Emergency medicine

Understanding 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…

The Community Side: As the group of businesses around the area we have decided on how to help the community to prepare for floods. The community will have health and safety classes to prepare themselves for emergency like this. In the classes they will be taught how to make a flood emergency kits, what and what not to do during a flood, how to turn off electricity and gas and so on. Of course as usual an l flood warning is given out to the people through cell phone message alerts. The time frame…

Lack of quick and obvious senior management support Having an understood approval, or even an order from senior management doesn't mean that, when the time comes, they'll be willing to put into use the disaster recovery plan. Lack of employee support While management support is an important part of getting a disaster recovery plan in place, you need to have employee support in order to carry out a disaster recovery plan effectively. If nothing else, depending on a group of people during the…

.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM) consistently exercises and tests for emergency preparedness to perform its homeland defense and civil support missions. The goal is to train as you fight to prepare for future wicked problems. NORTHCOM has an active exercise program, but the involvement of interagency partners and states require improvement according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office. Its exercise program is consistent with the requirements of DoD's Joint Training System, but…

Question One Emergency management has changed significantly after 9/11. Major changes to disaster relief had occurred during the 1950s and 60s by including intentional man-made disasters in emergency management in planning. Although there are several instances of terroristic behavior and bombings, these disasters never occurred at the magnitude of the 9/11 attacks. This led to administrators becoming more engaged with the planning process and being more proactive in civil defense systems.…

Introduction Catastrophic incidents that involve both man-made and natural causes, first responders should utilize their available resources within the private sector and government agencies. First responders should utilize these resources before, during and after an incident for an effective response. The example that will be used is the California Aflame because this event leads to implementing these resources that include the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and National Response…

Emergency workers are considered a special breed of humans; they are those who are willing to take extra sacrifices to potentially save the life of a total stranger. While commonly, the monetary reward for those who attempts such feats is miniscule, the act of selfless service is more than reward enough for those who are willing to answer the call. No matter how heroic one might feel the job of an emergency worker is, there is always someone who wants to rain on his or her parade. As quoted in…

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More commonly, the best way to learn something is to physically do it. Hands on participation will generally drive home the learned tasks. Since January 4th, 2016 alone, I have participated in two separate emergency operational events at a managerial level. With unexpected water level increased off the Mississippi River caused a repeat of levee flooding near the southern part of Louisiana and more recently the massive amounts of thunderstorms across the entire state have caused severed flooding…

Introduction In the article "Challenging Disaster Administration: Toward Community-Based Resilience", by Lisa Ireni-Saban, the author analyzes the emergency management techniques of three different countries and their response to their own catastrophic events. Each country 's emergency management organization performed in a different manner with varying levels of effectiveness. The author utilizes the community-based disaster resilience model to explain the role of the community and the…