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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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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
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eng
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1 online resource (xxiv, 199 pages, 1 flowchart)
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
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9780833050052
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Evaluating the reliability of emergency response systems for large-scale incident operations
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Evaluating the reliability of emergency response systems for large-scale incident operations
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Brian A. Jackson, Kay Sullivan Faith, Henry H. Willis
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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
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1972-
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Jackson, Brian A.
Dewey number
363.34/80684
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illustrations
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no index present
LC call number
HV551.3
LC item number
.J328 2010eb
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non fiction
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  • standards specifications
  • bibliography
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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)
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  • Emergency management
  • Preparedness
  • Incident command systems
  • Assistance in emergencies
  • Emergency communication systems
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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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Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-199)
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online resource
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rdacarrier
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multicolored
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text
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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
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1 online resource (xxiv, 199 pages, 1 flowchart)
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unknown
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online
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9780833050052
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computer
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rdamedia
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  • c
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illustrations (chiefly color).
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remote
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Evaluating the reliability of emergency response systems for large-scale incident operations, Brian A. Jackson, Kay Sullivan Faith, Henry H. Willis
Publication
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
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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

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