Contingency Planning And Its Effects On The Environment

To what extent can preparedness and planning mitigate the effects of a volcanic hazard (40 marks)

As an official I use a S.W.O.T analyses of our event, and communicate with the public and the media for a clear and transparent agenda that is safe and organized for the public.

The majority of the administrative elements and many of the academic programs are heavily dependent and integrated with data processing to the extent that continued operation without data processing would require extensive alteration in methods of doing business. In the event that data processing services are interrupted for any extensive period of time, it is necessary that the University have a plan for continuing operations and reestablishing automated data processing.

The focus of this plan is the emergency preparedness plan; however, there other major deliverables of this project that are necessary to build a successful emergency preparedness plan. Those deliverables include the following:

"Common natural disasters area a leading cause of data loss…" says Bud Stoddard, AmeriVault President and CEO. Events such as the 8.3 earthquake that struck Hokkaido Japan September 25, 2003, and the firestorm in San Diego just weeks ago are just two examples of how natural disasters are devastating millions of unprepared businesses around the world. These are not the only events that must be considered, however. The terrorist attacks against the US on 9/11/01 and the biggest blackout in North American history in August 2003 are examples of man-made disasters.

This paper examines a case study about the transfer of knowledge between preparedness and emergency response as conducted by Kerstin Erikkson of Lund, Sweden University. Erikkson (2009) conducted the case study by analyzing emergency response following Gudrun, a storm with hurricane force wind gusts that struck the South of Sweden in January 2005. This disaster caused significant damage to the region 's critical infrastructure, such as roadways, railways, telecommunications systems, and electrical power supply. The storm also resulted in power outages for roughly three-quarters of a

Disasters weather man-made, natural, or technological are ineluctable. Community stakeholders, leaders, and citizens are ultimately culpable for ensuring that a sound disaster preparedness and recovery plan is in place should a calamity materialize. Failure to enact such a plan comes with immeasurable consequences. Over the discourse of this paper, the Banqiao Dam disaster will be examined as a case analysis, to render what preparedness and recovery plans were sanctioned, as well as the scope of the response effort.

Emergency response planning is the most critical piece to ensuring an airport runs smoothly and effectively. Airport operations is in charge of ensuring the safety of the airport and the passengers and to ensure that the airport or airlines isn’t violating any certifications. To ensure that the airport is able to follow all operations and safety practices, the FAA does an annual inspections to check for many thing including: firefighting and rescue response, wildlife hazards, and emergency management planning (Airport Safety and Operations, 2016). Airport operations is required to make sure everyone at the airport understands how critical it is for them to stop something if they believe it is suspicious activity or trying to see if there

Creating an emergency response plan is very important in any business. There are different plans for medical, fire, police, and school. The following plans are imperative in any environment. There are many things that will happen and Incident Command System (ICS) will help to provide the responders with an effective system that works. But before we go into the structures, an understanding of an incident command system needs to be addressed. According to OSHA, n.d., “ICS is a standardized on-scene incident management concept designed specifically to allow responders to adopt an integrated organizational structure equal to the complexity and demands of any single incident or multiple incidents without being hindered by jurisdictional boundaries”. ICS is a sub-model of the National Incident Management System (NIMS), as released by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in 2004."

Although contingency management has yielded impressive short term results, more research is needed to obtain convincing long term results and evidence that will support the notion that this treatment can sustain long term beneficial results for those with substance abuse issues. There have been issues with patient relapse, particularly in the case of smoking addiction and schemes should be developed in order to combat these relapses and create a more effective intervention programme (Higgins, Silverman and Heil, 2008). More public knowledge is also needed about contingency management as an intervention for addiction as it is not as well-known as other drug counselling or addiction treatments/centres. If more knowledge is distributed about reinforcement and contingency methods, more substance users may come forward for treatment.

Imagine there was a huge electrical storm and all electronic devices stopped working and society had no clue what happened to all of the electronic devices to cease working, what caused the storm, why only electronic devices were effected, how much damage the storm caused, how long will it take to correct the effects, how can society as a whole continue to conduct business and how can the issue be fixed and avoided in the future.

The primary goal of any emergency plan is of course to protect lives, property, and the environment. However, creating an effective plan is more involved than merely defining the threat which any given community may face. No, an effective plan necessary to deal with any potential disaster, be it man made or natural, must be carefully thought out. To accomplish this, it is necessary to look at planning as having ten critical principles, only by following these ten principles can an effective plan be formulated to deal with any potential disaster.

When trying to establish an emergency response action plan, there are steps a company must take in or to be successful. Typically a risk assessment should be completed before an accident even occurs. This helps ensure that the company has all the right equipment and personnel to handle the task of recovery and clean-up. Companies must first take into account what type of hazardous waste is being produced and in what quantity it is produced, in comparison to how much is kept on site and how much is hazardous waste is being transported at any given time. Furthermore, they need to find out what are the hazardous characteristics of the waste. This will give the company an understanding of what personal protective gear and equipment the emergency

The objective of this study was to develop a strategic contingency planning model to be used to fully incorporate emergency management and business continuity into organization structures. (For the purpose of this study, Emergency Management and Business Continuity were collectively referred to as “contingency planning.”) Presently, contingency planning is mainly done on an operational or tactical level. Current thinking suggests that contingency planning should be an active part of organizations’ overall strategic planning processes as well. Organizations will ultimately be better prepared for future disasters and crises.

On August 29, 2009, Hurricane Katrina struck the United States Gulf Coast. It was a Category 3 Hurricane, according to the Saffir Simpson Scale. Winds gusted to up to 140 miles per hour, and the hurricane was almost 400 miles wide . The storm itself did a tremendous amount of damage, but the storm’s aftermath was cataclysmic. Many claimed that the federal government was slow to meet the needs of the hundreds of thousands of people affected by the storm. This paper will examine the four elements of disaster management – preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation – as well as an analysis on the data presented.