International Journal of Emergency Services: Volume 2 Issue 1

Managing emotions while managing crises

Mary E. Guy, Meredith A. Newman, N. Emel Ganapati

Using the July 2012 massacre at a midnight showing of a Batman movie as a case study, the paper aims to demonstrate how emotional labor is required of responders and spokespersons…

A more operable definition for training and education

Lita Megan Grace

This paper aims to discuss the current methods of training and education for first response emergency personnel. The goal is to distinguish the difference between training and…

Communication during mass casualty decontamination: highlighting the gaps

Holly Carter, John Drury, G. James Rubin, Richard Williams, Richard Amlôt

Effective communication has been recognised as an important issue for the management of incidents involving decontamination; evidence shows that failure to communicate effectively…

Can warnings decrease the misinformation effect in post‐event debriefing?

Lauren A. Monds, Helen M. Paterson, Keenan Whittle

Operational debriefing and psychological debriefing both involve groups of participants (typically from the emergency services) discussing a critical incident. Research on…

Addressing psychosocial and community recovery in emergency management

Anne Eyre, Kate Brady

The aim of this paper is to highlight key themes and issues relating to the recovery phase of disaster. Particular emphasis is given to psychosocial and community dimensions and…

Editorial

Viv Brunsden, Kirsten Greenhalgh