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    Hostage Incident Analysis

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    When discussing this particular question leadership can become very important, many times it can become the most important factor. As a hostage incident plays out the true might be far from what our initial thought and one cannot become an advocate for one side or the other and must make good sound decisions based on what is best for the overall organization as a whole. Many times you see negotiators get focused on so hard on winning that they get tunnel vision and the true or a fact leading to…

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    terminology why is important in incident command system ? Terminology is terms has their own meaning . also known as is the study of terms and their use . Common terminology is terms that use in any systems to support organizing the work between the staff . also known as in ICS ; allows diverse incident management and support organization to work together across a wide variety of incident management functions and hazard scenario . "1 " it's important for any system because it's organizing…

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    anyway? Sitting there telling people what to do. You can 't hunt, you can 't sing— Why should choosing make any difference? Just giving orders that don 't make any sense—”. This is where Jack’s autocratic ideals come to fruition. In the Incident Command System, many people are working together but the difference is, they work to help others; not themselves. They have as many resources as needed and have many different authority figures to assist. In the U.S. government’s case, the prime…

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    deemed so successful, many suggest everyone should adopt the ICS for emergencies (David A. Desrosiers, 2012). However, with success also comes failures. Some of the failures, or challenges with the Pentagon attack was the lack of knowledge of the incident command post for other units, or individuals who responded to help. In addition, to the lack of knowledge there was insufficient medical supplies for the long haul. Many hospitals lacked the medical supplies needed to maintain to fulfill the…

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    community’s. This is why the United States government decided to create the National Incident Management System. The National Incident Management System is made up of multiple component systems, that are intended for use by all levels of government in disaster situations. Of these components, the Incident Command System offers the most advantages to an emergency manager in the event of a disaster. The Incident Management System helps emergency personnel deal with the many problems that can be…

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    national disasters. The framework is developed on flexible, adjustable and accessible concepts as laid down by the system of National Incident Management to align the major responsibilities and roles across the authorities of our nation (Durant, 2007), (2013). The framework has 14 core capabilities that clearly outlines the best practices as well as the respective authorities for incident management that range from local to large scale national problems such as terror attacks or catastrophic…

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    the disaster, as they had not received sufficient training for incidents involving…

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    be foundationally strong for the overall success of the mission. Community Relations Specialists, Rebecca Larson, said that an After-Action Report from an exercise in 2016 identified several improvements for communication including topics of incident command, resource lists, off-site communication, quicker…

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    Case Analysis Paper

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    the increase in falls this year? What personnel, procedure, or equipment have been modified within the facility within the last year? Is there a specific fall prevention method in place? Is this method easily access and visible to staff? Is there a system to identify staff 's training needs? Could the administrative, policies, and procedures use improvement and where? Medical Director (SeniorCare.com, n.d.): What are the supervisor to current staff ratio and is their enough to provide adequate…

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    Volunteering Reflection

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    things that I can mention about my overall time spent at the ASANTE hospital is that it is very difficult. There are times where I did not know what to do, or who to call to fix certain problems and/or to get extra assistance. For instance, I had an incident where someone threw up all over outside of the South Lobby where I was located, encountered a disfunction with one of the toilets here that had people coming to me over and over to complain to and many angry people who took their…

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