Abstract
Emergency services and academics alike recognize that in any types of fire, citizens and government must actively interact to prevent the loss of property, lives, economic and environmental impacts. Most fire researches focus on bushfires or wildfires. In this paper, we concentrate particularly on house fires. We apply complexity theory as our lens to investigate the role of Information Systems (IS) in emergencies. Complexity theory improves our learning on the role of IS in emergencies by linking it to Situational Awareness. A significant issue is that the current response paradigm is reactionary i.e. prepare but wait for the emergency call, then respond. We investigate how innovations in digital infrastructures intertwining with elements of complexity found in emergency services, could bring about a shift from a response to a proactive paradigm extending the Comprehensive Emergency Management Framework to include Projection.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems, Proceedings |
Subtitle of host publication | PACIS 2020 |
Place of Publication | Atlanta, GA |
Publisher | Association for Information Systems |
Pages | 1-14 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Publication status | Published - 2020 |
Event | Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (24th : 2020) - Virtual, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Duration: 20 Jun 2020 → 24 Jun 2020 http://www.pacis2020.org |
Conference
Conference | Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (24th : 2020) |
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Abbreviated title | PACIS 2020 |
Country/Territory | United Arab Emirates |
City | Dubai |
Period | 20/06/20 → 24/06/20 |
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Keywords
- Complexity
- Situational Awareness
- Emergency Management
- PPRR