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

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

Vimala Nunavath, Andreas Prinz, Tina Comes
Copyright: © 2016 |Volume: 8 |Issue: 1 |Pages: 22
ISSN: 1937-9390|EISSN: 1937-9420|EISBN13: 9781466690486|DOI: 10.4018/IJISCRAM.2016010102
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Nunavath, Vimala, et al. "Identifying First Responders Information Needs: Supporting Search and Rescue Operations for Fire Emergency Response." IJISCRAM vol.8, no.1 2016: pp.25-46. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJISCRAM.2016010102

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Nunavath, V., Prinz, A., & Comes, T. (2016). Identifying First Responders Information Needs: Supporting Search and Rescue Operations for Fire Emergency Response. International Journal of Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (IJISCRAM), 8(1), 25-46. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJISCRAM.2016010102

Chicago

Nunavath, Vimala, Andreas Prinz, and Tina Comes. "Identifying First Responders Information Needs: Supporting Search and Rescue Operations for Fire Emergency Response," International Journal of Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (IJISCRAM) 8, no.1: 25-46. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJISCRAM.2016010102

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Abstract

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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