The aim of this study is to examine how personnel from three different organizations
create meaning and intend to act in a potentially dangerous situation.The article reports
an experiment depicting a bomb at an elderly care center and the participants were to
describe the situation and decide how to act.The participants were personnel from the
police, rescue services and an elderly care centre.The findings show that participants had
different types of understanding of the situation and how to act.The personnel at the
elderly care centre were confused by the situation but they were familiar with their work
routines.The emergency organizations were familiar with the situation and the task, but
not with the work routines.