Emergency medicine

Survivalists are individuals who go above and beyond to plan for a secure future in the event of disaster. When most people think of survivalists, or preppers, they automatically associate the group with the negative stigma that accompanies the history. “You can bet Ted Nugent’s crossbow that, for most people, the term “survivalists”—or the more polite “preppers”—conjures images of tinfoil-hat-wearing conspiracy theorists holed up in Montana hoarding canned pinto beans and assault weapons” (O’…

Likely the greatest hazard to the greater Spokane, Washington area is wildfire. While the risk to human life is low a wildfires economic cost and the risk of property force this hazard high on the Hazard Vulnerability Analysis’s impact category. The Spokane area is comprised several diverse ecosystems all with different fuels, terrain and weather all impacting the occurrence of fire and the characteristics of a wildfire. Additionally Spokane and the surrounding areas all possess a heavy buildup…

Customs and Border Protection , through Air and Marine Operations (AMO), is responsible for identifying potential air threats to the United States, i.e. aircraft involved in the aerial transit of contraband into the United States. AMO conducts air surveillance operations by detecting, monitoring, and tracking suspect cooperative and non-cooperative aircraft. Surveillance (observation), combined with intelligence, law enforcement case work and open source information, creates air domain…

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…

The article “How to Survive a Disaster” was written by Amanda Ripley who is a senior writer at TIME. Throughout the article she describes different ways on how we as people should be more prepared to surviving disasters. She gives us techniques on how we should act and what we should do if we are unfortunately stuck in the middle of a disaster. She also tells us others people experiences on how they were when they had to deal with a natural disaster. She begins the article on telling us how we…

The question is how would we implement the concepts of the Weather-Ready Nation at the Marquette office? Firstly, one must understand the basic concepts of Weather-Ready nation. The basics boil down to activity inside the office and outside. Inside the office personnel must be trained to work with new ideas, techniques and technology. Impact-based Decision Support Services (IDSS) is one of these concepts. Part of this concept is to develop Better Forecasts and Warnings and extend Forecast…

Communication and Pediatric Emergency Preparedness Preparing for a disaster requires strategic planning; however, in recent years there have been several challenges, causing unnecessary deaths and illnesses. A critical component of emergency preparedness is communication at multiple levels. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) presented grand rounds on preparedness challenges for children in public health emergencies with discussions on strengths, challenges, and opportunities…

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…

Although, emergency management in the sense we know today was not fully existent during the cold war, but the principles that that civil defense model was established has carried into modern day. Certain measures were set in place such as identification of bomb shelters to protect individuals and families (Haddow, et al, 2014). Today, similar practices remain in place regarding preparedness, emergency managers identify shelters within a community for residents to occupy during emergencies,…

There are various different Crisis Management Plans in place at Springfield Middle School. The first plan is in the event of a fire. Each classroom has a designated stairwell and exit to use if they need to evacuate the school. The teachers are to bring a class roster with them and make sure all students are present once they find their designated spot outside the building. The attendance clerk is responsible for bring the student enrollment forms outside of the building. There is also a…