Analysis Of Amanda Ripley 's The Unthinkable

In the Disaster in Franklin County simulation (Regents of the University of Minnesota [UMN], 2006), there were several key personnel in the incident command team. This concept is utilized in real disasters when the Public

The various local, state, and federal emergency management systems of the United States suffered a crude awakening in the decade of the 2000s. Systems expected to hold up were put to the test and failed to prepare for disaster, mitigate the damage, and, in some instances, actually hampered responses in life-or-death situations. Worse, all failings were highlighted in an age of global communication and mass media, on display first whether a man-made incident like September 11th attacks or natural disaster like Hurricane Katrina. The decade found the complacent government failing to maintain modern emergency management practices, stimulating began a series of doctrinal upgrades and training improvements. Yet, no matter the bureaucracy, writings, or money thrown at a problem, the first responder to the incident has and will continue to influence the outcome. While the individual responder stands as the most important part of

Timely and accurate information is essential during a terrorist attack and a natural disaster. Therefore, the government must inform the public of all events. However, officials need to be mindful of the information that is released could expose intelligence in an ongoing investigation and put lives at risk. Crisis communication is a fine line of keeping the public informed and placing them harms

The Bystander Intervention in Emergencies: Diffusion of Responsibility study 's main goal was to uncover whether the amount of people in emergency situations decreased the speed of reporting due to the

Why did nobody call for help or get involved? Should people be held accountable for not reporting or helping others in an emergency? Should these people go to prison or pay a fine for not assisting someone in distress? Lastly, should we pass a good samaritan law in the state of California? In order to make a decision, we must first understand why people don’t do anything in an emergency; in addition to what the law is, what it does, and its purpose.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) coordinates the federal government's position in preparing for, preventing, mitigating the effects of, responding to, and recovering from all domestic disasters, whether natural or man-made, which now including acts of terror. FEMA leads and supports the nation in a risk-based, comprehensive emergency management system of preparedness, protection, response, recovery and mitigation. A key component of community preparedness and participation is the citizen. The CERT program strives to familiarize citizens with the facts about what to expect following a major disaster in their community and to deliver the message about their responsibility for mitigation and preparedness. CERT educates individuals

Our world is complex there has always been and always will be disasters that can happen anywhere anytime. There can be natural disasters, for example floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, wild fires and drought. There are also man-made and technology types of disasters from hazardous material spills, biological weapons, cyber-attacks to even civil unrest. According to PEMA, the history of emergency management can date all the way back the first civil defense program which was started during World War I and later during World War II the office of civil defense (OCD) was created by Pres. Roosevelt. In the past emergency management, has always been event driven. With each new crisis that our nation has gone through, the reason for and the avenue in which to accomplish emergency management has changed. No more so than when the terrorist attacked on 9/11. The 9/11 commission report states that the Incident Command System is a “proven framework for emergency response” (911 CR). The incident command system is a proven framework for emergency response by providing clear leadership and organizational structure, improving the effectiveness of resource efforts, and maintaining safety for responders.

Within the first chapter of Crisis & Emergency Risk Communication (2001), there were many things that caught my attention. Prior to the reading, I hadn’t thought about how different disaster preparedness would affect the elderly population, and how much consideration and planning is needed for them compared to the general population. I also wasn’t aware that such a high percentage of the elderly population developed chronic diseases. It would, however, make sense for the elderly population to require different treatment for these chronic diseases, and have different reactions to these diseases than the rest of the general population (Crisis & Emergency Risk Communication, 2014).

Communication is also very critical in the case of a catastrophic event. Thus, the first respondent need to be a good communicator for communication is an essential part in response to a catastrophic event (Pope, 2005). It is also the responsibility of the first respondent to have a practical plan to implement in case an emergency erupted following the catastrophic event. The aftermath of a catastrophic event is highly unpredictable and emergencies cannot be overlooked. It is, therefore, the

People always have a story to tell. No matter what the story is, they always want to make it ask convincing as they can for the person who is reading or listening. However, the memorability and true impact the story has on the reader doesn't always depend on the content, but many times they also depend on what way the story is being told. Often times, many may feel that when a story is told from an omniscient point of view, it may hold less bias and will relay all of the facts in an accurate manner; however, some may feel that relaying a story in a first person point of view would give the story more character and may make the story mor vivid for the reader. In both Defending Jacob and Talented Mr. Ripley, it becomes evident that the reader

In “Wither the Emergency Manager,” Niel R. Britton comments on Drabek's “Human Responses to disaster: An Inventory of Sociological Findings.” Britton describes six positive and negative issues in emergency management as it is today. In this paper, we will discuss the implications on emergency management as a field and on the individual manager.

After I read this article, I find interesting that only 15% or less people will completely freak out in a disaster. I am actually expecting more since most disaster moves I have watched show that people tend to react in this way. I am also surprised about that, in reality, vast majority of people will shut down for a moment when facing a disaster. But after I learned how people’s brain works in a disaster, this completely make sense to me now.

The burden of emergency management has grown great deal in the last few decades. We have seen an increase in natural disasters, a new threat of terrorism on our front door and an increase in manmade disasters. All of these have tested emergency management in a number of cities and towns across the nation. It is not always disasters that present problems for emergency managers. We have to look beyond our traditional view of emergency management of helping us during times of disasters and view what issues they consider may affect their emergency response. Issues that emergency management see that are moving into the critical area are issues of urbanization and hazard exposure, the rising costs of disaster recovery, and low priority of emergency management.

Ellen Ripley in the movie shows how a female can do just as much as anyone, and on top of that willing to fight for the better good and destroy the aliens in order to keep other families safe. Ripley for one in the beginning of the movie stood her ground on the course of events that happened on the ship when the attack happened. Ripley stayed true to her word. Not only does Ripley go and fight, she showed remorse of the loss of her daughter and she has survivors regret which makes her more personable. But she is able to fight past all that and use her old job experience to help load the ship to land on LV46.

this lack of understanding of the fundamentals of disaster-related behavior is one reason why disaster myths and their associated frames have had such