Emergency management

Wind, rain, hail, and other weather events can damage your roof enough to justify repair or replacement. It’s important to check your roof’s condition after a bad thunderstorm, hailstorm, or hurricane. Follow up with a high-quality roofing contractor to further assess and repair damage. To help you with the process, Certified Roofing, a family-owned roofer company in Brevard County, has outlined some guidance below for dealing with possible storm damage. *Keep in mind that damage to homes…

government and private sector entities, nonprofit organizations, and citizen volunteers, to converge on the crisis event with goals of mitigating any active threats, stabilizing the scene, and saving lives. A critical component of the response effort is Emergency Medical Services (EMS), which plays a major role in providing initial medical treatment to victims, preparing them for transport, and evacuating them to hospitals for follow up treatment and care. Hospitals are also vital to the…

Slide 1 Title: Emergency Operation Center – These power point presentation is for LP5 Assignment on Emergency Operation Center. Slide 2 Table of Contents – The table of contents the area I will be covering are on: the functional roles of the Emergency Manager, Deputy Emergency Manager, Command Staff, Public Information Officer, Safety Officer, Liaison Officer, Operations Coordination Chief, Planning Coordination Chief, Investigation and Intelligence Coordination Chief, Resource Coordination…

Supervisor’s Office & Pine Ridge Ranger District Front Desk - Security Plan I. General Operations – This plan is to guide front desk personnel in the handling of emergency situations that could present a safety threat to them or others in the building. All situations are different and require calm, quick thoughts, and pre-planned emergency responses. • All front desk personnel will receive annual refresher training with practice drills to include radio use, phone use, paging system,…

three major labels of emergency management”, authors Dr. Heriberto Urby and Dr. David A. McEntire attempt to distinguish three different labels often given to the subject of emergency management. Within its structure, the article incorporates a vast amount of background information and explanations. Before going into detail with each label, the authors first provide credible definitions to the topic being discussed. They begin by defining and explaining emergency management as a field. A field…

neighbors which protected the whole of Japan. This neighborly love saved many lives and prevented more devastation. In fact, my son was volunteering in Japan when the earthquakes and tsunami occurred. He also noted the honorable way people responded. Emergency situations happen to entire communities. There are many emotional and psychological factors that affect behavior and the ability to immediately respond to disasters. Many people want to help but do not know what to do. Some may wait to…

The 2012 Emergency Response Guidebook was created by the transportation departments of the United States, Canada, Mexico and Argentina. It was written for firefighters, police and any other emergency service personnel that may arrive on the scene of an accident involving the transportation of dangerous goods. This guide is intended to help responders identify the specific material hazards and inform them of how to keep not only themselves but the public as well safe. This book is helpful during…

that provides preparedness training to emergency responders. In fact, they are the primary trainer of emergency response personnel. Below explains more about the CDP and why they are so important. Overview of the CDP The idea for the CDP originally started within the US. Army Chemical School during the 1950’s. As time went by, both state and federal officials agreed that there should be a federally operated site that provided training to civilian emergency response personal. In the late 1990’s,…

Montana Disaster and Emergency Services (MT DES) and Yellowstone County Department of Emergency Services fulfills their responsibilities as stated in Montana Code Annotated (MCA) Title 10, Chapter 3. Montana state code requires that the state assists the districts, and local communities with emergency management. Montana Code Annotated (MCA) Title 10, Chapter 3; Part 301, is the main coordinating policy document for emergency management by state government. MT DES is responsible for the…

The Emergency Support Function (ESF) is part of the National Response Framework (NRF) totaling in sixteen different Emergency Support Functions “acting as a guide to how the Nation responds to all types of disasters and emergencies; it is built on scalable, flexible, and adaptable concepts identified in the National Incident Management System to align key roles and responsibilities across the Nation” (Homeland Security, 2013, p. 3). “ESF #2 – Communications supports the restoration of…