Title

Collaborative Emergency Management: Better Community Organising, Better Public Preparedness And Response

Keywords

Community coordination; Disaster management; Disaster response operations; Hurricanes; Public preparedness; Repeated threats

Abstract

Community coordination requires communication and planning of precautions to take when faced with a severe threat of disaster. The unique case of the four Florida hurricanes of 2004 - Charley, Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne - is used here to assess community responses to repeated threats of hurricanes. The paper examines how effectiveness in coordinating community disaster response efforts affects future public preparedness. The findings suggest that pre-season planning, open communication between emergency managers and elected officials, and the use of technology all had a significant impact on community responses. The repeated threat scenario indicates that emergency managers must work vigilantly to keep residents informed of the seriousness of a situation. The study describes how emergency managers in Florida countered public complacency during four hurricanes in six weeks. The strategies identified as useful by public managers in the context of hurricanes are applicable to other natural and man-made disasters. © 2008 The Author(s). Journal compilation © Overseas Development Institute, 2008.

Publication Date

6-1-2008

Publication Title

Disasters

Volume

32

Issue

2

Number of Pages

239-262

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7717.2008.01037.x

Socpus ID

46049113949 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/46049113949

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