Emergency evacuation

UNICEF (United Nations International Children Emergency Fund) is available world-wide to provide aid or response to developing countries during natural disasters such as tsunamis, floods, earthquakes or tornadoes. The main objective of the United Nation’s program is to provide relief for women and children in need. Natural disasters are unpredictable and can happen at any given time. In most cases, UNICEF is deployed in scenarios similar to war zones with many civilians undergoing strict…

guidelines/requirements for building evacuations to the NFPA requirements/standards, it is clear to see that both requirements make sure there is a way of escape. Both OSHA and NFPA include in their requirements that having a visible way of knowing where to safely escape to is immensely important when in an emergency. On OSHA.gov it is stated, “the use of floor places or workplace maps which clearly show the emergency escape routes should be included in the emergency action plan” (OSHA.gov).…

Dr. Dan Hafling, an emergency department physician, researcher, and director of emergency management at Inova Health System states quite simply “until events of Sandy’s magnitude come along, emergency preparedness is just a box that has to be checked” (Begley, 2012). Following the disaster caused by Hurricane Irene, New Jersey hospitals should have been well prepared for any adversity brought by Hurricane Sandy. Though there was an effective and quick reaction towards recovery once the storm had…

The public sector has many responsibilities when it comes emergency management. In an effort to understand how law enforcement, fire department, and other public safety officials can strengthen emergency management, each phase must be discussed. Mitigation is defined as the effort to reduce loss of lives, property, and decrease the effect of a disaster. During this phase the public sector faces the challenges of mainly providing increased public safety. For instance, conducting a threat analysis…

Matthews is expected in South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia so for planning and coordination processes Emergency Operations Center and EOP- Emergency Operations Plan will be involved. The president, Barack Obama, has declared a state of emergency for South Carolina, Florida, and Georgia. To cope with this deadly hurricane, initial emergency responses will be recorded. State emergency management will be notified about the scope of the situation. If the situation seems to go out of…

To facilitate this, the mental health care specialist will be trained in psychological first aid. Federal Emergency Management Agency (2013) state, “ PFA is designed to reduce the initial distress caused by traumatic events and to foster short- and long-term adaptive functioning and coping” (p. 12). The normative functions of an organization can only return to optimal state when the people who comprise of it are able to perform to the best of their ability. Reducing initial and long-term…

These groups use this style of thinking for strategic planning for critical events and emergencies. For example, leaders use critical thinking when mapping out evacuation routes should a natural disaster occur. Scenario-based training will assist in the critical thinking process when simulating making “game-time” decisions for emergency service personnel. For critical thinking to work one must overcome and be aware of their own bias, assumptions, myths, and theories…

Question 2 The theoretical relationship between Emergency Operation Center (EOC) and Incident Command System (ICS) are to support the process of incident management. The Incident Command System is a developed concept utilized to help responders provide an organizational structure to combat any level of incident and eliminate jurisdictional boundaries (Incidents Command Systems /Unified Systems,2017). The purpose of the Emergency Operation Center is to support the physical or virtually operating…

with signs and evacuation buses deployed with National Guard details, along with medical supplies and personnel. Key missed opportunities missed on the part of surface transportation infrastructure management include: lack of operationally sound crisis communication plan; U.S. National Transportation System (USNSTS) must be managed as a crisis response tool. Available assets must be documented, managed and exercised by crisis managers to best leverage those resources during an emergency; and…

I. Purpose, Scope, Situation, and Assumptions A. Purpose of the plan The purpose of this Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) is to construct a comprehensive plan that is valid, structurally organized, easy to follow, and understandable. This EOP is designed to describe the responses of the town of Lexington Kentucky across the entire spectrum of emergency disasters. Its goals aim to mitigate, prepare, respond, and recover: 1. Mitigate: Actively provide the means for the utilization of all…