@article{ref1,
title="Public perceptions of pre-incident information campaign materials for the initial response to a chemical incident",
journal="Disaster prevention and management",
year="2019",
author="Carter, Holly and Weston, Dale and Symons, Charles and Amlôt, Richard",
volume="28",
number="5",
pages="565-584",
abstract="In the event of a hazardous chemical release incident in the UK, affected members of the public would undergo improvised and interim forms of decontamination (the &quot;Initial Operational Response&quot; (IOR)). To enable members of the public to take recommended actions quickly, the Home Office and National Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Centre have developed the &quot;Remove, Remove, Remove&quot; pre-incident information campaign. This is designed to raise awareness amongst a broad range of people with a public safety role, as well as members of the general public. The paper aims to discuss these issues.,Public perceptions of the utility of &quot;Remove, Remove, Remove&quot; pre-incident information materials were assessed using focus group discussions and questionnaires.,Perceptions of the &quot;Remove, Remove, Remove&quot; campaign poster were generally positive, and the groups agreed that releasing this type of information prior to an incident occurring is a positive step. There was consensus that the poster contains useful information, and that members of the public would benefit from receiving this information prior to a chemical incident occurring.,The findings from this study have been used to inform the development of the &quot;Remove, Remove, Remove&quot; materials. These materials have been disseminated to all emergency services in the UK to further embed IOR principles, as well as to crowd safety professionals.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0965-3562",
doi="10.1108/DPM-10-2018-0342",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/DPM-10-2018-0342"
}