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Command and control in emergency services operations: a social network analysis.

Robert J Houghton1, Chris Baber, Richard McMaster

  • 1Human Factors Integration Defence Technology Centre, Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Birmingham, UK. R.J.Houghton@bham.ac.uk

Ergonomics
|September 30, 2006
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Social network analysis reveals valuable insights into emergency services command and control. This study applies network theory to analyze team performance during critical incidents, offering a new perspective on organizational dynamics.

Area of Science:

  • Organizational behavior
  • Network science
  • Emergency management

Background:

  • Growing interest in social network analysis (SNA) for evaluating team and organizational performance.
  • Limited application of SNA to understand command and control (C2) processes in high-pressure environments.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore command and control processes in emergency services using social network theory.
  • To analyze network structures and their relationship to incident management effectiveness.

Main Methods:

  • Conducted network analyses, including visualization and mathematical metrics.
  • Observed six emergency service incidents: three hazardous chemical fires and three police responses.
  • Categorized observed network structures against established C2 archetypes.

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Main Results:

  • Identified distinct network structures within emergency service operations.
  • Correlated network qualities with specific incident characteristics and C2 archetypes.
  • Demonstrated the utility of SNA in dissecting complex operational dynamics.

Conclusions:

  • Social network analysis offers a valuable framework for studying command and control in emergency services.
  • Findings contribute to a deeper understanding of network structures influencing operational performance.
  • SNA can enhance the evaluation and improvement of team and organizational effectiveness in critical incidents.