Helping shape effective disaster responders
When disasters occur, those responding face countless decisions.
The choices made by Emergency Managers and Disaster Responders have consequences that affect individuals, families, and whole communities.
Clearly, it’s essential to make good decisions.
But how do you do that?
In these situations, a rigid theory won’t give you the answers.
However, by taking the time to learn some guiding principles, your decision making becomes much more effective.
And, time and time again, stories prove to be an effective way to learn.
The Decision Making in Disaster Response books place you — the reader — at the heart of the story.
You make the choices, you drive the story forward.
The learning which follows is your learning.
At the checkpoint, a soldier leans in through your open window. “I see you’re bringing medicine,” he says. “It’s good that you want to help these people. But my men need medicine too.”
You start to explain that the clinic makes all the decisions about who gets the medicine.
“No,” he says, bringing his gun up into sight. “I decide.”
He gives you a choice.
Either they take as much medicine as they need, and you can carry on and take the rest to the clinic. Or you can turn your truck around and return to the city.
Sample Decision Content
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