Evaluating the effects of organizational changes and private sector involvement on cost efficienc... more Evaluating the effects of organizational changes and private sector involvement on cost efficiency in fire and rescue services
Antalet forstainsatsaktorer i Sverige idag utanfor de traditionella (raddningstjanst, polis och a... more Antalet forstainsatsaktorer i Sverige idag utanfor de traditionella (raddningstjanst, polis och ambulans) ar fa, och lite forskning har forts pa omradet. Det finns dock exempel dar raddningstjanste ...
The hypothesis of this study is that collaboration between fire and rescue services and new actor... more The hypothesis of this study is that collaboration between fire and rescue services and new actors, with basic rescue skills, might be a cost effective way to improve emergency response. Interview studies of collaborations between fire and rescue services and security officers in three Swedish municipalities are presented. Seven semi-structured interviews are conducted with representatives from the security officer companies, the fire and rescue services and security managers at the municipalities. The method used to evaluate the collaborations quantitatively is Cost-benefit analysis. The collaborations have positive economic effects for society that most likely outweighs the costs. There also exist several external effects that are not possible to value monetarily, but that represent positive values for society. The results and their generalizability are discussed, as well as the possibility for these new collaborations to improve crisis management.
This paper analyses collaborative practice within the fire and rescue services (FRS), with the ai... more This paper analyses collaborative practice within the fire and rescue services (FRS), with the aim to describe how the FRS adapt to a collaborative service delivery and to provide a theoretical und ...
Den har rapporten beskriver hur Ockero kommun har arbetat med sambruk av kommunens jour- och bere... more Den har rapporten beskriver hur Ockero kommun har arbetat med sambruk av kommunens jour- och beredskapsresurser for att kunna erbjuda kommuninvanarna battre service i handelse av en olycka eller allvarlig handelse. Rapporten belyser det nystartade projektet IVPA samt bitrade av kommunens sjukskoterska som innebar att hemsjukvardens sjukskoterska bistar raddningstjansten med medicinsk kompetens i vantan pa ambulans (IVPA).Studiens syfte var att utreda atgarden utifran tva perspektiv; sjukskoterskornas upplevelse av projektet samt projektets samhallsekonomiska nyttor respektive kostnader. I uppdraget ingick att ta del av tidigare studier inom omradet samt att utfora intervjuer med ett urval av sjukskoterskorna i kommunen samt med berorda chefer.Sjukskoterskorna upplever att inforandet av IVPA och de nya rutinerna vid forandringen gor granserna for deras arbetsuppgifter otydliga. De beskriver en rollforvirring och ger uttryck for att det inte funnits forutsattningar att utfora uppdrage...
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse costs and benefits from new collaborations in d... more Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse costs and benefits from new collaborations in daily emergency response and to demonstrate how cost-benefit analysis (CBA) can be used for evaluating effects from these kinds of collaborations. Design/methodology/approach – CBA is used to evaluate two collaborations. The cases are: security officers that respond to fire and rescue service (FRS) calls; and home care nurses that assist the FRSs when they respond to urgent medical calls. Interviews, public documents and incident reports have been used as sources of data. Findings – Most costs are relatively straightforward to estimate. More difficult to estimate are the turn-out costs, including the services that cannot be performed when the new actors take on new assignments. One important benefit from these kinds of collaborations is reduced response time. Other benefits include increased situational awareness and improved preventive work in Case 1, as well as improved working conditio...
Evaluating the effects of organizational changes and private sector involvement on cost efficienc... more Evaluating the effects of organizational changes and private sector involvement on cost efficiency in fire and rescue services
Antalet forstainsatsaktorer i Sverige idag utanfor de traditionella (raddningstjanst, polis och a... more Antalet forstainsatsaktorer i Sverige idag utanfor de traditionella (raddningstjanst, polis och ambulans) ar fa, och lite forskning har forts pa omradet. Det finns dock exempel dar raddningstjanste ...
The hypothesis of this study is that collaboration between fire and rescue services and new actor... more The hypothesis of this study is that collaboration between fire and rescue services and new actors, with basic rescue skills, might be a cost effective way to improve emergency response. Interview studies of collaborations between fire and rescue services and security officers in three Swedish municipalities are presented. Seven semi-structured interviews are conducted with representatives from the security officer companies, the fire and rescue services and security managers at the municipalities. The method used to evaluate the collaborations quantitatively is Cost-benefit analysis. The collaborations have positive economic effects for society that most likely outweighs the costs. There also exist several external effects that are not possible to value monetarily, but that represent positive values for society. The results and their generalizability are discussed, as well as the possibility for these new collaborations to improve crisis management.
This paper analyses collaborative practice within the fire and rescue services (FRS), with the ai... more This paper analyses collaborative practice within the fire and rescue services (FRS), with the aim to describe how the FRS adapt to a collaborative service delivery and to provide a theoretical und ...
Den har rapporten beskriver hur Ockero kommun har arbetat med sambruk av kommunens jour- och bere... more Den har rapporten beskriver hur Ockero kommun har arbetat med sambruk av kommunens jour- och beredskapsresurser for att kunna erbjuda kommuninvanarna battre service i handelse av en olycka eller allvarlig handelse. Rapporten belyser det nystartade projektet IVPA samt bitrade av kommunens sjukskoterska som innebar att hemsjukvardens sjukskoterska bistar raddningstjansten med medicinsk kompetens i vantan pa ambulans (IVPA).Studiens syfte var att utreda atgarden utifran tva perspektiv; sjukskoterskornas upplevelse av projektet samt projektets samhallsekonomiska nyttor respektive kostnader. I uppdraget ingick att ta del av tidigare studier inom omradet samt att utfora intervjuer med ett urval av sjukskoterskorna i kommunen samt med berorda chefer.Sjukskoterskorna upplever att inforandet av IVPA och de nya rutinerna vid forandringen gor granserna for deras arbetsuppgifter otydliga. De beskriver en rollforvirring och ger uttryck for att det inte funnits forutsattningar att utfora uppdrage...
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse costs and benefits from new collaborations in d... more Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse costs and benefits from new collaborations in daily emergency response and to demonstrate how cost-benefit analysis (CBA) can be used for evaluating effects from these kinds of collaborations. Design/methodology/approach – CBA is used to evaluate two collaborations. The cases are: security officers that respond to fire and rescue service (FRS) calls; and home care nurses that assist the FRSs when they respond to urgent medical calls. Interviews, public documents and incident reports have been used as sources of data. Findings – Most costs are relatively straightforward to estimate. More difficult to estimate are the turn-out costs, including the services that cannot be performed when the new actors take on new assignments. One important benefit from these kinds of collaborations is reduced response time. Other benefits include increased situational awareness and improved preventive work in Case 1, as well as improved working conditio...
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