The “zero responders” – bystanders who proactively assist – play a pivotal role in the immediate response to crisis. They can be key players in preventing, reporting and containing a violent incident.
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Survey respondents overwhelmingly prioritised saving a human life – even if that person had been repeatedly told to evacuate and even if, as a consequence, a snail or shrub species became extinct.
By creating both an urgent need for mental health care and the need to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the pandemic is enabling telemedicine to go mainstream.
Canada’s emergency management system is poorly funded and lacks consistent attention between disasters. This chronic underfunding has undermined public confidence and trust in emergency management.
Those directly exposed to toxic dust and trauma on and after 9/11 carry with them a generation of chronic health conditions, which are placing them at higher risk during the pandemic and as they age.
More 9/11 responders died from physical and mental health issues after the terrorist attacks than on the day itself. And survivors are still suffering 20 years later.
Firefighters are hailed as heroes and pillars of strength, bravery and courage. But the daily stressors and traumas of their jobs take a heavy emotional toll that largely goes unnoticed by the public.
Just like in the days following 9/11, celebrities most successfully use their star power in the COVID-19 crisis when they appear to step out of the limelight, publicly praising first responders.
Emergency service workers already have poorer mental health than the rest of us. In the wake of this bushfire crisis, we need to make the well-being of our first responders a top priority.
A sociologist spent time as a volunteer firefighter – and learned more about how institutional culture can shape a person’s behavior.
One year after the Oct. 1 shooting massacre in Las Vegas, a team of scholars from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas offers insights into how to best help those affected by the violence.
Toronto is still grappling with the fallout from two mass casualty events – April’s van attack and a mass shooting in July. A month after the shooting, how is Toronto moving forward?
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Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Wayne State University
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Honorary Enterprise Professor, University of Melbourne and CEO Dart Centre for Journalism and Trauma Asia Pacific, Edith Cowan University
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Associate Professor of Disaster and Emergency Management, York University, Canada
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Assistant Professor-in-Residence in Psychology and Assistant Director of Clinical Services and Research at The PRACTICE, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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Associate Faculty-in-Residence in Psychology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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Professor of Environmental Economics, Charles Darwin University
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Lecturer, Paramedical Science, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University
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Professor of Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University
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Assistant Professor-in-Residence of Counselor Education and Assistant Director of Clinical Services, The PRACTICE, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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Distinguished University Professor, Department of English and Cultural Studies, McMaster University
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Senior Lecturer of Urban Analytics & Resilience, UNSW Sydney
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PhD candidate, Edith Cowan University
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Associate Professor, Applied Disaster and Emergency Studies Department, Brandon University
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Professor of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, Florida International University
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Chair, Department of Social Sciences and Associate Professor of Sociology, College of Coastal Georgia
