International Journal of Emergency Services: Volume 13 Issue 1

Editorial: Volume 13, issue 1

Paresh Wankhade

European emergency managers on social media: institutional arrangements and guidelines

Sten Torpan, Sten Hansson, Kati Orru, Mark Rhinard, Lucia Savadori, Pirjo Jukarainen, Tor-Olav Nævestad, Sunniva Frislid Meyer, Abriel Schieffelers, Gabriella Lovasz

This paper offers an empirical overview of European emergency managers' institutional arrangements and guidelines for using social media in risk and crisis communication.

Towards disaster prevention in community centers: development of a code-based fire risk assessment tool

Mohammad A. Hassanain, Zayed A. Albugami

Community centers play a socio-economic and urban role of combining different communal necessities, that serve inhabitants, at different neighborhoods in cities. Their role…

Working principle of agile capabilities for emergency response during cyclones and floods

Joshin John, Neetha J. Eappen

This paper investigates how agile capabilities in humanitarian settings work in combination, and its effects on performance outcome. The study was conducted in the frame of…

The impacts of leadership behaviours on the mental well-being of public safety communicators

Nadine Anik Leduc, Stephen Czarnuch, Rosemary Ricciardelli

Public safety (communicators; e.g. 9-1-1, police, fire and ambulance call-takers and dispatchers), like many other public safety personnel (e.g. police, paramedics), (re)suffer…

Preparative collaboration for missing persons with dementia in Sweden: a pilot study

Rebecca Stenberg, Maria Wolmesjö

The purpose of this paper is to give an account for preparative collaboration between the police and municipal eldercare in Sweden concerning missing persons with dementia.

Optimization of new fire department location using an improved GIS algorithm for firefighters travel time estimation

Anas M.M. Awad, Ketut Wikantika, Haytham Ali, Sohaib K.M. Abujayyab, Javad Hashempour

The rapid development of urban areas in Sleman District, Indonesia, has created new challenges for firefighting response services. One of the primary challenges is to identify the…

Perceptions of Australian paramedics following the introduction of professional regulation: a qualitative exploration

Buck Reed, Leanne Cowin, Peter O'Meara, Christine Metusela, Ian Wilson

Paramedics became nationally registered in 2018 in Australia. Prior to this, there was no central regulation of the profession with reliance on organisational regulation through…

The adoption of evidence-based policing: the pivotal role of first-line police leaders across England and Wales

Ian Pepper, Colin Rogers, James Turner

First-line leaders across the emergency services are instrumental in leading the development of a workforce fit to face current and future challenges. As such in addition to…