Decision Making in Disaster Response: Strategies for Frontline Humanitarian Responders

The aggressive, armed militia member in front of you wants fifty dollars to let you deliver your medicine to a war-zone clinic which is running desperately low on stock.





How would you respond?





Responding to disasters - whether natural or man-made - can be incredibly challenging. With more and more people on the frontline of humanitarian response, how can they - and the organisations that send them - be sure that they are making good decisions?





This practical handbook, full of interactive stories, develops the reader's skill in making effective decisions when it really counts.





Decision Making in Disaster Response's field-tested strategies are based on the author's fifteen years of experience at the frontline of humanitarian response in Iraq, Jordan, South Sudan, the Balkans, the Philippines and more. Its practical training sections are developed from real life scenarios faced by the author and his colleagues. The supporting theory behind the decision-making process has been tried and tested in situations of high stakes and great pressure. The results are engaging, memorable and readily-applicable strategies for new and experienced relief workers alike.

About the author: John Tipper is the Director of Disaster Preparedness & Response for the Swedish NGO Operation Mercy www.mercy.se and the Director of Relief Advisory International. He provides guidance and training to NGOs across the globe as they deal with the aftermaths of man-made and natural disasters, and his disaster preparedness courses have been translated and delivered by local staff in both Arabic (Jordan) and Cebuano (The Philippines). He is a contributor to humanitarian publications including Humanitarian Exchange magazine and the All-In Diary, and a content author for RedR UK's Mission Ready: Remote Security Management.