Aslak Wegner Eide, Ida Maria Haugstveit, Ragnhild Halvorsrud, and Maria Borén on "Inter-organizational Collaboration Structures during Emergency Response: A Case Study " at ISCRAM 2013 in Baden-Baden.
10th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management
12-15 May 2013, Baden-Baden, Germany
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Inter-organizational Collaboration Structures during Emergency Response: A Case Study
1. BRIDGING
Resources and Agencies in Large-Scale Emergency Management
EU FP7 Collaborative Project
SEC-2010.4.2-1: Interoperability of data, systems, tools and equipment
www.sec-bridge.eu
Inter-organizational Collaboration Structures
during Emergency Response: A Case Study
ISCRAM 2013
Aslak Wegner Eide,
Ida Maria Haugstveit,
Ragnhild Halvorsrud,
Maria Borén
2. Introduction
Emergency response often involve multiple
emergency agencies and organizations that
need to collaborate to resolve the situation.
Reports from large-scale incidents express
concerns over the emergency agencies’ ability
to collaborate and coordinate their work.
There is a need for an improved understanding
of the underlying structures that govern inter-
organizational collaboration in today's practice.
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3. Case study
Aim: Examine the collaborative structures that could appear
between organizations and agencies that would be deployed in
response to a hypothetical, large scale incident in Norway.
- Identify and categorize the actors that would be involved.
- Clarify the capabilities and knowledge those actors would possess.
- Examine how the actors would interact and communicate.
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4. Incident scenario
Hypothetical incident scenario described
by text, maps, and 3d illustrations.
Validated by experts to achieve a sufficient
degree of realism and complexity.
Main event: A large-scale explosion occurs
in a factory known to store chemical fluids.
Divided into 3 unfolding phases.
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5. Method
The study consisted of semi-structured interviews with 11
representatives from emergency agencies and organizations.
The hypothetical incident scenario was presented to the
participants in a sequential manner (from phase 1 to 3).
For each phase, the interviewees were asked to explain:
- Which actors they thought likely to take part in the response effort.
- What capabilities and knowledge each actor would contribute.
- How the identified actors would interact and communicate.
Interview guided by a predefined template that was filled in.
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6. Results: Actors and Capabilities
A cluster analysis of the data resulted in five categories of actors
that are plausible contributors to the emergency response effort:
1. Emergency agencies (16)
2. Supporting organizations (11)
3. External expert organizations (12)
4. Informants (2)
5. Other actors (5)
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8. Results: Information Exchange
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A content analysis was conducted, systematically sorting
out the information that the different actors would need
from and provide to other actors:
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10. Discussion and Conclusion
- The collaborative structures that emerge during emergency
response can be highly interactive and complex, and typically
involves public, private, and non-profit organizations.
- The most central actors in the communication network are
commanding personnel and emergency centrals.
- A substantial amount of the overall communication activity involves
keeping all parties up-to-date on the situation at hand.
- Verbal communication is the most frequently used means for
exchanging information (IT-based support systems are not used)
- Framework for analysis of communication networks
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11. Future work
Apply the present methodology to different scenarios and a larger
sample of actors to delineate a generic communication pattern.
Assess the validity of the present scenario-based inquiry by
applying it to a larger sample of actors/roles.
Investigate logs from real incidents and conduct a corresponding
analysis of the inter-organizational collaboration networks.
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This understanding is essential in order to develop solutions for improving inter-organizational collaboration in the future.
Actors they were to identify includes themselves, actors from their own agency, and other actors that would provide them with support or critical information Mean working experience of 22.5 years.