Major Accidents - Dealing with the Consequences
The article briefly outlines transportation sector accident investigation history, with a focus on new safety design principles and precautionary principle development. Also highlighted, with the aviation sector as an example, is the distinction between accident investigation and juridical inquiries. Several major accidents relating to railways, maritime shipping, aviation, and the public sector in the Netherlands and Scandinavia are highlighted, as are related emergency organization and rescue performance. Scope expansion correlates to international developments, in and out of Europe, where independent accident investigation is seen as 'A Citizen's Right and Society's Duty". The authors discuss what can be learned from the accidents studied, and extrapolate some of the lessons towards rescue and emergency management systems' performance level. The distinctive features of current victims' organizations are discussed.
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Authors:
- Roed-Larsen, Sverre
- Stoop, John
- Publication Date: 2006
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Features: References;
- Pagination: pp 168-177
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Serial:
- International Journal of Emergency Management
- Volume: 3
- Issue Number: 2/3
- Publisher: Inderscience Enterprises Limited
- ISSN: 1471-4825
- EISSN: 1741-5071
- Serial URL: http://inderscience.metapress.com/content/110848/
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Aviation; Crash investigation; Crashes; Emergency management; Hazards and emergency operations; Railroads; Victims; Water transportation crashes
- Uncontrolled Terms: Independent accident investigation; Principles
- Geographic Terms: Europe; Netherlands; Scandinavia
- Subject Areas: Aviation; Highways; Marine Transportation; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I80: Accident Studies;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01046940
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Mar 30 2007 4:10PM