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ProfessorArnabMajumdar

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Professor of Transport Risk and Safety
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 6037a.majumdar

 
 
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Assistant

 

Ms Maya Mistry +44 (0)20 7594 6100

 
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Location

 

604Skempton BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Long:2020:10.1108/ijes-06-2019-0027,
author = {Long, F and Bateman, G and Majumdar, A},
doi = {10.1108/ijes-06-2019-0027},
journal = {International Journal of Emergency Services},
pages = {283--298},
title = {The impact of fire and rescue service first responders on participant behaviour during chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN)/Hazmat incidents},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijes-06-2019-0027},
volume = {9},
year = {2020}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - <jats:sec><jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Purpose</jats:title><jats:p>Decontamination following chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN)/Hazmat incidents is a critical activity carried out in order to mitigate and contain the risk posed by any hazardous materials involved. Human behaviour plays a crucial role in such incidents, as casualties will have little understanding of the situation they find themselves in, leading to uncertainty in what actions to take. This will result in very difficult circumstances within which first responders must operate. However, the importance of human behaviour appears to be a fundamental element being missed in the preparation, training and planning assumptions being made by emergency services and planners in preparation for these events.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Design/methodology/approach</jats:title><jats:p>This paper looks to understand the scope of this omission by reviewing relevant literature on the subject and engaging with Fire and Rescue Service personnel and managers in the UK. This study utilised semi-structured interviews with 10 Fire and Rescue Service Mass Decontamination Operatives, four Fire and Rescue Service Hazardous Material Advisers and three Fire and Rescue Service Strategic Officers participating. These interviews were then analysed using a thematic framework to identified key themes from the research which were then validated using two independent researchers to provide an inter-rater reliability measure. Finally, a follow-up validation questionnaire was also developed to test the validity of the themes identified and this was completed by another with 36 Fire and Rescue Service Mass Decontamination Operatives.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Findings</jats:title><ja
AU  - Long,F
AU  - Bateman,G
AU  - Majumdar,A
DO  - 10.1108/ijes-06-2019-0027
EP  - 298
PY  - 2020///
SN  - 2047-0894
SP  - 283
TI  - The impact of fire and rescue service first responders on participant behaviour during chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN)/Hazmat incidents
T2  - International Journal of Emergency Services
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijes-06-2019-0027
VL  - 9
ER  -
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