000418784 000__ 03600cam\a2200457\a\4500 000418784 001__ 418784 000418784 005__ 20210513144915.0 000418784 006__ m\\\\\\\\u\\\\\\\\ 000418784 007__ cr\cn||||||||| 000418784 008__ 100617s2010\\\\caua\\\\sb\\\\000\0\eng\\ 000418784 010__ $$z 2010024680 000418784 020__ $$z0833050052 (pbk. : alk. paper) 000418784 020__ $$z9780833050052 (pbk. : alk. paper) 000418784 035__ $$a(CaPaEBR)ebr10425080 000418784 035__ $$a(OCoLC)676699037 000418784 040__ $$aCaPaEBR$$cCaPaEBR 000418784 043__ $$an-us--- 000418784 05014 $$aHV551.3$$b.J328 2010eb 000418784 08204 $$a363.34/80684$$222 000418784 088__ $$aMG-994-FEMA 000418784 1001_ $$aJackson, Brian A.,$$d1972- 000418784 24510 $$aEvaluating the reliability of emergency response systems for large-scale incident operations$$h[electronic resource] /$$cBrian A. Jackson, Kay Sullivan Faith, Henry H. Willis. 000418784 260__ $$aSanta Monica, CA :$$bRAND,$$c2010. 000418784 300__ $$axxiv, 199 p., 1 folded flowchart :$$bill. (chiefly col.) ;$$c26 cm. 000418784 4901_ $$aRAND Corporation monograph series 000418784 500__ $$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. 000418784 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 187-199). 000418784 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000418784 520__ $$aThe ability to measure emergency preparedness - to predict the likely performance of emergency response systems in future events - is critical for policy analysis in homeland security. Yet it remains difficult to know how prepared a response system is to deal with large-scale incidents, whether it be a natural disaster, terrorist attack, or industrial or transportation accident. This research draws on the fields of systems analysis and engineering to apply the concept of system reliability to the evaluation of emergency response systems. The authors describe a method for modeling an emergency response system; identifying how individual parts of the system might fail; and assessing the likelihood of each failure and the severity of its effects on the overall response effort. The authors walk the reader through two applications of this method: a simplified example in which responders must deliver medical treatment to a certain number of people in a specified time window, and a more complex scenario involving the release of chlorine gas. The authors also describe an exploratory analysis in which they parsed a set of after-action reports describing real-world incidents, to demonstrate how this method can be used to quantitatively analyze data on past response performance. The authors conclude with a discussion of how this method of measuring emergency response system reliability could inform policy discussion of emergency preparedness, how system reliability might be improved, and the costs of doing so. --From publisher description. 000418784 650_0 $$aEmergency management$$zUnited States$$xEvaluation. 000418784 650_0 $$aPreparedness$$xEvaluation. 000418784 650_0 $$aIncident command systems$$zUnited States. 000418784 650_0 $$aAssistance in emergencies$$zUnited States. 000418784 650_0 $$aEmergency communication systems$$zUnited States. 000418784 655_7 $$aElectronic books.$$2lcsh 000418784 7001_ $$aFaith, Kay Sullivan. 000418784 7001_ $$aWillis, Henry H. 000418784 830_0 $$aRand Corporation monograph series. 000418784 852__ $$bebk 000418784 85640 $$3ProQuest Ebook Central Academic Complete$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/usiricelib/Doc?id=10425080$$zOnline Access 000418784 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:418784$$pGLOBAL_SET 000418784 980__ $$aEBOOK 000418784 980__ $$aBIB 000418784 982__ $$aEbook 000418784 983__ $$aOnline