Table of contents
The role of “zero-responders” during 7/7: implications for the emergency services
Chris CockingThe purpose of this paper is to explore the psychological processes involved in spontaneous co-operation by survivors of mass emergencies, and the possible implications this may…
Human behaviour in fire: should the fire service stop telling and start listening?
David Wales, Owain Frank ThompsonThe purpose of this paper is to outline the work being carried out by Kent Fire and Rescue Service (KFRS) to build a comprehensive database of the behaviours and motivations of…
Modeling number of firefighters responding to an incident using artificial neural networks
Ali Sadeghi-Naini, Ali AsgaryA feed-forward back-propagation neural network (NN) is proposed to model number of firefighters responding to different fire incidents. Such a predictor model can estimate number…
Anxiety, stress, and perceived workload during the command and control of computer-simulated fire service training environments
Paul Michael Young, Alan St Clair Gibson, Elizabeth Partington, Sarah Partington, Mark WetherellIncidents requiring command and control require all personnel from firefighters (FFs) to the incident commander (IC) to make continuous decisions often with limited information…
An introduction to structural equation modelling for emergency services and disaster research
Sarah CruddasStructural equation modelling (SEM) is becoming a popular technique for analysis and is increasingly being used within emergency services and disaster research. The purpose of…
A review of quick-release harness performance in water rescue
Chris Onions, Loel Collins– The purpose of this paper is to consider the performance of quick-release harness buoyancy aids in water rescue.
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2047-0894Online date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Prof Paresh Wankhade
- Prof Attila Hertelendy