Emergency management, as mentioned in our reading, is most effective when recognized and implemented by everyone. In this instance, everyone means the federal, state, and local levels of EMA and well as community groups and individuals. At the state level, the governor and state EMA director should be in close and constant communication about the needs, risks, and preparedness level of the state as whole. Ideally, these offices would also liaison with the Colonel of the Tennessee Highway Patrol and the state fire marshal. The state should offer a blueprint to the regions and counties to individualize their own emergency management plans. This would, once again, start with the city/county mayor and city/county EMA director working closely alongside
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Incident command was established at the Lutts Volunteer Fire Department, and it was here that chiefs of multiple volunteer fire departments came together to begin recovery efforts. Wayne County has no paid fire departments, minimal city and county police officers and limited EMS staff due to the large amount of farm and logging land and low population. Therefore, the vast majority of individuals responding to the aftermath of the tornado were there on a volunteer basis. Search parties were formed and sent out down rural roads along the path of the tornado were there could be possible victims in need. Other volunteers stayed behind to help begin clean up efforts in the community where several homes, businesses and the local post office and church were destroyed. While yet other workers assisted Red Cross and TEMA to relocate people whose homes were gone, handed out water, blankets and food when needed, and offered comfort and support to those in …show more content…
This EF3 tornado continued to wreak havoc throughout middle Tennessee that day, but was able to be handled on the state and local levels. However, our country faces much greater natural, man-made and terrorist threats than the damage done by this tornado. These threats could not, and possibly should not, be left solely to these smaller organizations. Consider the terror attacks on 9/11 or Hurricane Katrina on the gulf coast, these were both events that impacted hundreds of thousands of lives and multiple states. During these catastrophes, state and local resources were deplete quickly and relief was needed on the national level. On the other hand, FEMA can not cover everything, as our reading suggest, and that is why the Whole Community approach and state/local involvement is
Incident command was established at the Lutts Volunteer Fire Department, and it was here that chiefs of multiple volunteer fire departments came together to begin recovery efforts. Wayne County has no paid fire departments, minimal city and county police officers and limited EMS staff due to the large amount of farm and logging land and low population. Therefore, the vast majority of individuals responding to the aftermath of the tornado were there on a volunteer basis. Search parties were formed and sent out down rural roads along the path of the tornado were there could be possible victims in need. Other volunteers stayed behind to help begin clean up efforts in the community where several homes, businesses and the local post office and church were destroyed. While yet other workers assisted Red Cross and TEMA to relocate people whose homes were gone, handed out water, blankets and food when needed, and offered comfort and support to those in …show more content…
This EF3 tornado continued to wreak havoc throughout middle Tennessee that day, but was able to be handled on the state and local levels. However, our country faces much greater natural, man-made and terrorist threats than the damage done by this tornado. These threats could not, and possibly should not, be left solely to these smaller organizations. Consider the terror attacks on 9/11 or Hurricane Katrina on the gulf coast, these were both events that impacted hundreds of thousands of lives and multiple states. During these catastrophes, state and local resources were deplete quickly and relief was needed on the national level. On the other hand, FEMA can not cover everything, as our reading suggest, and that is why the Whole Community approach and state/local involvement is