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From Forecast to Action: Public Employees' Emergency Management Decision-Making Under Probabilistic Weather
1Department of Emergency Management, School of Government, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
Summary
Communicating low-probability, high-impact weather forecasts enhances emergency response vigilance among public employees. Probabilistic warnings improve preparedness more than high-probability, low-impact warnings, despite not affecting trust in meteorologists.
Area of Science:
- Meteorology and Disaster Management
- Risk Communication
- Public Administration
Background:
- Traditional disaster emergency management relies on deterministic warnings.
- The response of public employees to probabilistic weather forecasts for high-impact events is understudied.
- Understanding how forecast probabilities influence decision-making is crucial for effective emergency response.
Purpose of the Study:
- To assess the influence of communicating low-probability high-impact (LPHI) weather information versus high-probability low-impact (HPLI) warnings on public employees' response measures.
- To compare the effects of different communication strategies on both the general public and public employees.
- To explore the role of institutional context in shaping responses to probabilistic weather information.
Main Methods:
- Two internally controlled experiments were conducted.
- Participants included the general public (n=324) and public employees (n=122).
- The study compared responses to LPHI weather information (e.g., 30% probability of a red-level event) against HPLI warnings (e.g., 100% yellow-level warnings).
Main Results:
- LPHI weather information elicited significantly stronger immediate intentions and greater tolerance for null events compared to HPLI warnings.
- These effects were robust among public employees but differed for the general public, influenced by institutional context.
- Communication strategies did not significantly impact the perceived trustworthiness of meteorological authorities.
Conclusions:
- Communicating probabilistic, high-impact weather information from ensemble forecasts can enhance operational vigilance and resilience in emergency management.
- Findings highlight the importance of considering institutional context, such as hierarchical accountability and asymmetric error costs, in disaster risk communication.
- The study provides practical implications for integrating early warning systems with emergency response strategies.
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