National Disaster Medical System

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Yuma, Arizona has faced a wide array of disasters and emergencies over the years. It is the responsibility of all organizations to develop a plan to incorporate all facets of emergency management in the protection of the community. The Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) for Yuma Regional Medical Center (YRMC) is part of this framework and is based on preparedness, response, mitigation, and recovery. Within the EOP, the communication plan must be foundationally strong for the overall success of the…

Information Management and Information Technology in an MCI or Disaster Serious emergencies, disasters and crises have become increasingly frequent in the recent years. In the past several decades, natural and man-made disasters have taken over 3 million innocent lives and badly affected millions more. When a disaster strikes, many lives may be saved by emergency crisis response. In fact, mass-casualty incident and disaster response is considered to be one of the biggest challenges for an…

The need to utilize operable and interoperable communications for response and recovery operations in the event of any type of disasters result in National Emergency Communications Plan (NECP) to provide information and guidance in order to assist in planning and coordination to allow responders such as: police officers, firefighters, emergency medical technicians to effectively communicate and share information in all situation. One of the organizations named in the plan is the Office for…

FEMA has developed the National Prevention Framework (NPF) that outlines the whole community approach to a disaster discovery of intelligence or information regarding an imminent threat to homeland and security. Although, communities have participated in some form of evacuation planning as part of emergency management, not many have been able to conduct a full-scale test that would give them an accurate idea of how it would function in a real-life situation. However, while it has been difficult…

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Case Study: Collaboration in Emergency Management Collaboration is a constant effort in the emergency management field. With events like Hurricane Katrina and the 9/11 Attacks in recent memory, it is apparent that local, state, and federal government agencies can become overwhelmed in times of emergency. Several local community and private agencies have aided the government to prepare, respond, and help recover in natural and human disasters. With collaboration being a conscious decision as…

There are three classes of incidents; bronze, silver and gold. From the above initial information on the extent of the incident, the incident can be classed as silver (tactical) as it required the setting up and operation from a control point within the vicinity of the incident. This will allow senior officers of each agency to address issues such as setting up an outer cordon control point and the location of key facilities such as assembly point, casualty clearance station and media liaison…

Hurricane Katrina and Government Response National strategy for homeland security requires collaborative efforts by both the National Incident Management Systems (NIMS) and National Response Framework (NRF) to prepare for and provide a unified national response to disasters. Effective incident management of catastrophic events requires coordination of relevant stakeholders. Both the NIMS and NRP, the Federal and State agencies have responsibility for addressing any disaster and emergencies…

It IS-100b course taught by Fema offers its participants a general knowledge about the Incident Command System (ICS) and how is the preparation and coordination of a response to a disaster with the interaction of the government and private sector. The courses provide knowledge about the structure of incident Command System (ICS), allowing see to the student as it is the structure and what is the field of operation of incident Command System (ICS) The Incident Command System (ICS)…