Identifying First Responders Information Needs: Supporting Search and Rescue Operations for Fire Emergency Response

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Author(s): Vimala Nunavath (University of Agder, Norway), Andreas Prinz (University of Agder, Norway)and Tina Comes (University of Agder, Norway)
Copyright: 2019
Pages: 23
Source title: Emergency and Disaster Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Information Resources Management Association (USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-6195-8.ch076

Keywords: Business Science Reference / Crisis Response and Management / Emergency & Disaster Management / Government & Law

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At the onset of an indoor fire emergency, the availability of the information becomes critical due to the chaotic situation at the emergency site. Moreover, if information is lacking, not shared, or responders are too overloaded to acknowledge it, lives can be lost and property can be harmed. Therefore, the goal of this paper is to identify information items that are needed for first responders during search and rescue operations. The authors use an educational building fire emergency as a case and show how first responders can be supported by getting access to information that are stored in different information systems. The research methodology used was a combination of literature review, fire drills participation, and semi-structured interviews with first responders from different emergency organizations. The results presented are identified information items and an information model.

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