immigration laws, safeguard and secure cyberspace, ensure resilience to disasters (Department of Homeland Security, 2015). The Department of Homeland Security was created in response to attacks that occurred on the world trade center on September 11 2001. The attacks on the world trade center would change the how the United States viewed terrorism and how it organized its domestic defense. The agencies that make up The Department of Homeland Security, individually have an immense amount of responsibilities
the darkest, if not the darkest, days in United States history. It is a day in the history of our country in which everyone remembers where they were and what they were doing when they heard the news that two planes had flown into the World Trade Center in New York City, taking out both of the Twin Towers. All in all there were close to 3,000 people who lost their lives on that fateful day between New York City, Washington DC, and Pennsylvania. This was the worst terrorist attack that the United
North America (Ford, 2003). According to the military officials the only remaining stocks of smallpox virus have been stored in World Health Organization (WHO) reference laboratory-the State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology (the Vektor Institute), in Norvosibirsk, Russia, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia (CDC, Smallpox Diuseas Overview , 2009, (Ford, 2003). The responsibility of smallpox containment should remain with the WHO, as the consequences
The terrorist attacks to the World Trade Center towers in New York City on September 11, 2001 has changed the way federal, state and local police departments communicate with each other, their structures, and operations. The new federal organization known as Homeland Security set out to coordinate their work at the state level, collect, analyze and share pertinent information and intelligence, protect key infrastructure and assets, secure the nation’s borders and ports, team up with federal and local
Emergency Operations Center In recent history, nature has displayed its fury on the earth, and on the people residing on it, with natural disasters such as hurricanes, tornados, tsunamis, etc. When this occurs, there is a need for a safe and secure location that is utilized to effectively manage emergency response and recovery activities. This is typically accomplished through the use of an Emergency Operations Center, otherwise known as an EOC. The EOC is a very important instrument in emergency
the office of civil and Defense mobilization was split into two agencies that became known as the Office of Emergency Planning and the Office of Civil Defense (Oliver, 2007). President Carter, President Clinton, and President George W. Bush all made additional organizational changes that resulted in the creation of a more organized security plan for nation (Oliver, 2007). The Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA), was created by President Carter to remove confusion and unify an agency
address the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) which is a directorate under the DHS and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) which become part of the Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate of DHS. This report could have not been prepared without gathering background information concerning the following area hazard/threats, hazard identification and risk analysis, terrorist laws and analyzing and quantifying risk DHS. All of which led to findings and recommendation for
Effectiveness of integrating first-aid education in school curricula at Wenzhou-Kean University. Description: The timely first-aid provided by bystanders is critical to minimize deaths or permanent injuries resulting from accidents. Although the first-aid training programs have been systemically integrated into undergraduate curricula in most advanced countries, little recognition for first-aid education is currently given in most non-medical universities in China. Therefore, the aims of this project are 1)
Highly conscientious, dedicated and qualified skilled Registered Nurse with 20+ years background, experience within Emergency Department, Medical/Surgical ICU, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, and Case Management setting where a diverse professional skill are utilized with excellent assessment and analytical skills seeking Nurse Corps Scholarship to advance my career goal of Advance Practice Registered Nurse Have extensive experience in working with a broad range of medical conditions, patient
the incident, or the response phase, this may become a decision for local and state emergency managers. The San Diego, California wildfire which occurred in October 2007 caused a large scale evacuation. This essay is an analysis, and identification of lessons learned from the evacuation incident. As well a plan of personal recommendations and improvements will be made based on information covered in the National Housing strategy, and Robert Stafford Act. Wildfires started as an annual and