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.