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Incident Command System in C hina: Development and Dilemmas Evidence from Comparison of Two Cases
Author(s) -
Zhang Meilian,
She Lian
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of contingencies and crisis management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.007
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1468-5973
pISSN - 0966-0879
DOI - 10.1111/1468-5973.12038
Subject(s) - china , standardization , set (abstract data type) , political science , operations research , accident (philosophy) , emergency management , computer security , aeronautics , risk analysis (engineering) , engineering , computer science , operations management , business , law , epistemology , philosophy , programming language
Unlike many western countries, China is absolutely a freshman in emergency management and newly starts to set up Incident Command Systems (ICS) suitable for national situations by learning from those of America gradually. According to comparison of two cases, Gas Blowout Accident in 2003 and Yushu Earthquake in 2010, this article presents the development of ICS in last decade of China, shows some dilemmas it confronted and reveals the reasons we need to make standardization of ICS of our priority as well.