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Ute på djupt vatten? - Räddningstjänstens förmåga kopplat till översvämningar

Rikse, Daniel LU and Sjöholm, Tobias LU (2023) In LUTVDG/TVBB VBRM01 20232
Division of Fire Safety Engineering
Abstract
Increasing climate change is causing a rise in natural disasters. One of the most common natural
disasters in Sweden is flooding. Vulnerability is increasing due to urbanization and the removal of
green spaces in Swedish cities. In the acute phase of a flooding, the municipal Fire and Rescue
Services (FRS) are generally first to respond. In this thesis, the FRS’ management of flooding is
reviewed pre-event, during the event and post-event. This was conducted with a literature review and
an interview study with twelve Swedish municipal FRS’ as well as three cooperation partners. The
selection of municipal FRS’ is varied, both demographically and geographically. The results from the
interviews has been divided into Prevention,... (More)
Increasing climate change is causing a rise in natural disasters. One of the most common natural
disasters in Sweden is flooding. Vulnerability is increasing due to urbanization and the removal of
green spaces in Swedish cities. In the acute phase of a flooding, the municipal Fire and Rescue
Services (FRS) are generally first to respond. In this thesis, the FRS’ management of flooding is
reviewed pre-event, during the event and post-event. This was conducted with a literature review and
an interview study with twelve Swedish municipal FRS’ as well as three cooperation partners. The
selection of municipal FRS’ is varied, both demographically and geographically. The results from the
interviews has been divided into Prevention, Operational Activity and Learning and Evaluation.
Improvements has been identified across the board, with the most important conclusions being that
FRS’ must prioritize the issue to a greater extent than what is done today. This can be done with
improvements in cooperation with other actors, both private and public. There is also a need to
improve the knowledge of different types of flooding, as the steps taken to manage these are also
different, and learning from previous incidents must improve. (Less)
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author
Rikse, Daniel LU and Sjöholm, Tobias LU
supervisor
organization
course
VBRM01 20232
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Räddningstjänst, översvämning, samverkan, Myndigheten för Samhällsskydd och Beredskap (MSB), SMHI, Sverige, klimatförändringar Fire and Rescue Services, flooding, cooperation, The Swedish Civil Contingency Agency (MSB), Sweden, climate change
publication/series
LUTVDG/TVBB
report number
5704
other publication id
LUTVDG/TVBB--5704--SE
language
Swedish
id
9142243
date added to LUP
2023-12-15 07:41:24
date last changed
2023-12-15 07:41:24
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  abstract     = {{Increasing climate change is causing a rise in natural disasters. One of the most common natural
disasters in Sweden is flooding. Vulnerability is increasing due to urbanization and the removal of
green spaces in Swedish cities. In the acute phase of a flooding, the municipal Fire and Rescue
Services (FRS) are generally first to respond. In this thesis, the FRS’ management of flooding is
reviewed pre-event, during the event and post-event. This was conducted with a literature review and
an interview study with twelve Swedish municipal FRS’ as well as three cooperation partners. The
selection of municipal FRS’ is varied, both demographically and geographically. The results from the
interviews has been divided into Prevention, Operational Activity and Learning and Evaluation.
Improvements has been identified across the board, with the most important conclusions being that
FRS’ must prioritize the issue to a greater extent than what is done today. This can be done with
improvements in cooperation with other actors, both private and public. There is also a need to
improve the knowledge of different types of flooding, as the steps taken to manage these are also
different, and learning from previous incidents must improve.}},
  author       = {{Rikse, Daniel and Sjöholm, Tobias}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  series       = {{LUTVDG/TVBB}},
  title        = {{Ute på djupt vatten? - Räddningstjänstens förmåga kopplat till översvämningar}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}