News tagged with emergency planners
Study shows first responders will report to duty, but need assistance with family matters
Headlines screamed in the days following Hurricane Katrina: Police Quitting, Overwhelmed by Chaos. Pundits squawked about the flight of the "notoriously corrupt" New Orleans police force. City and emergency ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 18, 2011 |
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Improving emergency evacuation planning with decision-making simulation
A unique disaster-response planning tool takes real-time human decision-making into account to determine effective law-enforcement strategies during evacuations. A University of Michigan researcher contributed to the development ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 05, 2010 |
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Losing sight of people in a crowd can spell disaster, warns new report
Focusing on technology instead of people is a key factor in events going wrong, according to a major series of reports into crowd behaviour and management, published this week.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jul 10, 2009 |
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