Tools to enhance emergency management team performance
journal contribution
posted on 2018-04-04, 00:00 authored by Christopher BearmanChristopher Bearman, Sophia RainbirdSophia Rainbird, C Owen, B BrooksEffective teamwork is vital when managing emergencies, which can exert extreme pressures on response and management teams, their leaders and co-responders. These pressures sometimes cause breakdowns in teamwork that can lead to impaired operational response. This research helps to improve teamwork through better real-time identification and
resolution of teamwork issues. To do this the project has developed two tools: the Emergency Management Breakdown Aide Memoire (EMBAM) and the Team Process Checklist (TPC). The tools’ flexibility and
ease of use helps emergency managers to strengthen teamwork before, during and after emergencies. The tools can be used during training, in actual emergencies, and in after-action reviews, with emergency
managers finding the tools to be highly valuable.