Moral hazard

The Domestic Preparedness cycle includes prevention, protection, response, and recovery. The Preparedness is about the planning, training, and exercising to increase awareness, performance, and the overall capabilities in all four phases of the preparedness cycle (Cordner, 2016). It includes developing intelligence-collection and information-sharing protocols, developing local response plans, training first responders, identification of critical resources, and development of mutual aid…

Critical analysis of Community Risk Reduction Risk reduction is the modern trend in community as a way to prevent or limiting the dangers from occurring. This program the fire departments should implement will teach and show each hazard or dangerous area within their town. There are a variety of impacts that this program has to the community and fire department. In addition, creating a risk program will provide a strong and highly thought out strategy to tackle this situation. Also, fire…

risk(1) associated with the environmental hazard intended to be alleviated by the policy under valuation(2). Moreover, the influence of spatial aspects on the perceived risk of a specific environmental hazard is unlikely to be linear. Rather, it may be augmented or attenuated depending on socioeconomic and demographic characteristics as well as the experience or familiarity with that hazard. Variation in the level of risk perception of environmental hazards, on the other hand, is substantiated…

When open air blasting is compulsory, exclusion zones can be used to protect employees and others from exposure of hazardous air contaminants. The zone extension should be based on the risk to all unprotected people and the weather conditions at the time of the blasting. Appropriate warning signs should be placed and restrict to those employees wearing respiratory protection at exclusion zone. d) Administrative Control This is the fourth control in the hierarchy. This control is applicable to…

Emergency management is the managerial function that creates the framework for communities to develop strategies to reduce hazards and manage the aftermath. There are four phases by which emergency management manages disasters and they are mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery. Emergency management is effective when the community, local, state, and federal government act responsibly by actively engaging in the activities to minimize or eliminate destruction. Mitigation is the process…

to have the burnt out lamps replaced. j. Slip and fall hazard. It was noted that both (male/female) showers floors do not have slip-resistance stripping or rubber matting for individuals exiting the shower after use. (29 CFR 1910.22(a)(2)) RAC 3 = Moderate Recommendation: (1) Post warning signs of the potential slippery floor. (2) Procure and install slip resistance strips or matting for the shower floors. k. Overhead hazard. Ceiling lamp fixture located in the men’s locker room…

emergency management Comprehensive: emergency management should be comprehensive. This means that it should take precautions in all aspects in which disasters can occur. This principle entails full details on hazards, phases, impacts and everyone involved. In terms of hazards, all hazards should receive thorough assessment to ensure that no loopholes are left behind. In terms of phases, the emergency management should look at the four stages of emergency management which include mitigation,…

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT BASED CASE STUDY ON A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE CONTENTS I. Introduction II. Problem Statement: III. Literature Review IV. Conclusion Introduction Previous papers propose that emergencies are accidents and therefore are unforeseen. While the term emergency implies a condition of urgency and need, and thus implies lack of preparation and need for response, this view is not accurate. While the incidence of accidents leads to crises, it is not possible to use…

Disaster plans are a very important part of designing a security plan. Disasters come in several types. There are physical disasters like earthquakes, tornados, hurricanes, and floods. Then you have non-physical such as data breaches and system failures. In order for us to complete our security plan we need to create a disaster plan to help us should an unfortunate event occur. The first step in creating a disaster plan is to conduct a business impact analysis (BIA). To conduct a BIA, we must…

under the corporate umbrella. For accountability purposes the protective program must be transparent and include all employees and community members in order to build a bond of trust. Preparedness should be purposeful in developing resistance to hazards and the ability to respond to return to business as normal as soon as possible. Appropriate preparation to protect the company, the employees and the community should incorporate the participation of public health professionals for their…