Developing And Undeveloped Countries : An Best Type Of Communication And Network At The Current Time

Hurricane Katrina has destroyed several of the core communications infrastructure in the area. The storm made it harder for 911 emergency call centers which disturb local emergency services. A great majority of people lost phone service, broadcast communications were also affected. Even through state, federal and/or local agencies had communications plans in place, the plans were not enough to respond efficiently to the storm. The available communications were not fully utilized due to the fact that there was no national or state wide communications plans to incorporate them. The local, state, federal governments haven’t really completed an extensive strategy to improve operability and telecommunications for emergency responders. The Department of Homeland Security should come up with an emergency communications strategy if a disaster like Hurricane Katrina would happen again.

The disaster nurses are known to be more professional in nursing skills to meet the nursing physical needs that results from the disaster. They mainly focus on health of communities and the entire population. This paper analyzes the role of major public health personnel and public health nurse in disaster management, with particular interest in the flood event occasioned by a tornado. It also describes chain of commands used in simulation for community health nurse and actions that can be taken by the community health nurse to solve the situation after disaster.

People respond to a natural disaster by gathering resources. There has been so much change by just getting people household materials. We have provided at least 10,000 families with resources(Doc A). Although some people are able to get resources, there are still thousands of people that haven’t been reached. They are getting better at gathering resources and delivering it to remote locations that cannot be easily gotten to.

Advances in communication technology give the crisis teams the ability to reach out to communities and rural areas using reverse phone calls and the emergency broadcast system. Traditional communication methods, such as television and radio, allows the crisis teams to distribute correct information and help reduce the effects of errors that can be communicated through news spread by word of mouth.

Supplies could be needed in one area, but without communication that area might not be able to reach out for those supplies. Communication amongst first responders is important for information sharing, so that information can flow between different jurisdictions and agencies. When looking at the efforts of first responders, communication is the one constant variable, which without communication all efforts would be in vain. (Newman & Clarke, 2008) The National Incident Management System (NIMS) places an emphasis on the importance of communication when dealing with response efforts. The National Incident Management System shows how having a unified command systems can benefit the response efforts to disaster. However, without proper and efficient communication, a unified command system cannot proceed efficiently.

Innovation is the best defense for being prepared for unavoidable disasters. Intellistreets, which has the design of a streetlight, provides a wide variety of assistance to Haiti during natural disasters. It is wireless technology that provides emergency alerting and public safety alerting. Intellistreet is composed of a dual radio mesh wireless system that microprocessors inside which allows for information gathering. For example, the streetlight structure has the capability of analyzing what the streetlight smells, hearing, seeing and smelling. When accessed on the web, emergency agencies are notified when environmental factors prompt the system. During hurricanes and cyclones, it is important the mass are notified in a timely manner, aid agencies are able to make victims aware ahead of time. Government officials will be able to issue emergency alerts as well as information in regards in to evacuation routes. The system will also give agencies the audio messages. During natural disaster it imperative residents get the help, Intellistreets will allow victims of natural disasters to press a button and talk to authorities and aid agencies. If aid agencies cannot communicate with victims, they cannot help them. During Haiti’s hurricane season Intellistreets could be installed in various that are more prone to be destructed to keep a line of communication with the

There have been great successes and failures over the years; however the prospect of a new paradigm for the future of hazard mitigation seems successful. There are a few more pieces in play now than ever before which will contribute to a prosperous future. A large part of this revolution has a lot to do with how vast our technology and information base is, especially with the internet. Journals and published works on emergency management are much more vast then they were 20, or even 10 years ago, and even more accessible. It’s considerably easier to collect, store and distribute information to researchers, government agencies and communities alike (Mileti, 1999). Technology also plays a great part during actual disasters as well. Geographic Information Systems has revolutionized data collection. GISs are computer based devices that manages cohesive digital maps that are connected electronically. GIS has been used to map, analyze and model almost every hazard possible and provides key data, like impact zones, rate of occurrences, etc

There is nothing automatic when it comes to disaster response and recovery operations. Each disaster can have its unique character, along with many challenges in the process. As Coppola points out, the task of limiting injuries, loss of life, and further damage to property and the environment is diverse (Coppola, 2011 p. 305). Response and Recovery are everyone’s responsibility. At the federal level, the government, realizes there are many factors involved in organizing and communicating during the response and recovery process. One such factor is the ability to communicate in rural areas of developing countries. People may not hear how the authorities are responding to their needs and panic may set in. Additionally, the multiple language barriers

When an emergency arises – natural disasters like wildfires, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, or other man-made accidents or deliberate disruptions – cell phone networks are often overloaded or inoperative. Emergency responders are overwhelmed. Travel and access are frequently restricted. Throughout it all, ham radio remains operative and trustworthy, with robust, autonomous communication networks to keep you informed and to connect one with their family members when it really counts. It has been debated whether Ham Radio should be the main form of communication during emergencies in the United States.

Communication is widely regarded as one of the most essential elements in successfully managing an emergency situation. The dissemination of information, which is both timely as well as accurate, to the parties concerned goes a long way to lend a hand in ensuring that the recovery activities in an emergency situation, together with its management takes place effectively. For that reason, five critical assumptions are used to provide the basis of disaster management strategy.

During emergencies, the importance of our country’s communications systems becomes clear. These communications systems include the wire line and wireless telephone networks, broadcast and cable television, radio, Public Safety Land Mobile Radio, satellite systems and increasingly the Internet. For example, in an emergency, we may dial 911, call our family members to make sure they are safe, and turn on our televisions and radios to get breaking news and important updates (FCC, 2012).

Throughout the world, nations are struck by inevitable disasters that agitate the equilibrium of everyday lives. From the destruction to relief, the Economic and Social Council takes on humanitarian actions to aid the ones who are in need. ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs Segment compiles together members of the United Nations to assist and ease affected communities. Every year in June, the Humanitarian Affairs Segment is brought together to devise an action plan on how to approach the most recent disaster. With this technique, they are able to besiege each situation. A possible countermeasure that should be taken is to spread awareness to gain volunteers to be able to initiate the strategy effectively offered by the Humanitarian Affairs Segment.

This emergence of social media has also changed emergency management and disaster response. Emergency management as a whole is fairly new, only creating widely recognized, integrated emergency management systems beginning in the 1970s. Furthermore, at this same time people realized that the effects disasters have on the communities they strike can be mitigated by the creation of disaster plans ahead of time, proper disaster response training, and the efforts of human actions in these situations. Because social media has enabled mass amounts of instant information sharing, it allows not only locals and disaster response teams to help with the management of crises, but also many remote citizens.

“The consequences of this massive communications failure were both swift and severe, especially I Southern Louisiana” (Miller). This was especially true in the case of emergencies. Some consequences of lost communications were the New Orleans Police Department’s communications system was inoperative for all of three days after the hurricane, and only a few first responders were in the area of the disaster (Miller). The National Guard responders were unable to get a direct link to the Governor or any state emergency agencies for 48 hours after the hurricane made land fall (Miller). Other consequences were law enforcement that had two-way radios had to use different frequencies to maintain contact (Miller). It was impossible for DoD military responders to communicate with FEMA or civilian authorities (Miller).

This subject aims to teach students the main elements of emergency management for natural disasters and to a lesser degree terrorist attack. Students will understand the principles involved in emergency