The Resource Evaluating the reliability of emergency response systems for large-scale incident operations, Brian A. Jackson, Kay Sullivan Faith, Henry H. Willis
Evaluating the reliability of emergency response systems for large-scale incident operations, Brian A. Jackson, Kay Sullivan Faith, Henry H. Willis
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- Contributor
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- United States, Federal Emergency Management Agency
- United States, Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Faith, Kay Sullivan
- Faith, Kay Sullivan
- Rand Corporation, National Security Research Division
- RAND Homeland Security and Defense Center
- Willis, Henry H
- Willis, Henry H
- RAND Homeland Security and Defense Center
- Rand Corporation, National Security Research Division
- Rand Infrastructure, Safety, and Environment (Organization)
- Rand Infrastructure, Safety, and Environment (Organization)
- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxiv, 199 pages, 1 flowchart)
- Contents
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- Introduction: Measurement and emergency preparedness
- Defining and demonstrating response reliability analysis
- Describing a chlorine release scenario and relevant response parameters
- A simplified model of an emergency response to a chlorine release
- Exploring what can go wrong during a chlorine response operation: identifying relevant failure modes
- Assessing the probability, effects, and severity of failure modes: an exploratory analysis using response after-action reports
- Concluding observations
- Appendix A: Approximating response reliability curves
- Appendix B: Correspondence between the chlorine response model used in this analysis and other ways of categorizing or organizing response operations
- Appendix C: Description of components of the RAND Chlorine Response Model not covered in the text
- Appendix D: Failure trees for all elements of the response model
- Appendix E: Counts of failure modes identified per analyzed after-action report
- Appendix F: List of after-action reports reviewed and analyzed
- Isbn
- 9780833050052
- Label
- Evaluating the reliability of emergency response systems for large-scale incident operations
- Title
- Evaluating the reliability of emergency response systems for large-scale incident operations
- Statement of responsibility
- Brian A. Jackson, Kay Sullivan Faith, Henry H. Willis
- Contributor
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- United States, Federal Emergency Management Agency
- United States, Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Faith, Kay Sullivan
- Faith, Kay Sullivan
- Rand Corporation, National Security Research Division
- RAND Homeland Security and Defense Center
- Willis, Henry H
- Willis, Henry H
- RAND Homeland Security and Defense Center
- Rand Corporation, National Security Research Division
- Rand Infrastructure, Safety, and Environment (Organization)
- Rand Infrastructure, Safety, and Environment (Organization)
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Cataloging source
- CaPaEBR
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1972-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Jackson, Brian A.
- Dewey number
- 363.34/80684
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- HV551.3
- LC item number
- .J328 2010eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- standards specifications
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Faith, Kay Sullivan
- Willis, Henry H
- United States
- RAND Homeland Security and Defense Center
- Rand Corporation
- Rand Infrastructure, Safety, and Environment (Organization)
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Emergency management
- Preparedness
- Incident command systems
- Assistance in emergencies
- Emergency communication systems
- Label
- Evaluating the reliability of emergency response systems for large-scale incident operations, Brian A. Jackson, Kay Sullivan Faith, Henry H. Willis
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-199)
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- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
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- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: Measurement and emergency preparedness -- Defining and demonstrating response reliability analysis -- Describing a chlorine release scenario and relevant response parameters -- A simplified model of an emergency response to a chlorine release -- Exploring what can go wrong during a chlorine response operation: identifying relevant failure modes -- Assessing the probability, effects, and severity of failure modes: an exploratory analysis using response after-action reports -- Concluding observations -- Appendix A: Approximating response reliability curves -- Appendix B: Correspondence between the chlorine response model used in this analysis and other ways of categorizing or organizing response operations -- Appendix C: Description of components of the RAND Chlorine Response Model not covered in the text -- Appendix D: Failure trees for all elements of the response model -- Appendix E: Counts of failure modes identified per analyzed after-action report -- Appendix F: List of after-action reports reviewed and analyzed
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxiv, 199 pages, 1 flowchart)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780833050052
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations (chiefly color).
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- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Label
- Evaluating the reliability of emergency response systems for large-scale incident operations, Brian A. Jackson, Kay Sullivan Faith, Henry H. Willis
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-199)
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: Measurement and emergency preparedness -- Defining and demonstrating response reliability analysis -- Describing a chlorine release scenario and relevant response parameters -- A simplified model of an emergency response to a chlorine release -- Exploring what can go wrong during a chlorine response operation: identifying relevant failure modes -- Assessing the probability, effects, and severity of failure modes: an exploratory analysis using response after-action reports -- Concluding observations -- Appendix A: Approximating response reliability curves -- Appendix B: Correspondence between the chlorine response model used in this analysis and other ways of categorizing or organizing response operations -- Appendix C: Description of components of the RAND Chlorine Response Model not covered in the text -- Appendix D: Failure trees for all elements of the response model -- Appendix E: Counts of failure modes identified per analyzed after-action report -- Appendix F: List of after-action reports reviewed and analyzed
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxiv, 199 pages, 1 flowchart)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780833050052
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations (chiefly color).
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
Subject
- Emergency management -- United States -- Evaluation
- Preparedness -- Evaluation
- Assistance in emergencies -- United States
- Incident command systems -- United States
- Emergency communication systems -- United States
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- Rand Corporation monograph series
- Free online access: JSTOR
- Online access with subscription: Proquest Ebook Central
- RAND Corporation monograph series
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