Search for dissertations about: "Rescue service"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 swedish dissertations containing the words Rescue service.
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1. In case of emergency : Collaboration exercises at the boundaries between emergency service organizations
Abstract : Due to the emergent and dynamic nature of incidents, the complexity of emergency work is often referred to as a challenge for learning. Another recurrent challenge in emergency work is that of collaboration at and across established organizational boundaries involving actors with specific types of expertise who are operating under different regulations and responsibilities. READ MORE
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2. Exploring Collaboration Between the Fire and Rescue Service and New Actors : Cost-efficiency and Adaptation
Abstract : The emergency services serves an important purpose in society by ensuring that people in need, regardless of their geographical location, receives help when they fall victims to undesirable incidents. Existing resources are however often limited and concentrated to urban areas making travel distances to remote areas long. READ MORE
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3. Saving lives during major underground mining incidents : becoming prepared for a collaborative response
Abstract : Background: Major incidents in underground mines are uncommon, but they can have severe consequences. In Sweden, the municipal rescue service and the regional emergency medical service (EMS) are dispatched to mining incidents, and together with the privately owned/state owned mineral and metalliferous mining company they perform a rescue operation. READ MORE
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4. Creating & Enabling the Useful Service Discovery Experience : The Perfect Recommendation Does Not Exist
Abstract : We are rapidly entering a world with an immense amount of services and devices available to humans and machines. This is a promising future, however there are at least two major challenges for using these services and devices: (1) they have to be found and (2) after being found, they have to be selected amongst. READ MORE
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5. Utilizing Research to Enhance Fire Service Knowledge
Abstract : This thesis explores the fire service workplace through full-scale experiments. Evidence-based information has been developed to be combined with firefighter experience to improve their knowledge of fire dynamics and the cause and effect impact of their tactics on life safety, property conservation, and incident stabilization. READ MORE