Disaster analysis: police and fire departments.
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TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: Newark, Del. The Center, 1989Description: 186p., 86 refsReport number: EMW-85-C-1981; AcademicSubject: Throughout the analysis the focus is on the nature of the response of police and fire departments to disaster events. The effectiveness of their response in relation to such intraorganizational variables as decision making, communication flow, coordination, task performance, resource and personnel allocation, and authority relationships are examined. Special attention was given to an analysis of the incident command system. Both stressful and problematic aspects of the response were examined. In addition, certain critical interorganizational variables were looked at, including mutual aid agreements, the utilization of volunteers, and auxiliaries, and the nature of the relationships with other organizations, both within and outside the local community. The report ends with some general recommendations for the disaster related activities of both police and fire departments
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Throughout the analysis the focus is on the nature of the response of police and fire departments to disaster events. The effectiveness of their response in relation to such intraorganizational variables as decision making, communication flow, coordination, task performance, resource and personnel allocation, and authority relationships are examined. Special attention was given to an analysis of the incident command system. Both stressful and problematic aspects of the response were examined. In addition, certain critical interorganizational variables were looked at, including mutual aid agreements, the utilization of volunteers, and auxiliaries, and the nature of the relationships with other organizations, both within and outside the local community. The report ends with some general recommendations for the disaster related activities of both police and fire departments
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