Abstract
The Formosa Fun Coast Dust Explosion (FFCDE) occurred on 27 June 2015. It is the largest man-made disaster in Taiwan's history. The paper explores how participating actors dealt with the communication challenges to rescue 499 burn victims from the disaster scene and provide resuscitation and life support for mass burn casualties in hospitals following the FFCDE. Data collection was via review of government reports and journal publications as well as in-depth individual interviews with 36 key participants in this event. Technological communication issues and human related communication issues were identified. The analysis reveals that the remodel of local incident command post at the disaster scene improved the difficulties caused by inadequate communications, and hospital staff' resilience to adapt was based on anticipation in the face of uncertainty and on coordination across roles and units to keep pace with the time varying demands.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Proceedings - Resilience Week 2018, RWS 2018 |
| Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
| Pages | 5-10 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781538669136 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Sep 26 2018 |
| Event | 2018 Resilience Week, RWS 2018 - Denver, United States Duration: Aug 21 2018 → Aug 23 2018 |
Conference
| Conference | 2018 Resilience Week, RWS 2018 |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| City | Denver |
| Period | 8/21/18 → 8/23/18 |
Fingerprint
Keywords
- disastem management
- disaster communication
- emergency reponse
- resilience
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computer Networks and Communications
- Hardware and Architecture
- Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
- Control and Optimization
Cite this
Coping with communication challenges after the Formosa Fun Coast Dust Explosion. / Chuang, Sheuwen; Cheng, Chia Hsin; Chen, Hsiao Chun; Lee, Ching An; Woods, David D.
Proceedings - Resilience Week 2018, RWS 2018. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2018. p. 5-10 8473499.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
}
TY - GEN
T1 - Coping with communication challenges after the Formosa Fun Coast Dust Explosion
AU - Chuang, Sheuwen
AU - Cheng, Chia Hsin
AU - Chen, Hsiao Chun
AU - Lee, Ching An
AU - Woods, David D.
PY - 2018/9/26
Y1 - 2018/9/26
N2 - The Formosa Fun Coast Dust Explosion (FFCDE) occurred on 27 June 2015. It is the largest man-made disaster in Taiwan's history. The paper explores how participating actors dealt with the communication challenges to rescue 499 burn victims from the disaster scene and provide resuscitation and life support for mass burn casualties in hospitals following the FFCDE. Data collection was via review of government reports and journal publications as well as in-depth individual interviews with 36 key participants in this event. Technological communication issues and human related communication issues were identified. The analysis reveals that the remodel of local incident command post at the disaster scene improved the difficulties caused by inadequate communications, and hospital staff' resilience to adapt was based on anticipation in the face of uncertainty and on coordination across roles and units to keep pace with the time varying demands.
AB - The Formosa Fun Coast Dust Explosion (FFCDE) occurred on 27 June 2015. It is the largest man-made disaster in Taiwan's history. The paper explores how participating actors dealt with the communication challenges to rescue 499 burn victims from the disaster scene and provide resuscitation and life support for mass burn casualties in hospitals following the FFCDE. Data collection was via review of government reports and journal publications as well as in-depth individual interviews with 36 key participants in this event. Technological communication issues and human related communication issues were identified. The analysis reveals that the remodel of local incident command post at the disaster scene improved the difficulties caused by inadequate communications, and hospital staff' resilience to adapt was based on anticipation in the face of uncertainty and on coordination across roles and units to keep pace with the time varying demands.
KW - disastem management
KW - disaster communication
KW - emergency reponse
KW - resilience
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85055770037&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=85055770037&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/RWEEK.2018.8473499
DO - 10.1109/RWEEK.2018.8473499
M3 - Conference contribution
SP - 5
EP - 10
BT - Proceedings - Resilience Week 2018, RWS 2018
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ER -