Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000

1. What is mitigation? Mitigation is being prepared in reducing the risk people and property from hazards. Mitigation is all about by having a plan of action in a time of need. It’s all about being ready for a disaster than not be ready for one. If a disaster occurs mitigation is about having all resources applicable for the citizens of America. Mitigation is not one plan fits all hazards it’s a lengthy and costly process. 2. What are the goals and objectives of mitigation? The goals and objectives mainly deal with recovery. Mitigation is a disaster plan provides more substantial funding for recovery efforts. Mitigation plays another part in emergency management in support and activity from agencies beyond the circle. The effective use…

Terrorism has become a constant issue over the past decade for countries all around the world. It has been defined as, “the deliberate use or the threat to use violence against civilians in order to attain political, ideological and religious aims” (Ganor, 2002, p. 288). This vehicle to gain an objective for the group has become more popular in modern times as the audience for violent acts has increased with globalization and technology. The world was shocked when a terrorist organization was…

impacting the economics of disasters. According to Dr. Aud der Heide to understand apathy in relation to disasters one needs know how it can influence, circumvented and the limitations it imposes (Aud der Heide, 1989). While apathy was part of human nature, to understand apathy emergency professionals would use the knowledge to help identify reasons behind apathy and minimize the impact upon their mitigation and disaster preparedness goals. To expect elimination of apathy would be an expectation…

earthquake (FEMA, 2013). The scientific response from USGS is another major component during earthquake disasters. The quality of scientific response by USGS is expressed in a continuously developing, complicated program, planned and operated by people with substantial training and practice in this field. Responding scientists help with process of data analysis. Scientists are in constant communication by posting current information on the Internet (USGS,…

Hazard Mitigation Assistance Grant Programs Introduction Manmade and natural disasters have the potential to cause great loss of property and loss of life. Disasters can also occur anytime and this is why mitigation is very important. Hazard mitigation is activities or measures that reduces or eliminates the effects to people and properties of natural or manmade hazards (Federal Emergency Management Agency, 2016). According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), mitigation is…

INTRODUCTION: Many local government officials may not see planning as a priority, and even more often they do not believe that disasters will affect their communities. Often those officials see the training needed for an effective emergency management plan as an expensive and believe that the costs associated with training and planning outweigh the benefit of the end result (Petak, 1985; Condrey, 2010). However, proper emergency planning will enhance effective implementation during disaster…

capacity to coordinate the federal response to national emergencies. The new Centre replaced a much more modest Office of Critical Infrastructure and Emergency Preparedness (OCIPEP). These very significant changes underscore the importance attributed to more of national security and emergency management. In 2005 at a federal-provincial meeting, they agreed to “work together to improve and enhance the emergency response framework” of the country, and in 2007 a new formal framework entitled An…

The dawning of international terrorism has forced a complete re-thinking of how citizens and governments handle emergency management, perceive military ventures, and interact with law enforcement agencies. However, there have been stumbling blocks to how best to implement wide-scale institutional changes across all agencies and communities to counter terrorism. While most agree with the definition of terrorism – acts that seek to intimidate, coerce, or ransom populations to create fear, gain…

international bodies have sought to reassess the likelihood of achieving it. A rise of 2°C is significant because it was adopted by the United Nations as the threshold beyond which impacts from climate change are considered to be dangerous (Jordan, 2013). The 2°C target was established because it is the most achievable goal for society and allows for the worst consequences of climate change to be avoided. Meeting this target requires that the 141 countries who made an agreement at the 2009…

to the strongest storm in Pilipino history. The most pressing priority for their people is to augment resiliency to disasters to reduce the threat the people of the islands face. This can be done within the countries boundary to a degree by means such as including climate change assessments in developmental planning and land use, as well as turning to renewable energy sources and lessening the countries carbon output (Garachon et al., 2014). However, it is cruel irony that some areas that…