Qingyu Jason Meng,Michelle A Ritchie
Qingyu Jason Meng
Collaboration between higher education and local emergency management agencies remains underutilized in disaster management education. This paper presents three case studies formed from a partnership between an undergraduate student, a facu...
Out in the cold: Testing a multi-agency approach to working in extreme cold emergency situations [0.03%]
Amanda L Farrell,Steve Jones,Sergeant Rob Simpson
Amanda L Farrell
Climate change has amplified the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, including snow, floods, and heatwaves, which pose significant challenges to emergency service provision. While existing literature on the impacts of extreme...
Dos and don'ts for developing resilience to extreme rainfall-induced Indian Himalayan flash floods [0.03%]
Aniruddha Uniyal
Aniruddha Uniyal
Flash floods are becoming annual events in various Himalayan valleys (India). This study aims to identify and delineate the flash flood hazard-prone landforms and terrain features as unsuitable areas for setting up new habitations and also ...
A multimedia system for best-first search evacuation routes in tsunami mitigation emergencies on Sanur Beach, Bali, Indonesia [0.03%]
Marvin Chandra Wijaya
Marvin Chandra Wijaya
This study discusses tsunami disaster mitigation on Sanur Beach, Bali, Indonesia-one of the world's most popular tourist destinations, but also prone to natural disasters such as tsunamis. To effectively protect both residents and visitors,...
Time-dependent change of the sentimental process created by the early warning system in social media [0.03%]
Kenan Menguc
Kenan Menguc
Warning messages, such as "In case of emergencies such as floods, high water, or landslides caused by persis-tent meteorological conditions in our country, please call the emergency call center" are commonly used in disaster management. To ...
Compliance or competitive advantage? Unlocking "blue-sky" benefits of business continuity and emergency planning [0.03%]
Erik Xavier Wood
Erik Xavier Wood
Business continuity plans and emergency operations plans have traditionally been viewed as tools for crisis mitigation. However, emerging evidence suggests that when integrated strategically, these plans can enhance operational efficiency, ...
Overlooked responders: Addressing the overlooked role of nonuniformed responders in emergency management [0.03%]
Maren Wright Voss,Subodh Potla,Erika L Sabbath et al.
Maren Wright Voss et al.
Emergency preparedness and recovery efforts are being stretched to their limits as the world faces an unprecedented convergence of crises demanding rapid, coordinated, and highly adaptive responses. Uniformed and nonuniformed responders suc...
An emerging training and communication book for first responders in communicating with Deaf people during disasters [0.03%]
Jason Rotoli,Jeremy Cushman,Susan Demers et al.
Jason Rotoli et al.
Background: Due to communication barriers, Deaf people are at risk of limited information acquisition during all disaster phases. Communication barriers between emergency first responders (EFRs) and Deaf sign language use...
No warning-It's time to fix our broken public warning system: In the wake of California's deadly wildfires, we need a 21st-century solution-before it's too late [0.03%]
Mona Curry,Kelly R McKinney
Mona Curry
This commentary examines the systemic failures of the United States public warning system, using the January 2025 Palisades and Eaton wildfires in California as case studies. Despite advance warnings, local governments were unable to delive...
Unveiling hidden risks: Safeguarding the health of international volunteer rescuers in Turkey's 2023 earthquake crisis [0.03%]
Pathum Sookaromdee,Viroj Wiwanitkit
Pathum Sookaromdee
Foreign volunteer rescue team personnel's health is sometimes disregarded in disaster response activities. To provide insight on this little-discussed subject, this research analyzes the Turkish Earthquake situation in 2023 as a case study....