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A Unified Localizable Emergency Events Scale

A Unified Localizable Emergency Events Scale

Eli Rohn, Denis Blackmore
Copyright: © 2009 |Volume: 1 |Issue: 4 |Pages: 14
ISSN: 1937-9390|EISSN: 1937-9420|ISSN: 1937-9390|EISBN13: 9781616920999|EISSN: 1937-9420|DOI: 10.4018/jiscrm.2009071001
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Rohn, Eli, and Denis Blackmore. "A Unified Localizable Emergency Events Scale." IJISCRAM vol.1, no.4 2009: pp.1-14. http://doi.org/10.4018/jiscrm.2009071001

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Rohn, E. & Blackmore, D. (2009). A Unified Localizable Emergency Events Scale. International Journal of Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (IJISCRAM), 1(4), 1-14. http://doi.org/10.4018/jiscrm.2009071001

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Rohn, Eli, and Denis Blackmore. "A Unified Localizable Emergency Events Scale," International Journal of Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (IJISCRAM) 1, no.4: 1-14. http://doi.org/10.4018/jiscrm.2009071001

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Abstract

Managers of emergencies face challenges of complexity, uncertainty, and unpredictably. Triadic constraints imply requisite parsimony in describing the essence of the emergency, its magnitude and direction of development. Linguistic separation increases as the crisis management organization is more complex and made up of diverse constituents. Therefore, a standard objective emergency scale is vital to quantify and unambiguously communicate the nature of any emergency. Previous work laid the foundations for an objective measurable emergency event scale. This article proposes a unified emergency scale based on a mathematical model, accompanied by several examples spanning local to national events.

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