RESOURCE TRACKING MANAGER: A DYNAMIC ELECTRONIC RESOURCE TRACKING AND MAPPING SYSTEM

2008 ◽  
Vol 2008 (1) ◽  
pp. 451-452
Author(s):  
Abram Calderon ◽  
Al Hielscher ◽  
John Murphy
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Resource Management ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Tracking System ◽  
Resource Tracking ◽  
Electronic Resource ◽  
Incident Command System ◽  
Incident Command ◽  
Microsoft Access ◽  
Mapping System

ABSTRACT Tracking resources in real time during response situations has proven to be an integral part of decision making within an Incident Command System (ICS) structure. To help with this process, a new and portable product called Resource Tracking Manager (RTM) was designed and developed. This product is built from two off-the-shelf technologies, ESRI ArcView® and Microsoft Access®. This paper discusses the use of both products in the RTM and explains how bridging them together creates a system that is accurate, easy to use, and informative. The primary features of this tracking system include: 1) The ability to edit resources on a map and have these edits reflected in the database. 2) The ability to edit resources in the database and have edits reflected on the map. The development of RTM has important implications for resource management in a response scenario. Knowing where resources are, and allocating them efficiently and effectively is key in responding successfully.

Problems and Opportunities Integrating Scat and ICS1

1999 ◽  
Vol 1999 (1) ◽  
pp. 863-866
Author(s):  
Michael de Bettencourt ◽  
John Tarpley ◽  
Kathleen Ward
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Oil Spill ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Management Team ◽  
Fully Integrated ◽  
Incident Command System ◽  
Incident Command ◽  
The Past ◽  
Short Period ◽  
Tremendous Amount

ABSTRACT The Shoreline Cleanup Assessment Team (SCAT) process has done a tremendous amount to standardize the language of shoreline impact and cleanup needs over the past 8 years. The SCAT process has been standardized regionally, and this process now generates a tremendous amount of information in a very short period of time. However, the SCAT-generated information can be extremely complicated and dense. In the urgency of the oil spill crisis, the information is often filtered and distilled down to a point where it is so generalized that it is nearly useless. This inability to manage critical information often wastes valuable resources and time. To better manage the information and decision making associated with shoreline cleanup, the SCAT process must be fully integrated into the Incident Command System (ICS). The information generated by the SCAT must not only be thorough, the spill management team and the supervisors in the field must easily understand it. This paper discusses the problems and opportunities associated with integrating the SCAT process and the ICS planning process.

Disaster Management: An Introduction to the Incident Command System (ICS)

1986 ◽  
Vol 2 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 145-148
Author(s):  
Ronald L. D'Acchioli
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Emergency Services ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
The State ◽  
Incident Command System ◽  
Incident Command ◽  
Valuable Lesson ◽  
Management Scheme

SUMMARYThe Incident Command System is a personnel and resource management scheme which has several interactive components which make it an effective plan.This system is being used effectively in the State of California for the control of large scale incidents on a daily basis. Dr. Rodney Herbert of London advised us not long ago, during his presentation of the “Moorgate Incident”, an event in which he participated, that a valuable lesson was learned as that catastrophe unfolded and was managed by local emergency services agencies. The lesson learned was that “special plans” for disaster management which sit on a shelf to collect dust while awaiting the event soon become of little use through inactivity. His message was that the protocols used by emergency services agencies for disaster management should merely be an extension of the day-to-day activities of that agency.

Naturalistic Decision Making and Training the Incident Commander

1999 ◽  
Vol 1999 (1) ◽  
pp. 437-442
Author(s):  
Thomas S. Kuhaneck ◽  
Arn M. Heggers ◽  
Mark P. O'Malley
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Coast Guard ◽  
Naturalistic Decision Making ◽  
Incident Command System ◽  
Incident Command ◽  
Decision Making Models ◽  
And Training ◽  
The U.S

ABSTRACT For years, the U.S. Coast Guard and other pollution response organizations have relied on traditional (analytical) decision making models as a basis for training their On-Scene Coordinators. With the Coast Guard's adoption of the Incident Command System (ICS), a more appropriate basis for a training program may be found using naturalistic decision making (NDM) models. This paper will describe both the traditional and naturalistic decision making models, compare them, explain why naturalistic decision making is more appropriate for training Incident Commanders, and propose a program for such training for use by the Coast Guard or other response organizations.

scholarly journals Developing a Data Integrated COVID-19 Tracking System for Decision-Making and Public Use

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Krusina ◽  
Oscar Chen ◽  
Lucia Otero Varela ◽  
Chelsea Doktorchik ◽  
Vince Avati ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Health Informatics ◽  
Tracking System ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Time Data ◽  
Policy Interventions ◽  
Case Count ◽  
Interactive Visualizations ◽  
User Friendly

IntroductionThe unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic unveiled a strong need for advanced and informative surveillance tools. The Centre for Health Informatics (CHI) at the University of Calgary took action to develop a surveillance dashboard, which would facilitate the education of the public, and answer critical questions posed by local and national government. ObjectivesThe objective of this study was to create an interactive method of surveillance, or a “COVID-19 Tracker” for Canadian use. The Tracker offers user-friendly graphics characterizing various aspects of the current pandemic (e.g. case count, testing, hospitalizations, and policy interventions). MethodsSix publicly available data sources were used, and were selected based on the frequency of updates, accuracy and types of data, and data presentation. The datasets have different levels of granularity for different provinces, which limits the information that we are able to show. Additionally, some datasets have missing entries, for which the “last observation carried forward” method was used. The website was created and hosted online, with a backend server, which is updated on a daily basis. The Tracker development followed an iterative process, as new figures were added to meet the changing needs of policy-makers. ResultsThe resulting Tracker is a dashboard that visualizes real-time data, along with policy interventions from various countries, via user-friendly graphs with a hover option that reveals detailed information. The interactive features allow the user to customize the figures by jurisdiction, country/region, and the type of data shown. Data is displayed at the national and provincial level, as well as by health regions. ConclusionsThe COVID-19 Tracker offers real-time, detailed, and interactive visualizations that have the potential to shape crucial decision-making and inform Albertans and Canadians of the current pandemic.

scholarly journals Hospital incident command system (HICS) performance in Iran; decision making during disasters

2012 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmadreza Djalali ◽  
Maaret Castren ◽  
Vahid Hosseinijenab ◽  
Mahmoud Khatib ◽  
Gunnar Ohlen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Incident Command System ◽  
Incident Command

Crisis Management

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua M. Sharfstein
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Emergency Management ◽  
Crisis Management ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Incident Command System ◽  
Management Structure ◽  
Incident Command ◽  
Standard Management ◽  
Public Health Challenges

A useful management approach for responding to crises is the incident command system. Developed in the 1970s to coordinate efforts at the scenes of fires and other disasters, incident command is now the standard management structure recommended for a broad range of disasters by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Key attributes of incident command include clear leadership, specified roles, and management by objective. Once an agency has developed the ability to activate an incident command or a modified version of incident command, it is worth using it regularly—including to better manage everyday public health challenges. Doing so builds the muscles of an organization in such areas as mobilizing resources, public communications, and decision-making under pressure.

Organizing for Response: The Unresolved Problem

1991 ◽  
Vol 1991 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth E. Cohn ◽  
William A. Wallace ◽  
John R. Harrald
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Current Trend ◽  
External Environment ◽  
Incident Command System ◽  
Unresolved Problem ◽  
Incident Command ◽  
Initial Strategy ◽  
Response Organization ◽  
The Creation

ABSTRACT During the critical hours immediately following a significant spill, responders must perform three functions: determine the initial strategy and tactics, mobilize resources, and create the response organization. This paper examines the processes of creating and managing a smoothly functioning response organization. The current trend toward the creation of highly centralized response organizations based on the Incident Command System is criticized, based on research that demonstrates the need for a decentralized, flexible decision-making structure during a crisis. Research that examines the role of the external environment and organizational culture in the creation of effective crisis management organizations is identified. The formation of decision-centered organizations that effectively use decision-making groups is discussed. Until and unless these issues are better understood and addressed by disaster researchers and managers, organizing for response will remain an unresolved problem.

Maximizing The Resource Tracking Effort

1999 ◽  
Vol 1999 (1) ◽  
pp. 895-898
Author(s):  
Al Hielscher ◽  
Scott McCreery
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Response ◽  
Oil Spill ◽  
Incident Management ◽  
Complex Task ◽  
Environmental Compliance ◽  
Resource Tracking ◽  
Incident Command System ◽  
Incident Command ◽  
Resource Unit ◽  
Catch Up

ABSTRACT Tracking resources in emergency response situations can be a time consuming and laborious undertaking. Many times the Resource Unit within the Incident Command System (ICS) is in the unenviable position of playing “catch-up” with what is occurring in the field. Implementation of National Interagency Incident Management System (NIIMS) ICS tracking methods help to streamline this complex task. Participation in numerous oil spill drills and actual spill incidents has helped Environmental Compliance Options (ECO) and Genwest Systems, Inc. personnel observe, develop, and adopt methods and tools to make response resource tracking more accurate and efficient.

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