Informal Convergence at Major Emergency Incidents in Kenya

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• Alternative Title:
  Ann Emerg Dispatch Response
• Personal Author:
  Wako, Daniel M. ; Montgomery, Joel ; Martel, Lise D. ; Neatherlin, John
• Description:
  "Convergence behavior" is the informal, spontaneous movement of people, messages, and supplies toward a major emergency incident area. This form of movement brings needed aid to many victims, but at the same time the resultant congestion makes organization and control of the rescue and relief efforts more difficult. Whenever a major emergency incident occurs in Kenya, typically a huge crowd of sightseers and personnel converge at the scene. This report provides a review of informal convergence behavior in Kenya during major emergency incidents over the last 15 years (1998-2013) and some of the risks that have been associated with this phenomenon. It also provides some recommendations that have been successfully implemented in other countries, as well as in rare instances in Kenya, to control informal convergence behavior.
• Subjects:
  Article Convergence Crowding Disasters Emergency Incidents Rescue Work Risk Management
• Source:
  Ann Emerg Dispatch Response. 2(2):4-8.
• Pubmed ID:
  28713839
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5510235
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  Kenya
• Volume:
  2
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:607ef5776706b5c8b70c9d43c82310e207c8c2f29106245d95d4105f6b19dc4e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/47521/cdc_47521_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 171.12 KB ]