Community Emergency Response Team ( Cert )

There are situations that impact your everyday life that’s when we call the “Firefighters”. Their lifestyle is risky, they serve the people. Firefighters truly deserve the respect and honor from the community, at the same time, this is a way of showing gratitude for their courage. The firefighter station that I visited was the fire department in San Fernando called “ Station 98”, and their agency is Los Angeles Fire Department, it has been around since 1886. The history of fires goes back to the

management and administrative side of disaster and recovery portions of emergency management. The Manager attended a seminar on a program called ‘Professional Volunteer Disaster Survey Team (PRO-V-DST)’ which had been developed in Texas in the mid-1990’s. She was quite enthusiastic about the program as it provides: A network of professional building inspectors, structural engineers, and architects to form damage survey teams that could be used by State and local governments in need of help

past, present, future). Since the 9/11 attack, a little over a decade ago, our nation has witnessed the initiation and implementation of two national warning systems, which was launched in April of 2011. “We 've also seen the emergence of several emergency- and disaster-related citizen support groups, designed to serve law-enforcement agencies and first responders at all levels of government—city, county, state, and federal”(Homeland Security past, present ,future). Presendent Bush signed Homeland

Introduction Throughout the nation, natural, technological, and man-made disasters jeopardizes communities as a whole. Many people rely on their local communities emergency preparedness plans, while they should be utilizing their knowledge, information provided for them, and using their capabilities to ready themselves and their families. The outcome that can come from any disastrous event mainly relies on how you respond to the specific threat, and the steps one takes to minimize the risks of such

Abstract Houston and neighboring cities are no strangers to emergencies. There are two forms of disasters, that affect our world today, manmade and natural. Being located along the gulf coast makes us vulnerable to natural tragedies. Some of the natural hazards are floods, hurricanes, and tornadoes. On the other hand, we are not over looked by manmade disasters, like refinery explosions, fires and chemical spills. When emergencies happen, they send our daily lives spiraling into chaos. Learning from

Emergency Action / Continuity of Operations Plan For Fort Worth Police Department Activation Instructions The Fort Worth Police Department Crisis Response Plan should be activated by the Chief of Police or, in his absence, the acting Chief of Police, for any event determined to be disastrous to the citizens of and visitors to the City of Fort Worth, Texas. Table of Contents 1. Introduction 3 A. Purpose 3 B. Applicability 3 C. Policy 3 D. Objectives 4 E. Assumptions

challenge for communities because of limited available funds (pp. 104). However, communities have access to federal funding that will assist them in the expansion of mutual-assistance practices where communities share equipment that is rarely used. Also, there is the development of effective technologies and the significant reduction in cost has allowed the once “out of reach” equipment to be more available (pp. 104). It is paramount that community members and officials are equipped to conduct the

Community Health of Chesterfield County-Virginia Western Governors University Population/Economic Assessment Chesterfield County, Virginia has a population of about 328,000 as of January 1, 2014 with 752 people per square mile. There was a 3.6% increase in the population from April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013. 65.4% of the population is white non-Hispanic, 21.6% are black non-Hispanic, 7.2% are Hispanic, 3.2% are Asian and 2.1% are two or more races. In 2012 there were 3657 births and 1654 deaths

wildfire in history (San Diego Fire Facts, 2016). This fire gained the name, “Witch Fire” (CAL FIRE, 2015). These fires highlighted that there were not enough fire fighters and resources to combat such fires. They highlighted areas that lacked emergency service protection and showed a lack of preparedness (San Diego Fire Facts, 2016). Years after the fires, some changes that came about include: wood shake shingles being banned on new construction and could not be used as roof replacements (Mainar

Social Media and Disasters: Current Uses, Future Options, and Policy Considerations Bruce R. Lindsay Analyst in American National Goverment September 6, 2011 Congressional Research Service 7-5700 www.crs.gov R41987 CRS Report for Congress Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress Social Media and Disasters: Current Uses, Future Options, and Policy Considerations Summary The development of new technologies that have emerged since the mid-1990s has led to Internetbased applications