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crisis

vr.tr.crisis · XCT.STA

Let an agent handle crises by type, scale and response, routing people in personal crisis to emergency or crisis-line support first, and describing public crises from official and reliable sources.

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Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

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Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent handle crises by type, scale and response, routing people in personal crisis to emergency or crisis-line support first, and describing public crises from official and reliable sources.

A situation of acute difficulty, danger or instability requiring urgent decisions, affecting individuals, organisations or societies, such as personal, humanitarian, financial, political, water or cyber crises.

What it is for: Recognising and responding to urgent threats.

It can be route people in personal crisis to help; find official emergency information for public crises; describe crisis management frameworks; summarise crises from reliable sources.

Distinguishing features

Urgent and threatening

Requires rapid response

Scale varies

Often uncertain

What it looks like

Not physical; seen in emergencies, disruptions and urgent decisions.

How it is recognised

Personal, organisational and societal crises

Declared emergencies

Crisis in medicine can mean a turning point

Related models

is a kind of - category

situation and risk

is managed by - practice

crisis management

is related to - related concept

emergency

is supported by - support

crisis lines and emergency services

In practice

Families and kinds

personal and mental health crises

humanitarian crises

financial crises

political and social crises

environmental and water crises

cyber crises

Standards and regulation

ISO 22361 crisis management

National emergency and civil protection law

Failure modes and hazards

Delaying urgent help

Spreading unverified information

Sensationalism

Also called

crisis situationwater crisissocial crisiscyber crisiscultural crisismoral crisispsychological crisiseffect of the Israel–Hamas war on children in the Gaza Stripoutbreak of firespostpartum crisisecological crisisreplication crisiseconomic crisisfood crisisconscription crisispolitical crisishealth crisiswaste management crisisdemographic crisiscrisis of faithNullification Crisisfarm crisisclimate crisislegitimation crisissuicide crisismigrant crisisstate of dangerstate of a threat to the stateState of distress (Czechia)State of DistressWater crisis in Hondurasgeneral crisissocioeconomic crisisecological collapseCost of living crisisenergy crisisbudget crisissector crisisdebt crisisItalian government crisis

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.crisis

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Personal Help now.

Personal safety comes first.

Danger

Immediate risk.

Danger

Immediate danger.

  1. Is the person in immediate danger or thinking of harming themselves? boundary
  2. Which emergency number or crisis line applies here? action

Support

Ongoing help.

Support

Ongoing support.

  1. Which support services can help after the immediate crisis? provenance
  2. How can they be reached? action
Public Societal crises.

Official information guides action.

Official

Authorities.

Official

Official information.

  1. What do official authorities advise about this crisis? provenance
  2. When was it updated? provenance

Verify

Misinformation.

Verify

Verification.

  1. Is this claim about the crisis verified by reliable sources? boundary
  2. How can it be checked? action
Management Organisations.

Organisations plan for crises.

Plan

Crisis plans.

Plan

Crisis planning.

  1. Does the organisation have a crisis management plan? provenance
  2. Which standard guides it? provenance

Communication

Messaging.

Communication

Crisis communication.

  1. How should the organisation communicate during the crisis? action
  2. Who is the spokesperson? provenance
Analysis Understanding.

Analysis needs sources.

Causes

Drivers.

Causes

Causes.

  1. What causes do reliable sources identify? provenance
  2. Where do accounts differ? boundary

Humanitarian

Aid.

Humanitarian

Humanitarian response.

  1. Which humanitarian organisations are responding? provenance
  2. How can people help safely? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should crisis types be separate entries?
  • How should crisis lines be localised?
  • How should declared emergencies be linked?
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