Earthquake Drills and Simulations in Community-based Training and Preparedness Programmes Export

@article{citeulike:4212849, abstract = {The San Francisco, California, bay area is subject to continuous seismic risk. One particular response has been the development of community-based training programmes designed to teach residents basic emergency response skills. Citizens are taught emergency medical techniques, search and rescue, fire suppression and other fundamental response skills. Current estimates in the Bay Area place the number of programmes at more than 100. Many programmes now include an annual community drill to reinforce the training and to evaluate the programme. The study described here is based on an evaluation of an effort initiated by BayNET (Bay Area Neighborhood Emergency Training), a voluntary association of communities with community-based disaster preparedness programmes. In April 1996, BayNET asked all of its members to hold a community earthquake drill. After the drill, a mail survey was conducted of all programme managers. The survey examined the structure and administration of the programmes, training efforts and other related components. This paper describes the typology of drill formats that communities used, the role of the simulation in the city's preparedness efforts, the qualitative costs and benefits, as well as an assessment of the drill based on survey respondents.}, author = {Simpson, David}, citeulike-article-id = {4212849}, journal = {Disasters}, keywords = {community-response, crisis-management, crisis-response, disaster-planning, disaster-response, earthquakes, is366c, persuasive-technologies}, month = {March}, number = {1}, pages = {55--69}, posted-at = {2009-03-24 06:03:48}, priority = {0}, title = {Earthquake Drills and Simulations in Community-based Training and Preparedness Programmes}, volume = {26}, year = {2002} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4212849 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4212849 N2 - The San Francisco, California, bay area is subject to continuous seismic risk. One particular response has been the development of community-based training programmes designed to teach residents basic emergency response skills. Citizens are taught emergency medical techniques, search and rescue, fire suppression and other fundamental response skills. Current estimates in the Bay Area place the number of programmes at more than 100. Many programmes now include an annual community drill to reinforce the training and to evaluate the programme. The study described here is based on an evaluation of an effort initiated by BayNET (Bay Area Neighborhood Emergency Training), a voluntary association of communities with community-based disaster preparedness programmes. In April 1996, BayNET asked all of its members to hold a community earthquake drill. After the drill, a mail survey was conducted of all programme managers. The survey examined the structure and administration of the programmes, training efforts and other related components. This paper describes the typology of drill formats that communities used, the role of the simulation in the city's preparedness efforts, the qualitative costs and benefits, as well as an assessment of the drill based on survey respondents. IS - 1 JF - Disasters EP - 69 TI - Earthquake Drills and Simulations in Community-based Training and Preparedness Programmes VL - 26 SP - 55 KW - community-response KW - crisis-management KW - crisis-response KW - disaster-planning KW - disaster-response KW - earthquakes KW - is366c KW - persuasive-technologies AU - Simpson, David PY - 2002/03// ER -