C.L. Paul Thomas

The purpose of this paper is to develop an EU sociotechnical systems (STSs) map to represent a harmonised concept of operations (CONOPS) as a future development platform for…

Firefighters as first incident persons: Breaking the chain of events and becoming a new link in the chain of survival

Anders Svensson, Sofia Almerud Österberg, Bengt Fridlund, Kent Stening, Carina Elmqvist

In order to shorten the response time, two part-time fire departments (FDs) in Sweden initialize a first incident person (FIP) assignment. This is done by alarming the crew…

Flood victims’ evacuation decisions: a semi-nonparametric estimation

Jan-Jan Soon, Roslina Kamaruddin, Abdul Rahim Anuar

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the determinants of actual evacuation decisions of victims of the unprecedented 2014 year-end flood disaster which wreaked havoc across two…

Individual and organizations factors associated with professional quality of life in Florida EMS personnel

Anastasia Miller, Lynn Unruh, Xinliang Liu, Tracy Wharton, Ning Zhang

Personnel who work in emergency medical services (EMS) face work environments which are high stress. These can lead to burnout, secondary traumatic stress (STS), and a reduction…