Bushfire incident management team decision making
Contribuinte(s) |
Katsikitis, Mary |
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Data(s) |
01/01/2005
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Resumo |
Large scale bushfire (or wildfire) suppression activities are conducted under the control of an Incident Management Team (IMT) comprising four major functions: Command, Operations, Planning, and Logistics. Four methodologies were used to investigate processes determining the effectiveness of IMT decision making activities: (a) laboratory experiments using the Networked Fire Chief computer simulation program; (b) analyses of reports of significant fires; (c) structured interviews with experienced IMT staff; and, (d) cognitive ethnographic studies of IMTs. Three classes of team processes were found to be important determinants of IMT effectiveness: information sharing and management; matching of the four component function goals to overall IMT goals; and monitoring of the overall IMT situation to detect and correct task disruptive processes. Several non-rational processes with the potential for hindering IMT effectiveness were noted. Team metacognition emerged as a key process for understanding effective IMT decision making.<br /> |
Identificador | |
Idioma(s) |
eng |
Publicador |
Australian Psychological Society |
Relação |
http://dro.deakin.edu.au/eserv/DU:30009712/holgate-bushfireincident-2005.pdf |
Tipo |
Conference Paper |