Assessing emergency management training and exercises

Sinclair, Helen; Doyle, Emma E.H.; Johnston, David; Paton, Douglas

doi:10.1108/09653561211256198

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“…12 As a consequence, safety managers may not be fully exploiting the potential benefits of the egress drill. 12 As a consequence, safety managers may not be fully exploiting the potential benefits of the egress drill.…”

Section: Introduction: What Is An Egress Drill and What Are Its Benmentioning

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Enhancing egress drills: Preparation and assessment of evacuee performance

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Summary This article explores how egress drills—specifically those related to fire incidents—are currently used, their impact on safety levels, and the insights gained from them. It is suggested that neither the merits of egress drills are well understood, nor the impact on egress performance well characterized. In addition, the manner in which they are conducted varies both between and within regulatory jurisdictions. By investigating their strengths and limitations, this article suggests opportunities for their enhancement possibly through the use of other egress models to support and expand upon the benefits provided. It is by no means suggested that drills are not important to evacuation safety—only that their inconsistent use and the interpretation of the results produced may mean we (as researchers, practitioners, regulators, and stakeholders) are not getting the maximum benefit out of this important tool. © 2017 Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada. Fire and Materials StartCopText© 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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“…Training impacts in the functioning of the organization's emergency operations centre during a crisis are investigated in Sinclair et al [25]. Training activities classification (source: [24]).…”

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Civil risk manager at European level

Russo¹,

Rindone²

2013

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

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The purpose of this paper is to propose a standard process for training and certification to identify at European level a civil risk manager, with a common background.An analysis of possible training and education activities in emergency planning at an international level is shown. Among preparedness activities, in this paper we consider activities that contribute to reducing the exposure risk components. The dangerous goods transportation risk is considered as a reference case, analyzing standard training and the certification process introduced by the United Nations and adopted at an international level. The experiences of the USA, the EU and Italy, in the context of civil risk training, are reported.It is possible to reduce the exposure risk component implementing training activity to increase the capability of subjects involved in emergency conditions. Experiences of the USA and the EU relative to training constitute different attempts to certificate training in emergency planning. However, there is a lack of international standards to certificate a professional expert that can manage disaster in a standard way. It is possible to introduce training and certification for an EU civil risk manager adopting the United Nations' model concerning dangerous goods transportation.In this paper, the necessity to implement training activities at different levels to reduce risk is highlighted. A possible trend of a risk level function depending on training activities' implementation at the time is proposed. However, in further studies, the function could be specified and calibrated referring to a model and specific surveys.This study, in the context of analysis related to the standardization process in emergency planning, is the first proposal, to the authors' knowledge, into the

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“…There is a belief that if time and resources are spent on the exercises, the organizations will become better prepared to deal with difficult situations than if no exercises are conducted (Sommer et al 2013). The effects of the exercises, however, have been described as relatively difficult to identify (Sinclair et al 2012). One reason for this has been that the scenarios have proven to be either too complex or too simple to contribute to any useful learning (Boin et al 2004;Smith 2004;Crichton et al 2009).…”

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Collaboration Exercises—The Lack of Collaborative Benefits

Berlin

Carlström

2014

Int J Disaster Risk Sci

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The purpose of this article is to analyze what professional emergency personnel learn during collaboration exercises and the benefits of what they have learned. Observations (n = 19) and semistructured interviews (n = 32) were carried out in conjunction with major exercises held in Sweden (2007Sweden ( -2012. The results show that exercises tend to be based on their own logic, which differs from actual events. Exercise participants believe that they mainly learn single-track, parallel, and pathdependent behavior. The exercises do not facilitate the use of cross-boundary activities. This means that learning, as well as benefits from the exercises for actual events, is limited. The exercises would be more appropriate if those participating had the opportunity to identify weaknesses, try alternative ways, and engage in comprehensive organizational analyses at the conclusion of the exercises. Based on the results of the study, alternative models for collaboration exercises are suggested, with elements that would better develop collaboration and contribute to learning.

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Assessing emergency management training and exercises

Cited by 54 publications

References 14 publications

Enhancing egress drills: Preparation and assessment of evacuee performance

Enhancing egress drills: Preparation and assessment of evacuee performance

Civil risk manager at European level

Collaboration Exercises—The Lack of Collaborative Benefits

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