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What are Hazards? |
events or physical conditions that havethe potential to cause fatalities, injuries, property damage, infrastructuredamage, agricultural loss, damage to the environment, interruption of business,or other types of harm or loss |
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What is a Disaster? |
Disasters are what result when a hazardrisk is realized. |
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When does a hazard become a disaster? |
To be considered disastrous, the realized hazard must overwhelm the response capability of the organizational-level for which the disaster is defined. |
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Types of hazards |
Natural Technological Intentional |
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Types of Natural Hazards: |
• Agriculturaldiseases & pests • DamagingWinds • Droughtand water shortage • Earthquakes • Emergencydiseases (pandemic flu) • Extremeheat • Floodsand flash floods • Hail • Hurricanesand tropical storms • Landslides& debris flow • Thunderstormsand lighting • Tornadoes • Tsunamis • Wildfire • Winterand ice storms • Sinkholes |
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Types of Technological Hazards |
• StructuralFires • TransportationAccidents • InfrastructureFailures • DamFailures • HazardousMaterials Incidents • NuclearAccidents |
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Types of TerrorismHazard
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WMDs (weapons of mass destruction) |
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Four principal categories, of WMDS (CBRNE): |
• Chemical • Biological • Radiological/nuclear • Explosive |
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What are combined hazards? |
Terrorist can use combined hazards to achieve a synergisticeffect. - By using two or more methods, to increase efficacy of each agent |
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What is Narco-terrorism? |
Narco-terrorists are terrorist groups that fund theiractivities through the global drug trade by cultivating, producing, transporting, distribution, and sales of drugs. |
