Federal Emergency Management Agency

enforcement and security services. In regards to FPS physical security initiatives, it is imperative to stay current with technological advances in security systems to mitigate risks to federal facilities. Innovation has provided the agency with better ways of effectively implementing security measures to protect federal facilities through upgrades in…

the role that agency rule making plays in regulating a society through administrative agencies is the interesting part of the governmental system. Under the Constitution, the law branch has the right to supervise and execute all laws. According to Article 1, Section 8, all the law powers are issued under Congress. With this right, Congress has given administrative agencies the power to build the rules for implementing laws, known as the delegation doctrine. Administrative agencies, which…

In 1988, the Louisiana Legislature reorganized the State’s health and human services agency creating the Department of Social Services (DSS). On July 1, 2010 the Department of Social Services, by law, became the Department of Children and Family Services. The Department of Children and Family Services Orleans (DCFS), Located at 1450 Poydras St. Suite 1600, New Orleans, LA 70112. DCFS mission is working to keep children safe, helping individuals and families become self-sufficient, and providing…

There were several problems impacting the success of the NDRC. The agency had neither the authority nor the money to move research through development and final production. To solve these problems, President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 8807 on June 28, 1941 to establish the Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD) under the Office for Emergency Management. Former Dean at Massachusetts Institute…

individuals and crowds armed with assorted weapons. The firefighters were severely hampered by the response time and level of escort support, which was the Los Angeles Police Department responsibility. As the Fire department personnel responding to fire emergencies, the police provided less protection from the rioters. In this situation, the protection of citizens and responding fire personnel became the primary issue. A major goal of the task force was to formulate a joint plan of action for…

The blizzard demolished peoples homes from frozen trees and high winds, power lines tore town from tons of frozen rain, hail destroyed cars and windows citywide. The storm destroyed city generators and left people without hope. The Salvation Army Emergency Disaster Services are the first ones to help a city in need. the most visible Salvation…

Fatality management refers to the ability to coordinate with other organizations so as to facilitate efficient recovery, handling, identification, transportation storage and disposal of human remains in case of a mass fatality incident. Mass fatality cases are those that result in more deaths than what can be handled by the available local resources. Here are no minimum number of deaths that can be used to define a mass fatality because the number of individuals in different communities. When…

treatment plants along the Gulf Coast.82 The storm’s collective environmental damage, while not creating the “toxic soup” portrayed in the media, nonetheless did create a potentially hazardous environment for emergency responders and the general public.83 In response, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Coast Guard jointly led an interagency environmental assessment and recovery effort, cleaning up the seven million gallons of oil and resolving over 2,300 reported cases of…

domestic emergencies and in this case particularly terrorism (National Intelligence Council, & United States of America, 2011). Being the third largest Cabinet department after the Veterans Affairs and the Departments of Defense, Homeland Security is a department having countless affairs…

Puerto Rico needs Water and food. After a week of distress, millions of Puerto Ricans experience rough conditions because of no power, water or enough fuel. Around 97% of the island's 3.4 million residents still are in the dark Wednesday, one week after Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico, Gov. Ricardo Rosselló said. About half of the residents don't have running water.And there's nowhere near enough food for all the people that need it. CNN said “In town of Utuado, Lydia Rivera has started to…