Hazard prevention

Preparedness is really the first step in Emergency Management. When your community is prepared, you are ready to handle a disaster. The degrees in preparedness comes from training scenarios, and drills to ensure that they community is ready in the event of a disaster. What does is actually mean to be prepared? If disaster strikes your community are you ready with emergency personal? Do you have city utilities on stand-by to respond to situations that might arise due to the disaster?…

situations can range from hazards, to emergencies, to even disasters. Therefore, it is imperative to understand the difference of each situation. A hazard is defined as “a source of danger or an extreme event that has a potential to affect people, property, and natural environment in a given situation.” (Lindell, Prater, & Perry, 2007) In short, hazards are the risks that are likely to occur in a particular area. A few examples are tornado hazards, flood hazards, and even hurricane hazards.…

The Role of Forensic Science in Mass Disasters Mass disasters are an all too familiar reality. The cause of such occurrences can be natural or human influence. Natural disaster include hurricanes, tornados, and volcanos amongst other occurrence (Sudoyo, Widodo, Suryadi, Lie, Safari, Widjajanto, Kadarmo, 2008). Un-natural, or those occurring due to human involvement, are bombings, plane crashes, or mass shootings. Mass disasters usually require extensive logistical support (Prinz, Carracedo,…

The majority of people exposed to any type of a disaster do well and may have only mild transitory symptoms. However, some people develop specific psychological reactions which occur during the seven stages of a disaster. The extent of which the psychological mortality that manifests in people in the community is dependent upon the type of disaster, the experience, the disruption caused to the community, the amount of life threat and the extent of injury sustained (Ursano, Fullerton & Norwood,…

What is Expedia First Responder Expedia First Responder is a tool that helps people go places when they need it most. It helps people find lodging places when a natural disaster happens by providing a streamlined and relevant booking experience during a major emergency. why do we need it? Natural disasters are unstoppable and beyond our control. 160 million people are impacted every year. Although it cannot be prevented, we can do our best to help people finding safe places to stay when it…

Does your health care institution have a Bioterrorism Readiness Plan? The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics does have a plan of action for any threats, including bioterrorism. If so, please share some information about the plan? If not, discuss what would be specific details that would be included in a plan of action for your health care institution? External resources, such as law enforcement, public health, FBI, and CDC would all be contacted. Within the hospital,…

Hurricanes are a force of nature like no other. They can be hundreds of miles wide, packing winds of 150 mph or higher. A severe hurricane can literally wipe the landscape clean. With hurricane season in Texas, preparation before the storm and action after it passes makes all the difference. Get a Plan Together Before the Storm Arrives How will you protect your business assets if a hurricane passes through your area? That is the question you need to answer when preparing your business'…

COSHH means the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations. This Regulation instructs employers to make sure that there workplace is safe and secure to work in. This is done by checking for risks and hazards in substances so that they know how to prevent injuries from happening. This allows employers to predict the possible outcomes if a worker takes contact from substances. Normally to warn workers not to go near any dangerous locations they provide warning signs, showing what…

The world faces immense glitches when it comes to handling matters concerning natural hazards. Natural hazards are extreme and severe climate and weather events that occur naturally in all the expenses of the realm. However, some parts are more susceptible to definite regions than elsewhere. For instance, natural fires. Natural fires have traumatized the world with the devastating damages that it has to the environment. One of the most prevalent firestorms is the 2003 Firestorm in Southern…

In the article “Field, discipline, and profession: 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…