Federal Emergency Management Agency

On September 20, 2017, a category four hurricane named Maria struck the small island of Puerto Rico. Hurricane Maria caused catastrophic destruction to the island of about 3.5 million people. Hurricane Maria caused massive flooding, destroyed thousands of homes and structures, severely damaged the communications system, poisoned the water system, and disabled the country’s power grid. Hurricane Maria would be categorized as one of the strongest storm to roll across Puerto Rico. This review will…

Lakewood Church, the Houston megachurch led by Pastor Joel Osteen, has opened its doors to more than 400 victims of Hurricane Harvey this week and started operating as a donation center after the nearby American Red Cross shelter had reached its limit. Speaking to The Christian Post on Aug. 30, Lakewood Church spokesperson Don Iloff announced that they are already housing around 400 people and are receiving relief items that will be distributed to shelters. The announcement comes after the…

Event Operations and Risk Management An Analysis of the RNC and DNC on 2012 and 2016 Presented to James. Callahan In Partial Fulfillment of The Requirements of EVNT 6020 Johnson & Wales University By Nai-Wen Tsai April, 19 2016 Table of Contents Title Page I Introduction 3 II 2012 Convention 3 II.1…

Disaster management groups in America work tirelessly in order to prevent and mitigate the death and destruction caused by natural and man-made disasters. Agencies like the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Red Cross have annual operating costs ranging in the billions of dollars. A large percentage of people think of physical vulnerabilities when discussing disaster management; however, there are other aspects that affect it as well. Social factors play a massive role in…

that much closer to achieving my bachelors degree in Homeland Security and Emergency Management. I still have no idea as to what I will do with said degree, especially now that I am on my way out the military. It was an interesting choice initially because terrorism plays a significant role in why the military does certain things such as deployments and trainings. I also have an interest in Federal Emergency Manage Agency (FEMA), which led me down this path as well. I’ve learned so much already…

frequency band. For instance, agencies using VHF frequency are limited to talk exclusively to or on other VHF frequency systems.…

Sections 36-38 deal with education and training (Caudill). Included in the directive is the order that within one year of the date of the directive, a core curricula and training program be developed to ensure standardization of the content within the Federal Government, and it will be communicated at the State and local levels, as well as the academia and private sector. To date, this has still…

But the news that never came occurs. It is reported that the police agency and other groups made the intense search along highways and rural roads between Salem and Gold Beach. As well as Oregon National Guard made the search in the air in a helicopter. "Police Said family and friends of the Kims paid for private helicopters…

Program (CHIP) designed to assist children that need preventive and medical care and the Health Insurance Marketplace that is fairly new to Americans was created to assist people with the opportunity to purchase health insurance that meets all the federal and state requirements. The CMS eminent leaderships are consists of the Acting Administrator that manages all programs that contribute to providing accessible and necessary attributes to Americans. The Director and Deputy of Administrator both…

is important to understand as much as possible. While risk cannot be eliminated it can be mitigated through prior planning that results in protective action. Risk assessment and mitigation are both steps in the larger discipline of risk management. The management of risk is an important activity in homeland security and a basic understanding of the subject is vital to understanding homeland security as a whole. Basics of Risk Assessment The Department of Homeland Security has established a…