Resilience and vulnerability of small flexible crisis response teams: implications for training and preparation

Following the Asian Tsunami of 2004 and during the Israel---Lebanon Crisis of 2006, Sweden sent small crisis response teams to support civilians. The small size of the teams, combined with situations that did not always play out according to expectations and plans, presented a challenge to their resilience--their ability to adapt to circumstances outside of plans made in advance. In this paper, we analyze the experiences of 14 members of Swedish...