Weather hazards

Question #1 The Hazards Communication Standard (HCS) compliance checklist states that you must: Know the regulations; identify responsible staff; identify and list all chemicals; write the plan maintain good labeling on containers; provide quick access to MSDSs for all employees on all shifts; train all employees on all possible chemical exposures; frequently review and revise the program. (Haight, 2012, pg. 154). Of the eight HCS compliance checklist standards listed above “identify…

Week 4 Assignment DRP BCP and different sites: Edmond Bessette Bellevue University Class CIS 608 Kayleen Amerson 9/22/2017 In this assignment I will compare and contrast Disaster recovery plan (DRP) to Business Continuity Planning (BCP) to understand when and how to use each one. BCP uses Hot Warm and Cold as backup sites. These sites are not referring to temperature of the rooms instead the required work to continue operations at these backup sites. (Whiteman 2017) Disaster recovery…

Emergency Response to Terrorism This week for our discussion post, I decided to discuss and analyze the emergency response to terrorism: module 4: scene control. This module discusses the roles of an incident command(IC) and the steps that are required when responding to a natural disaster, hazardous materials or a terrorist attack. The incident command is handled by the incident commander in which he/she makes all operational decisions, managing and implementing all resources, and tactical…

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…

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,…