Emergency Management and the Media

2013 ◽  
pp. 205-224
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Management ◽  
The Media

scholarly journals Increasing the Value of Uncertain Weather and River Forecasts for Emergency Managers

2016 ◽  
Vol 97 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frauke Hoss ◽  
Paul Fischbeck
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Emergency Management ◽  
High Water ◽  
Water Levels ◽  
Local Network ◽  
Weather Forecasts ◽  
Emergency Managers ◽  
Weather Events ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Many

Abstract Emergency managers (EMs) use National Weather Service (NWS) forecasts to prepare for and respond to severe weather events. To effectively facilitate such decision making, the NWS needs to understand this large and important group of clients. EMs translate the forecasts to local topography, suggest actions to take in preparation of high water levels, and use their local network and reputation to make people act. For this study, 17 EMs in towns along rivers were interviewed and asked to describe their use of river and weather forecasts. Forecast uncertainty is one of the many uncertainties an EM has to manage when coordinating an emergency response. Each of the interviewed EMs who uses river forecasts was acutely aware that river forecasts often have substantial uncertainty. To cope with this uncertainty, EMs engage in extensive information gathering before forming their own judgments. However, EMs often do not communicate their judgment of the situation to the public, fearing potential liability claims and backlash from the media. For emergency management decisions, while EMs do consider forecast data, they rely heavily on recorded data and monitoring crews, limiting the benefits of forecasts that can be made with significant lead time. This paper arrives at recommendations for the NWS on how to increase the value of river and weather forecasts for decision making in emergency management.

Mobile Emergency Management Services Targeting Large Public Events

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 49-66
Author(s):  
Jan Zibuschka ◽  
Heiko Roßnagel ◽  
Jan Muntermann ◽  
Tobias Scherner
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Management ◽  
Communication Networks ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Reference Architecture ◽  
Specific System ◽  
Business Plans ◽  
Public Events ◽  
National Initiatives ◽  
The Media

In recent years, natural disasters and terrorist attacks have been quite numerous, and broadly reported in the media. The tourism industry has been especially impacted by these emergencies. In order to mitigate the effects of such events, guaranteeing an adequate level of preparedness is essential. However, despite the extreme disrupting events that large-scale disasters such as tsunamis have had on tourism in specific areas, few tourism organizations have properly developed emergency strategies as an integral part of their business plans. Several national and supra-national initiatives are currently working on possibilities to employ mobile communication networks for emergency management systems. The success of such systems depends on users being familiar with the service though, which is difficult to achieve if the system is solely used for emergency management. Therefore, the authors propose a reference architecture that allows the integration of mobile value-adding services, allowing for broad usage outside of emergency cases and thus an increased familiarity. The authors also present a specific system design focusing on the case of large public events as an instantiation of the reference architecture, describe the implementation in some detail, and present the evaluation of the prototype implementation in a simulation study at a large public event.

Understanding the impact of a major earthquake on Wellington lifelines

2013 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.L. Mowll ◽  
D.R. Brunsdon ◽  
F. Wilde ◽  
P.D. Leslie
Keyword(s):  
Seismic Hazard ◽  
Emergency Management ◽  
Cell Phone ◽  
Major Earthquake ◽  
The Past ◽  
Response And Recovery ◽  
The Media ◽  
Telecommunications Services ◽  
Civil Defence ◽  
The Impact

Understanding seismic hazard and the potential impacts of an earthquake on a population allows better planning of response and recovery. It also allows a better understanding of how to mitigate against the effects of earthquakes. The Wellington Lifelines Group (WeLG) and the various Wellington lifeline utility organisations over the past five years have synthesised information on the consequences of a major earthquake, drawing upon hazard information (including from the GNS Science-led ‘It’s Our Fault’ studies), learning from civil defence emergency management exercises and from overseas earthquakes, and specialist studies commissioned by individual utilities. During 2012, WeLG facilitated specific discussions in order to summarise the time taken to restore water, transport, power (electricity) and telecommunications services following a rupture of the Wellington Fault, and therefore the effects on the population. The outcome of this work was an indication of substantial post-earthquake restoration times, agreed across and within key utility sectors. The time-scales for restoration of lifelines in a major earthquake are in the tens of days for power and water, and some key roads would not be recovered for up to 120 days. Telecommunications systems, particularly cell phone sites, would be recovered earlier, but are critically dependent upon access and fuel supplies for the refuelling of emergency generators. Given the significance of these likely restoration times for the community, it was decided to publically release the information, with buy-in from all of the lifeline utility organisations involved. The resulting report was released, with appropriate messaging, via the Wellington CDEM Group to the media in mid-November 2012. This paper provides a summary of the likely restoration times, background to their derivation, and the initial reactions to the release of the information.

Managing security issues of electronic voting to protect the resiliency of the electoral process

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 405
Author(s):  
Avery M. Blank, JD
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Management ◽  
Homeland Security ◽  
Critical Infrastructure ◽  
Electronic Voting ◽  
Real Potential ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Voting System ◽  
The Media ◽  
Management Professionals

The purpose of this article is to heighten the awareness among homeland security and emergency management professionals to the significant role they can play in protecting electronic voting from the very real potential of cyberattacks. It is important for these professionals to understand electronic voting and its advantages and disadvantages at this point in time because the number of cybersecurity attacks is increasing, electronic voting usage is increasing, and the media have overlooked this aspect of the voting system. Homeland security professionals and, in particular, emergency management professionals need to be involved because electronic voting is intimately connected with the nation’s critical infrastructure, voting is a local activity, and the principles of emergency management professionals suggest that they have the relevant skills to help solve the security issues related to electronic voting.

scholarly journals Using Website as a Source of Information on the Management of Health and Emergency Situations in Early Childhood

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Betadion Rizki Sinaredi ◽  
Rezka Ajeng Pradhitta ◽  
Virna Septianingtyas
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Emergency Management ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
Emergency Situations ◽  
Post Test ◽  
The Media ◽  
Online Health Education ◽  
Source Of Information ◽  
Provide Health Education

Background: Currently online health promotion can be found on various sites and social media. Health promotion in the form of health education using the internet is considered easier, faster, and cheaper. However, not many websites provide information about health and emergency management in children. Purpose: The implementation of community empowerment aims to increase the knowledge of parents and teachers in managing the health and emergencies of children aged 2-6 years online using the media website. Methods: Online health education is provided to participants as a form of community empowerment. Participants receive a website address that contains material on child health and emergency management. Furthermore, participants received an explanation of the material using the zoom application. The level of participant knowledge was evaluated by pre-test and post-test using Google form. The evaluation results were analyzed descriptively. Results: Online health education activities with website media showed an increase in teachers’ knowledge about health and emergency management in children (87.5%). This program also shows a decrease in the number of parents and teachers with low level knowledge (12.5%). Conclusion: The website can be used as an effective medium to provide health education for parents and teachers.

Fire, Wind and Water

2013 ◽  
pp. 176-190
Author(s):  
Mark Freeman
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Emergency Management ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Information Transfer ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Geographic Region ◽  
The Media ◽  
Networking Technologies

This case examines the issue of increasing adoption of Social Networking Technologies (SNTs), particularly microblogging, for emergency management practices during natural disasters. It discusses the technologies and how they are an integral part of information transfer for citizens in the geographic region affected by the natural disaster. This case presents the progression of how SNTs have been used during and in the aftermath of natural disasters in Australia between 2009 and 2011; these events are used as ‘organization’ for the paper. Accurate and timely information during natural disasters is essential in providing citizens with details about whether they should stay or leave an area. Traditionally, information was provided through television and radio broadcasts; however, these types of communications were one-way and only allowed for the push of information to citizens. SNTs are being used by the media and emergency organizations to provide information to citizens. These technologies are dynamic in their approach, allowing for knowledge sharing of all parties involved.

Fire, Wind and Water

2011 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 69-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Freeman
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Emergency Management ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Information Transfer ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Geographic Region ◽  
The Media ◽  
Networking Technologies

This case examines the issue of increasing adoption of Social Networking Technologies (SNTs), particularly microblogging, for emergency management practices during natural disasters. It discusses the technologies and how they are an integral part of information transfer for citizens in the geographic region affected by the natural disaster. This case presents the progression of how SNTs have been used during and in the aftermath of natural disasters in Australia between 2009 and 2011; these events are used as ‘organization’ for the paper. Accurate and timely information during natural disasters is essential in providing citizens with details about whether they should stay or leave an area. Traditionally, information was provided through television and radio broadcasts; however, these types of communications were one-way and only allowed for the push of information to citizens. SNTs are being used by the media and emergency organizations to provide information to citizens. These technologies are dynamic in their approach, allowing for knowledge sharing of all parties involved.

Migrants in the Mountains: Shifting Borders and Contested Crisis Experiences in Rural Germany

Sociology ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 569-586 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan-Jonathan Bock
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Management ◽  
Personal Experience ◽  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
Harz Mountains ◽  
Social Fragmentation ◽  
National Crisis ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Reception Centre ◽  
Specific Challenge

When one million asylum seekers and other migrants entered Germany in 2015–2016, the situation was called a national crisis. This article examines the impact of an emergency reception centre on a small town, investigating how rural Germans debated crisis experiences, migration and borders. In the Harz Mountains, asylum seekers arrived in an area already suffering from decline. Accommodating newcomers became a specific challenge. The assumption of a European-wide emergency induced by the presence of foreigners neglects how contexts shape crisis perceptions. Social fragmentation occurred when some townspeople framed local developments as the Flüchtlingskrise covered by the media, whereas others used personal experience to critique the crisis concept. As new experts in emergency management, reception centre employees changed their political consciousness. The unsteady politico-spatial order, rather than asylum seekers as subjects, produced anxiety over marginalisation, since the reception centre shifted problematic border features – chaos and risk – into central Germany.

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