Journal of Emergency Management and Disaster Communications

This paper utilizes a conceptual analysis and targeted literature review to explore public administrative collaboration models in the context of Canadian fire department interagency relationships. It proposes that effective emergency planning and response links are formed and maintained by the use of thoughtful and tailored communication. Numerous working examples of stakeholder relationships for fire departments are explored including other first responding organizations, various government levels, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), media and the public — including special considerations for specific subsets of the population. Operational recommendations are made based on the review of numerous public management and administration research for the creation of effective interagency relationships. These recommendations, while based in Canada, could easily be adapted to analogous fire departments or other first responding organizations internationally.

Fire risk has become one of the most recurring and frequent disasters in the world. Fire disaster risk has put more burdens on the economic loss and social development of the people of Lusaka city in Zambia. Lusaka city has continuously suffered from fire cases that have claimed millions of Kwacha loss and life. It has been discovered that the incidence of fire is increasing very rapidly. The causes can be charcoal braziers, cigarette ends, lighted candles, illegal wiring, electrical fault, etc. but the devastation is increasing both in terms of lives and economies. Due to the increase of cases, the disaster management mitigation unity in Zambia organized and structured programs and policies, but the administration and resilience implementation of these programs demand more efficiency. In the recent years, fire disaster risk has damaged lives and the economy much more than other disasters in Zambia. This paper is about the fire risk analysis and resilience improvement in Lusaka city. The data are from the fire brigade in Lusaka city and the field which has been used to analyze the trends of fire and other disaster risks in years and their impact on the city.

Through the First National Comprehensive Risk Survey of Natural Disasters, the Three Data of Historical Disasters, Disaster Bearing Bodies and Disaster Reduction Capabilities of 31 provinces (cities, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government) in China have been studied. Excluding regional factors, the statistical indicators of the Three Data and their functional relationship are studied by using Origin software. It is found that the three data do not meet the normal distribution, but the Growth/Sigmoidal Functional relationship is satisfied between Two and Three Data, i.e., S-type Growth Function, and the functional equation between the three is obtained.

In this cross-sectional study, we assessed the self-efficacy of individuals for personal protective measures against the crime of robbery, kidnapping, defilement and rape to estimate the awareness-preparedness gap of the population as contribution to overall security and safety in Ghana. We relied on the Protection Motivation Theory (PMT). The intersection between social systems and technological interactions toward crime suppression and mitigation was analyzed using the Adaptive Structuration Theory (AST). The State as the “Referent Object” and the sole provider of security for itself and citizens was discussed from the lens of securitization theory in relation to the four crime types. Data were collected in 16 administrative districts in Ghana between 2021 and 2022. The sample size was $N=1000$. The test results showed that there was a statistically significant difference (Chi $\mathrm{\text{square}}=323.948$, 67.604, 240.161, and 274.646; $p=0.010$, 0.000, 0.000, and 0.001, $z=2$, 2, 2, and 2) among the three categories of participants’ responses (not at all, somewhat worried, and highly worried) to the question “how worried are you about (kidnapping, armed robberies, defilement, and rape) in your daily life”. Although there was awareness of State and citizens about these four crimes, there was also the lack of credible intervention and mitigation strategies. This paper is unique in integrating these theories in assessing the self-efficacy of individuals’ ontological security.

Sexual violence is a continuum of actions that constitute a violation of consecrated Human Rights and that has consequences in the short, medium and long term. This issue is aggravated in situations of conflict, forced migration and natural disasters, which is why the UN has considered it one of the priorities to be primarily addressed in a crisis. In order to systematize the good practices for approaching survivors of sexual violence, the group of authors proposes the application of this algorithm as a working tool, in accordance with the standards stipulated by the World Health Organization, IAWG and UNFA.