Weather hazards

Why Is This Plan Important? LoveU2Pieces is committed to giving families living with autism spectrum disorders the time, support and opportunities they need to raise healthy, successful children in a strong, supportive environment. In an emergency, it is prudent to have a plan in place to lessen the damage the organization endures. LoveU2Pieces needs to be able to respond accurately, promptly, and confidently in a time of a crisis. Reacting in an appropriate and efficient manner will allow…

There are many important aspects to the U.S. Emergency Management System. Alleviating, relieving, and preparing to efficiently respond to man-made and natural disasters is essential to prevent additional losses, heartaches, casualties, affliction, harm and more emergencies. FEMA (2010) published a comprehensive preparedness guide that serves as the foundation for tribal, local, territorial and state emergency planning in the United States. FEMA (2010) wrote that the guide integrates concepts…

According to Week 1 lectures, a public health disaster is “an event that overwhelms local resources and services beyond those generally needed to respond to emergency situations”. An effective healthcare response requires evidence and information to meet various and often unpredictable eventualities. The public health department should facilitate rapid assessment of adverse health outcomes, availability of healthcare infrastructure, appropriate organizational strategies, and selection of…

Preparing your home and property for storm damage is important. Just about every region has some type of weather event that can cause damage. This essay will focus on hurricane damage, wind damage, hail damage, tornado damage, cold damage, heat damage and how to prepare for each. Hurricanes can cause extreme damage and require the most preparation since the destruction they cause is widespread, and the severe winds can last for hours. A home in a hurricane prone area needs to be well fortified,…

One Is None and Two Is One: Do You Believe In Redundancy Redundancy is often times called the best backup plan. Nevertheless, there are limits to just how many items you can carry, because you fear one may become lost, broken or in some cases, is not the exact tool or material for the job. Where Redundancy Is Important Survival packs for each member of the group or family is important. If a member becomes separated from the group or family that person needs the supplies, tools, and materials…

P1: Natural disasters have occured since the creation of the Earth and its enviornment. Sometimes they happen because it is earth’s way of releasing the stress and pressure that has been exerted onto it wether it was caused by humans or itself. Either way, these disasters can produce a multitude of negative effects towards the natural resources and life on Earth. P2: Sierra Leone is a particularly small nation located on the west section of Africa. This nation maybe small, but it contains about…

According to the World Health Organization Emergency Response Framework, from 2001- 2010 an average of more than 700 natural and technological emergencies occur globally every year, affecting approximately 270 million people and causing over 130,000 deaths annually (p.9). The availability of emergency medical services (EMS) throughout the world varies due to each country’s government, size, population, culture, gross to domestic product, terrain, and adopted EMS delivery models. Consequently,…

The Power of Vulnerability As the development of the society, competition becomes stronger and stronger. Most of the people have high pressure of work because they think they are not good enough to compete with others. In order to show their abilities, they try to hide their weakness. When we talk about vulnerability, we will be unsatisfied with ourselves because we think that it’s the downside of our life. Brown gives us new ideas of vulnerability. If a person prefers to show his…

Even newcomers to preparing for disaster or prepping, as it’s called, needn’t fear an Ebola pandemic if they get ready ahead of time. Stocking up is key—if you have supplies at home, you won’t need to make a dangerous run to the store. Pandemics usually mean quarantines, which might include self-quarantine for you and your family. If that’s the case, what five items should you stock up to be ready for an Ebola pandemic situation? The Basics: Water, Food, Sanitation, Entertainment Taken in order…

Hello Everyone, I’m going to go over Hazard recognition which is defined “as the process of identifying agents or conditions which have the potential of causing harm to a worker’s health and safety”. It is a basic concept but is very important topic that many people can become complacent too, especially on the smaller aspects of the job; like walking into someone back yard and not noticing the “Beware of Dog Sign, or stepping out of the truck if your off roads and not noticing a hole or divot…