Collaborative emergency management and national emergency management network

Abstract

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to analyze scholarly discussions and findings regarding collaborative emergency management (CEM). Several aspects such as leadership, decision making, intergovernmental and interorganizational relations, technology applications in CEM have been investigated.Design/methodology/approachLiterature review was conducted using three popular search data bases, Academic Search Premier, Academic OneFile, and Info Track OneFile using the following keywords: CEM, collaborative and emergency and management, collaborative networks, emergency networks, emergency network, interorganizational networks, Interorganizational and networks, intergovernmental and networks, and National Emergency Management Network (NEMN).FindingsThe paper emphasizes that high expectations of public and stakeholders in emergency and disaster management require effective use of resources by collaborative networks.Practical implicationsEmergency and disaster managers should be able to adopt their organization culture, structure and processes to the collaborative nature of emergency management.Originality/valueThe paper focuses on a very important subject in emergency and disaster management using NEMN as example.

Modelling a Sustainable Cooperative Healthcare: An Interoperability-Driven Approach

“…For example, the BRAID project [27] advocates the necessity for collaborative healthcare ecosystems [28] supported by integrated assistive services and infrastructure [26]. Unfortunately however, the extent of actual cooperation in healthcare is still limited as efficient long-term healthcare collaboration requires that organisational cultures, processes and resources of the participants acquire suitable preparedness [22,29,30], with ethics playing a prominent role [31,32]. This requires access to a plethora of multidisciplinary information and knowledge; as such, participatory analysis and design [33] represent important collaborative healthcare enablers that help integrate all necessary scientific, administrative, social and political aspects into a whole-system approach [23,29,34].…”

“…[22][23][24][25][26]) as well as in international projects. For example, the BRAID project [27] advocates the necessity for collaborative healthcare ecosystems [28] supported by integrated assistive services and infrastructure [26].…”

Collaboration Exercises—The Lack of Collaborative Benefits

“…In most countries, the police, rescue services, and ambulance are the organizations that deal with a large number of emergency responses on a daily basis and practice collaboration regularly (Borodzicz and van Haperen 2002;Grote et al 2009;Kapucu et al 2010;Lateef 2010;Berlin and Carlström 2011;Van Wart and Kapucu 2011;Andersson et al 2014). Exercises prepare them to be able to handle accidents, crises, and catastrophes in an optimal manner (McConnell and Drennan 2006;Kapucu et al 2010;Brattberg 2012;Berlin and Carlström 2015).…”

Maritime Operations and Emergency Preparedness in the Arctic–Competence Standards for Search and Rescue Operations Contingencies in Polar Waters

“…Finally, competence based on communication and communication systems is highly important and needs to be established prior to potential incidents (Crichton et al 2005;Kapucu et al 2010). Communication may already be compulsory due to pre-existing control mechanisms (Mintzberg 2009).…”