Evidence in the disaster mental health literature indicates that psychosocial consequences of terrorism are a critical component of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) events, both at the clinical level and the normal behavioral and emotional levels. Planning for such psychosocial aspects should be an integral part of emergency preparedness. As Canada and other countries buil...

This study aimed to better understand the current situation of risk assessment and identify the factors associated with competence of emergency responders in public health risk assessment. The participants were selected by a multi-stage, stratified cluster sampling method in Heilongjiang Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The questionnaires that measured their perceptions on risk...

Purpose This study explored the experiences of Irish emergency medical services (EMS) first responders during nationwide restrictions to curb spread COVID-19. Design/methodology/approach A systematic literature review (SLR) research into healthcare workers' and responders' COVID-19 2003 SARS pandemics was performed. The SLR informed content an online questionnaire distributed via Pre-Hospital E...

This paper develops a (constructive) critique of the potential of ambient intelligence technologies in emergency response. We explore some difficulties in, and successful practices of, inter-agency collaboration in emergency response, revealed in ethnographic field studies and collaborative design workshops with first responders undertaken in the frame of the Bridge project. We describe four ch...

We develop a comprehensive simulation model for civilian emergency/disaster responses. In order to incorporate the detailed interactions among various responders and victims, we integrate the agent-based modeling ideas into the discrete-event simulation framework and hybrid several components such as GIS.

Indoor navigation is crucial, particularly during indoor disasters such as fires. However, current spatial subdivision models struggle to adapt the dynamic changes that occur in situations, making it difficult identify appropriate space, and thus reducing accuracy efficiency of navigation. This study presents a new framework for specifically designed first responders, with focus on improving th...

Abstract By 2030 the majority of World Trade Center (WTC) rescue and recovery workers (general responders) will be aged 65 over at risk for age-related conditions consequences. Despite US government’s commitment to support WTC responders who have exposure-related health (e.g., cancers, PTSD), little research date has focused on issues in this population. Because were exposed high levels toxican...

In recent years, technologies that find the location of mobile sources inside buildings are becoming an attractive area of research and development. A significant application of such technologies is in emergency situations where it is important to be able to track the movements of the first responders inside closed environments. More commercial and public safety applications are also emerging e...

25 Identifying First Responders Information Needs: Supporting Search and Rescue Operations for Fire Emergency Response; Vimala Nunavath, Department of Information and Communication Technology, University of Agder, Grimstad, Norway Andreas Prinz, Department of Information and Communication Technology, University of Agder, Grimstad, Norway Tina Comes, Department of Information and Communication T...

Security agents and emergency responders are significant in ensuring the safety security which lie at heart of prosperity any nation, relevance exploring prevalence hypertension diabetes mellitus among these populations, especially police officers increase progressively due to growth. In this review, it had been described that there was a high other responders, their associated factors were equ...