03805nam a2200505 a 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.0m     o  d |      cr cnu||||||||100617s2010    caua    ob    000 0 eng    a9780833050144q(electronic bk.)  z9780833050052q(print)  a(MiAaPQ)EBC618726  a(Au-PeEL)EBL618726  a(CaPaEBR)ebr10425080  a(OCoLC)676699037  aMiAaPQbengerdaepncMiAaPQdMiAaPQ  an-us--- 4aHV551.3b.J328 20100 a363.34/80684222  aMG-994-FEMA1 aJackson, Brian A.,d1972-10aEvaluating the reliability of emergency response systems for large-scale incident operationsh[electronic resource] /cBrian A. Jackson, Kay Sullivan Faith, Henry H. Willis.  aSanta Monica, CA :bRAND,c2010.  axxiv, 199 p., 1 folded flowchart :bill. (chiefly col.).1 aRAND Corporation monograph series  a"This research was sponsored by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and conducted under the auspices of the RAND Homeland Security and Defense Center, a joint center of the RAND National Security Research Division and RAND Infrastructure, Safety, and Environment." -- T.p. verso.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 187-199).  aThe 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. 0aEmergency managementzUnited StatesxEvaluation. 0aPreparednessxEvaluation. 0aIncident command systemszUnited States. 0aAssistance in emergencieszUnited States. 0aEmergency communication systemszUnited States. 4aElectronic books.1 aFaith, Kay Sullivan.1 aWillis, Henry H.1 aUnited States.bFederal Emergency Management Agency.2 aRAND Homeland Security and Defense Center.2 aRand Corporation.bNational Security Research Division.2 aRand Infrastructure, Safety, and Environment (Organization)2 aProQuest (Firm) 0aRand Corporation monograph series.40uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kuct-ebooks/detail.action?docID=618726zClick to View