A US technology company was investigating how it might be able to assist people living in areas that are prone to wildfires, and first responders from the emergency services that protect them, by providing accurate and up-to-date information about the location of the fires and their speed and direction of travel, as well as official information about evacuation etc. The end client wanted to speak face-to-face with residents who had been directly affected by wildfires in recent years (e.g. had been warned to evacuate or to standy by for a possible evacuation) and first responders who had been involved in tackling the fires.
We arranged focus groups in Australia, Indonesia and Mexico. A particular challenge with this project was the fact that wildfires are more common in rural areas with relatively low population densities, making it more challenging to recruit sufficient participants. After careful research, we chose three locations: Terrigal, in the Central Coast area of New South Wales, Australia; Pekanburu, the capital of Riau province in Sumatra, Indonesia; and Mexico City. We successfully recruited around 30 residents and 20 first responders across these three locations and the groups proved to be very informative.
You and your team did an EXCELLENT job! This was not an easy recruit and you met all the quotas, found participants who were fully qualified (and verified), and everything went super smoothly on the interview days. I appreciated how organized and methodical you were throughout this process, and how responsive and detailed your communications were.
We are very satisfied with the results. Thank you for your excellent management, you were a delight to work with.
