As the threat of international terrorism rises, there is an increasing requirement to provide evidence-based information and training for the emergency personnel who will respond to terrorist incidents. Current major incident training advises that emergency responders prioritize their own personal safety above that of the 'scene and survivors'. However, there is limited information available on...

A major concern in coalition peace-support operations is the incidence of terrorist activity. In this paper, we propose a generative model for the occurrence of the terrorist incidents, and illustrate that an increase in diversity, as measured by the number of different social groups to which that an individual belongs, is inversely correlated with the likelihood of a terrorist incident in the ...

In this paper, we developed video surveillance system to detect incidents from heavy traffics in tunnels. Incidents in tunnels may cause additional accidents or fires that may result in fatal disaster. Therefore, it is important to detect incidents as soon as possible to manage the traffics inside the tunnels by the officers. Generally, video images in the tunnels suffer from heavy occlusion du...

The purpose of this study was to systematically investigate hazardous materials (hazmat) releases and determine the mechanisms of these accidents, and the industries/activities and chemicals involved. We analyzed responses by Massachusetts' six district hazmat teams from their inception through May 1996. Information from incident reports was extracted onto standard coding sheets. The majority o...

Despite their difficult definition and taxonomy, it is imperative to study critical incidents in intensive care, since they may be followed by adverse events and compromised patient safety. Identifying recurring patterns and factors contributing to critical incidents constitutes a prerequisite for developing effective preventive strategies. Self-reporting methodology, although widely used for s...

Introduction A significant number of dangerous incidents occur at the ICU on a daily basis []. These incidents or (near) errors are suitable to identify weaknesses in care systems. Therefore, it is important that all incidents are reported and analysed []. At the ICU at VU University medical center (VUmc), in 2009 less then 100 incidents were reported and throughput and analysis were long. Also...

Data science may be used to detect, prevent, and address ever-evolving cybersecurity risks. CSDS is a fast developing field. When it comes cybersecurity, emphasises the use of data, concentrates on generating warnings that are specific particular threat uses inferential methods categorise user behaviour in process attempting enhance operations. at heart recent developments technology Automation...