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Area of Science:

  • Social network analysis
  • Emergency management
  • Organizational behavior

Background:

  • Traditional coordination models fail in volatile emergency response scenarios due to reliance on stable relationships.
  • Emergency management necessitates distributed coordination within dynamic and unpredictable environments.
  • Understanding network structures is key to enhancing organizational readiness in extreme conditions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a social network-based coordination model for assessing organizational readiness in extreme conditions.
  • To investigate the relationship between network interconnectedness and coordination potential in emergency response.
  • To identify characteristics of effective emergency response networks, including tiers and optimal connection thresholds.

Main Methods:

  • Survey data collected from state law enforcement, state emergency services, and local law enforcement agencies.
  • Analysis of 224 completed questionnaires using agency-based (macro) and cross-agency (micro) approaches.
  • Development and application of a social network-based coordination model.

Main Results:

  • A positive correlation exists between network connectedness and the potential for coordination.
  • Evidence suggests the existence of distinct tiers within emergency response networks, defined by organizational associations.
  • A specific range or threshold for interconnectedness is identified as optimal for organizations within given tiers.

Conclusions:

  • Network interconnectedness is a critical factor for effective emergency response coordination.
  • The proposed model highlights the importance of network structure, including tiers and optimal connection levels, for organizational readiness.
  • Findings provide insights for designing more resilient and effective emergency response networks.