Emergency response systems for vehicular search and rescue in 3G WCDMA networks

Bhargav, K. R. Kartic; Sinzhal, Rahul

doi:10.1109/wocn.2013.6616199

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“…The main focus of the literature at this level is on crisis management and crisis response. Studies cover a diverse range of distinct and discrete themes such as early alarm tools (Mohammed and Alaloosy, 2018); response systems (Sishwa et al , 2019; Goh et al , 2014; Bhargav and Singhal, 2013); modelling and optimisation (Viskup and Víchová, 2019; Matta et al , 2012; Gao and Chen, 2010); and management of road crisis response to a particular crisis weather event (Zhu et al , 2020; Coles et al , 2017). The majority of studies focus on the context of road accidents rather than road crises which is a much more unstable, large-scale event with serious negative impacts.…”

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Prioritisation of resilience criteria and performance indicators for road emergencies crisis response: an analytic hierarchy process (AHP) approach

Aziz

Alzaabi

Fathi

2022

JFMPC

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Purpose This paper aims to develop a crisis readiness framework for road traffic crisis response for law enforcement agencies in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Design/methodology/approach A Delphi method was used that combined questionnaire-based survey and the analytical hierarchy process to collect quantitative and qualitative data from an expert panel of crisis readiness professionals on how they prioritise and weigh the different strategic criteria, sub-criteria and performance indicators in the context of law enforcement agencies’ traffic response. Findings The findings of this paper resulted in the identification, ranking and validation of ten key dimensions of crisis readiness clustered into three distinct sets of priority rankings: response planning, resources, training and coordination; information management and communication and risk and hazard assessment; and early warning, legal and institutional frameworks, recovery initiation and property protection. The results additionally established the relative priority of sub-criteria for each criterion and validated a broad set of key performance indicators (KPIs) for the top six ranked criteria. Research limitations/implications The findings are based on a single case study focused on a specific area of operation within crisis response and one group of organisations of the UAE police sector. This potentially places a constraint on the wider generalisation of the findings to different operational areas and agencies, as they may have different priorities or organisational conditions that have implications for the framework application and the relative importance of certain criteria and sub-criteria. Practical implications This paper provides strategic guidance in the form of a prioritised list of criteria, sub-criteria and KPIs that can direct efforts to optimise different dimensions of crisis readiness at a strategic and operational level. Originality/value This paper makes an original contribution in identifying the key criteria and performance indicators of crisis readiness for road traffic situations. The findings contribute a comprehensive strategic readiness framework that supports planning and decision-making for the development of organisational capacities that can enhance response times of police to road traffic crises. This framework ranks dimensions of crisis readiness and key sub-criteria in order of priority and validates the key components of crisis readiness that can support practitioners to structure, standardise and benchmark key processes and elements of crisis response.

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