http://dspace.udel.edu:8080/dspace/handle/19716/1128 Search the Channel search http://dspace.udel.edu:8080/dspace/simple-search http://dspace.udel.edu:8080/dspace/handle/19716/1318 Title: Structural Differentiation In Emergent Groups <br/> <br/>Authors: Forrest, Thomas R. <br/> <br/>Description: This study is an extension of earlier work done by this researcher which concentrated on the behavioral dimension of group emergence (Forrest, 1968). In that study an effort was made to focus on interactional patterns which were not yet institutionalized or regulated by a set of established structural relationships. To assist in this analysis, the emergent norm theory of collective behavior was employed to distinguish developmental phases of group formation. While the problem of structural differentiation was recognized at that time, an adequate understanding of this process was not acquired. Thus, this present study builds upon our earlier work. http://dspace.udel.edu:8080/dspace/handle/19716/1317 Title: A Description of Organizational Activities In the Fitchville, Ohio Nursing Home Fire <br/> <br/>Authors: Anderson, William A.; Quarantelli, E. L. <br/> <br/>Description: In the early morning hours of Saturday, November 23, 1963, a fire completely obliterated the Golden Age Nursing Home in Fitchville, Ohio, killed 63 patients and routed 21 others plus a night staff of three attendants. Four firemen were injured in fighting the blaze. Only one other nursing home fire in the history of the country resulted in more victims. In terms of its spatial impact, the event clearly was not a community disaster. Still, it seemed to the Disaster Research Center that at least on a descriptive level something could be learned in this situation about: I. Disaster responses in an institutional setting; and 2. Organizational reactions to disasters in a non-urban area. However, the basic purpose of the field trip was to give members of the DRC staff further experience in an actual disaster situation. Thus, the description below is the by-product of a training mission and should be treated as such. On the afternoon of the fire, two research assistants of the DRC arrived in the area to observe the activities of organizations in this crisis. After visiting the site of the fire Saturday evening, they spent Sunday informally interviewing about a dozen individuals associated with the disaster involved agencies. An attempt was made to interview personnel in each principle organization that participated in the emergency operations. Among those members of the local sheriff’s department, State Highway Patrol, and Salvation Army, as well as volunteer firemen. http://dspace.udel.edu:8080/dspace/handle/19716/1287 Title: Organizational Response To The Great Chicago Snowstorm Of 1967 <br/> <br/>Authors: Brouillette, John R.; Ross, James L. <br/> <br/>Description: In this report we will first describe the situation in Chicago after the snowfall, particularly noting in what way the life of the community was disrupted and what needed to be done to restore the normal flow of community processes. This will be followed by a series of descriptions of the major organizations involved in the community restoration effort. This part will include not only account of the activities of the involved organizations, but also a number of observations on the problems they encountered. A very brief statement on the overall implications of the findings of this study for other major community emergencies will conclude this report. "Note: pages 1,15,25 and 28 are missing." http://dspace.udel.edu:8080/dspace/handle/19716/1286 Title: Contingencies Affecting the Issuing Of Public Disaster Warnings at Crescent City, California <br/> <br/>Authors: Yutzy, Daniel <br/> <br/>Description: Adequate prior warning of impending disaster can save many lives and alleviate property loss. However, when a community or an area is fore-warned and the predicted disaster does not materialize a very negative public reaction toward the officials who issued can develop. This is especially true where evacuation procedures are carried out. Previous disaster studies have indicated that repeated instances of warning not followed by some visible danger cues, result in disbelief or nonacceptance by people in general. As in Aesop's fable, the cry, "Wolf!" repeated too often without subsequent validation ultimately produces a response of either inaction or active rejection. "Note: page 1 is missing"