Browsing Emergency Management by Issue Date
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Organizational Characteristics of A Disaster Call Center ;\ Study of Information Management
(North Dakota State University, 2011)This study examines how information was managed in a call center during the response to a major flood event on the Red River in the upper Midwest. The event affected the cities of Fargo, North Dakota and Moorhead, ... -
Assessing the Preparedness and Mitigation Research on Tornadoes: Clarifying Risk Perceptions and Identifying Contradictions
(North Dakota State University, 2012)This paper examines literature from various disciplines contributing to the objective of saving lives and reducing damages from tornadoes. Specific topics include changes in tornado incidence, the genesis of tornadoes, and ... -
The Simultaneous Evacuation of a Midwestern Community's Multiple Healthcare Facilities during a Major Flood Event: A Study in Decision-Making and Implementation
(North Dakota State University, 2012)Natural disasters are a part of the ecological system, so they are beyond human control. To reduce devastating effects, researchers in Emergency Management seek to understand the causes and cycles of natural disasters so ... -
Informal Material Convergence Behavior and Emergency Management: Looking a Gift Horse in the Mouth
(North Dakota State University, 2013)Informal material convergence behavior is the spontaneous movement of unsolicited donations from donors to emergency management for disaster relief activities. This behavior is widely accepted as an appropriate social ... -
Sustainability and the Emergency Manager: Do They Mesh?
(North Dakota State University, 2013)There exists a lack of consensus around the definition of “sustainability” and numerous of applications of the concept in the disaster literature. Reviewing the disaster literature on sustainability, its intended audience, ... -
Local Nonprofit and Government Organization Conceptualizations of Disaster Response Effectiveness
(North Dakota State University, 2013)This study attempted to explore how nonprofit and government organizations conceptualize disaster response effectiveness using an internet survey. Unfortunately, the data collected through this method was insufficient for ... -
Coordination in Disaster Recovery: Implications for Policy and Practice
(North Dakota State University, 2013)Disaster scholarship and recent disaster policy in the United States have suggested that coordination of efforts in the disaster recovery process will allow impacted jurisdictions to maximize positive recovery outcomes. ... -
Developing Higher Education Programs in Emergency Management: Ghana's Experience
(North Dakota State University, 2013)Ghana is highly vulnerable and threatened by several hazards and has sought ways of minimizing impacts of hazards events over time including demonstrating an interest in developing an emergency management training and an ... -
A Conceptual Model of the Individual and Household Recovery Process: Examining Hurricane Sandy
(North Dakota State University, 2014)This study examined how comprehensively the Bolin and Trainer (1978) model of recovery reflects the recovery process of individuals and households. A review of the literature since 1978 suggested that various revisions and ... -
An Exploration of the Creation and Maintenance of Local Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster
(North Dakota State University, 2014)This study sought to explore the factors that influence the creation and maintenance of Local Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (LVOADs). Semistructured interviews were conducted and data was analyzed following ... -
Factors Associated with Collaboration in Disaster Response
(North Dakota State University, 2014)This paper explores the factors the literature suggests help organizations collaborate during disaster response. The nature of disasters requires that people and organizations collaborate; yet, collaboration has been ... -
Pre-Disaster Integration of Community Emergency Response Teams within Local Emergency Management Systems
(North Dakota State University, 2014)This study explores how Community Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) were integrated within local emergency management systems pre-disaster. Semi-structured interviews were conducted following Rubin and Rubin’s (2005) ... -
Formation and Lifespans of Emergent Recovery Groups in Post-Katrina New Orleans
(North Dakota State University, 2014)Following Hurricane Katrina in 2005, numerous groups emerged to address recovery related needs in Orleans and St. Bernard Parishes. The phenomenon of emergent groups is widely noted in the disaster literature, but there ... -
Factors Explaining the Risk Perception of County Emergency Managers
(North Dakota State University, 2014)This thesis attempted to explore how county emergency managers understand the risks most likely to manifest in their jurisdiction using an internet survey. This study addressed the following research questions: 1) What ... -
A Comparative Study of Nuclear Power Risk Perceptions with Selected Technological Hazards
(North Dakota State University, 2014)How people perceive risk or threats is important to many disciplines that seek to assist policy makers in developing policies, regulations and laws. Using the previous work of Slovic et al. (Fischhoff, Slovic, Lichtenstein, ... -
Jurisdictional Leaders' Perception of Factors that Contribute to Hazard Mitigation Planning
(North Dakota State University, 2014)Recent disasters have demonstrated the importance of mitigating their potential impact to not only protect human lives, but to also reduce the seemingly unending cycle of repeated damages. The Disaster Mitigation Act of ... -
The Context and Concept of Individual and Household Preparedness: The Case of Fako Division in Cameroon
(North Dakota State University, 2015)Almost every day, we see and hear about disasters impacting individuals and households in communities worldwide. Impacts experienced include loss of life and injury, loss of property, and more. Disasters are often devastating ... -
Are We Just Guessing? An Exploratory Study of Minnesota Emergency Managers' Perceptions of Citizen Preparedness
(North Dakota State University, 2015)Emergency management research suggests that citizen preparedness is paramount to household survival in disasters. Thus, having a citizenry that is well prepared is ideal for individuals who work directly in emergency ... -
An Evaluation of the Protective Action Decision Model using Data from a Train Derailment in Casselton, North Dakota
(North Dakota State University, 2015)This study was designed to answer the questions: a) What factors affected peoples' decision to evacuate or not evacuate after a train derailment and explosion in Casselton, ND; and b) What factors affected the amount of ... -
Perceptions of Emergency Managers on Vulnerability and Institutional Preparedness of Colleges and Universities in the Red River Valley
(North Dakota State University, 2016)The present study examines emergency management related perceptions of campus officials who are responsible for overseeing the general disaster preparedness of at five diverse colleges and universities in the Red River ...