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Providing rescue services in remote areas of Estonia
Tarmo Puolokainen, Annika Jaansoo, Margo KlaosThe purpose of this paper is to analyze the effect of delivering rescue services in remote areas, where there is little or no natural incentive to provide this service, taking the…
The safe tweet: social media use by Ontario fire services
Sharon Lauricella, Kristy-Lynn PankhurstThe purpose of this paper is to examine how fire services use social media to educate the public about safety and fire prevention.
Network analysis for search areas in WiSAR operations
Sebastian Drexel, Susanne Zimmermann-Janschitz, Robert J. KoesterA search and rescue incident is ultimately all about the location of the missing person; hence, geotechnical tools are critical in providing assistance to search planners. One…
A need to help: stories of emergent behaviour from the scene of accident
Linda KvarnlöfThe purpose of this paper is to investigate how spontaneous volunteers make sense of their actions at the scene of accident. More specifically, this paper focusses on the moral…
The impact of blame culture on paramedic practice: A qualitative study exploring English and Finnish paramedic perceptions
Andrew Kirk, Kevin Armstrong, Niina Nurkka, Annette JinksThe purpose of this paper is to explore English and Finnish paramedic perceptions of the healthcare blame culture, its relationship to complaints, the use of defensive practice…
How can leaders and managers in the Police support the learning of others and at the same time, support their own?
Jenni JonesThe purpose of this paper is to attempt to demonstrate that formal mentoring is a helpful tool to develop managers within the changing context of the UK Police, and to highlight…
ISSN:
2047-0894Online date, start – end:
2012Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Prof Paresh Wankhade
- Prof Attila Hertelendy