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- 2010024680 abstract "The ability to measure emergency preparedness - to predict the likely performance of emergency response systems in future events - is critical for policy analysis in homeland security. Yet it remains difficult to know how prepared a response system is to deal with large-scale incidents, whether it be a natural disaster, terrorist attack, or industrial or transportation accident. This research draws on the fields of systems analysis and engineering to apply the concept of system reliability to the evaluation of emergency response systems. The authors describe a method for modeling an emergency response system; identifying how individual parts of the system might fail; and assessing the likelihood of each failure and the severity of its effects on the overall response effort. The authors walk the reader through two applications of this method: a simplified example in which responders must deliver medical treatment to a certain number of people in a specified time window, and a more complex scenario involving the release of chlorine gas. The authors also describe an exploratory analysis in which they parsed a set of after-action reports describing real-world incidents, to demonstrate how this method can be used to quantitatively analyze data on past response performance. The authors conclude with a discussion of how this method of measuring emergency response system reliability could inform policy discussion of emergency preparedness, how system reliability might be improved, and the costs of doing so. --From publisher description.".
- 2010024680 contributor B11766173.
- 2010024680 contributor B11766174.
- 2010024680 contributor B11766175.
- 2010024680 created "2010.".
- 2010024680 date "2010".
- 2010024680 date "2010.".
- 2010024680 dateCopyrighted "2010.".
- 2010024680 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-199).".
- 2010024680 description "The ability to measure emergency preparedness - to predict the likely performance of emergency response systems in future events - is critical for policy analysis in homeland security. Yet it remains difficult to know how prepared a response system is to deal with large-scale incidents, whether it be a natural disaster, terrorist attack, or industrial or transportation accident. This research draws on the fields of systems analysis and engineering to apply the concept of system reliability to the evaluation of emergency response systems. The authors describe a method for modeling an emergency response system; identifying how individual parts of the system might fail; and assessing the likelihood of each failure and the severity of its effects on the overall response effort. The authors walk the reader through two applications of this method: a simplified example in which responders must deliver medical treatment to a certain number of people in a specified time window, and a more complex scenario involving the release of chlorine gas. The authors also describe an exploratory analysis in which they parsed a set of after-action reports describing real-world incidents, to demonstrate how this method can be used to quantitatively analyze data on past response performance. The authors conclude with a discussion of how this method of measuring emergency response system reliability could inform policy discussion of emergency preparedness, how system reliability might be improved, and the costs of doing so. --From publisher description.".
- 2010024680 extent "xxiv, 199 p., 1 folded flowchart :".
- 2010024680 format "application/pdf".
- 2010024680 hasFormat "Also available online.".
- 2010024680 identifier "0833050052 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- 2010024680 identifier "9780833050052 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- 2010024680 identifier RAND_MG994.pdf.
- 2010024680 isFormatOf "Also available online.".
- 2010024680 isPartOf "RAND Corporation monograph series".
- 2010024680 issued "2010".
- 2010024680 issued "2010.".
- 2010024680 language "eng".
- 2010024680 publisher "Santa Monica, CA : RAND,".
- 2010024680 relation "Also available online.".
- 2010024680 spatial "United States".
- 2010024680 spatial "United States.".
- 2010024680 subject "363.34/80684 22".
- 2010024680 subject "Assistance in emergencies United States.".
- 2010024680 subject "Emergency communication systems United States.".
- 2010024680 subject "Emergency management United States Evaluation.".
- 2010024680 subject "HV551.3 .J328 2010".
- 2010024680 subject "Incident command systems United States.".
- 2010024680 subject "Preparedness Evaluation.".
- 2010024680 title "Evaluating the reliability of emergency response systems for large-scale incident operations / Brian A. Jackson, Kay Sullivan Faith, Henry H. Willis.".
- 2010024680 type "text".