Emergency Management And Disaster Response

Emergency disaster situations can be defined in three ways accidental, natural, or wilful. An accidental disaster refers to an event which is totally unexpected such as a house fire started by an electrical fault. Similarly, an illustration of a natural disaster would be the recent earthquakes which took place in Christchurch, NZ between September 2010 and February 2011 that resulted in devastating and far reaching consequences for the country. Foremost in many minds when recollecting a wilful disaster would be the terror attacks of 9.11 in the USA. A disaster of this magnitude has never been experienced during peace time in our lifetime. This essay will examine three different aspects of rescue management procedure where reports detailing disaster and emergency response must be studied to understand and improve our handling of rescue operations.

Encourage and help organizations assemble crisis management plans before having the need to use them is a number one goal for the director to keep in mind. In the case of a casualty involving a train wreck causing the leakage of pollutant in the city, as the head of the hospital, the first

This paper will discuss emergency response derived from the Federal Emergency Management System through the Department of Homeland Security, and the management system connecting the support entities. Additionally, it will cover the response to the terrorist attacks of 9/11, and the response to Hurricane Katrina. Specifically, this paper will look into a few areas where emergency response has failed and why. Furthermore, it will look at lessons learned from failings associated with these responses. Finally, this paper will look at what emergency response methods could improve, and a business design created to improve response efforts in the future.

The goals of the city Emergency Management operations unit are “to save lives, protect property and the environment, stabilize the incident and provide for basic human needs” (U.S. Department of Homeland Security 2013). A well developed emergency mitigation plan for this community will help to reduce the impact of disasters and save life and property. This paper will explore how different social groups of people react to disaster and various ways people react to disasters. Some of the key points to highlights on this paper include the importance of mitigation, each mitigation strategy listed, special needs population considerations. The paper will also access the applicability of the five hazard mitigation strategies including; hazard source control, community protection works, land-use practices, building construction practices, and building contents protection to the community.

As an emergency manager, it is significant and crucial to be familiar with the procedures and rules. This week's reading helped me understand how emergency managers adopt a systemic approach to resilience. Specifically, The Public Safety Canada states that "EM Planning is a systematic approach for identifying and minimizing the impact of risks to life, property and the environment" (Public Safety Canada, n.d., para.2 ). Rather than treating resilience as an individually-managed personal attribute, emergency managers do much planning ahead of time to support the resilience of various departments and their staff members.

Planning committees and emergency managers often develop elaborate emergency operations plans, but fail to implement these plans through training and exercise to check its effectiveness. Simply put, many emergency operations plan are written but once they are written, they sit on the shelf until it is too late to exercise or train on the components listed in the plan. Once strength the GEOP has is that the exercise coordinators frequently conduct full-scale statewide exercises, Rehearsal of Concept Drills, and smaller scale, process specific drills to evaluate the components within the plan and its supporting documents (2015). Additionally, the GEOP is like a living document that is revisable at anytime to ensure that it maintains its effectiveness and best practices by incorporating lessons learned from exercises, and actual disasters and events (2015). The plan also provides detailed courses of action for guidance that is easily understood and actionable through concepts and operations, situation overview, and organization and assignment of responsibilities. Most importantly, the plan focuses on the functional needs of the whole community, and places emphasis on ensuring that there is positive engagement between the emergency management community and vulnerable populations through community outreach

The Crisis Response Plan for the Fort Worth Police Department should be maintained by the Chief of Staff and should be comprised of the Crisis Response Plans submitted by each Division and Command. The Fort Worth Crisis Response Plan should contain a set of operational guidelines as a foundation for addressing crises for which there has been planning and training and crises that were unforeseen.

From the Portsmouth fire of 1803 to Hurricane Sandy of 2012, every major disaster that has occurred not only in the United States, but in the surrounding countries, has shaped how emergency management progressed over the last few centuries. Not only did natural disasters played a role in this evolution, but the U.S. presidents as well because each president had a unique mindset towards the relationship between the federal government and emergency management. As we progressed towards the future, there is no doubt that this field is continuing to evolve. Whether it is a natural disaster or a U.S. President, emergency management only has room for improving. Although it will have its times of failure, the history of emergency management has shown that failure is only one step closer to

I am confident that you will find this guide a path-breaking contribution to our ongoing journey to make the Public Service of Canada an institution recognized for its value-added to the Canadian society. I would like to thank the Roundtable’s Chair, André Gladu, former Deputy Minister of Canada Economic Development, for his commitment and leadership. I also applaud the invaluable contribution of the Roundtable members who volunteered their time and expertise because they believe in the importance of improving the practices in the field of crisis and emergency management.

The purpose of this paper is to examine effective leadership in the field of Emergency Management, and how their organizations handle the stresses of being an effective leader under crisis. I chose to case studies, and the titles are Office of Emergency Management fake press conference, and the other one is titled Rough day in Tornado Alley. The both titles will examine what each leader did or said in a crisis, and how their expectation from their staff was different. One leader will ask their staff members to pretend they are citizens or press members from their community and answer questions, and the other leader only wanted his staff to help the wealthy community when there was a disaster, and not poor community.

Disasters, both man-made and natural, occur on a regular basis. It is the responsibility of community officials to prepare ahead of time for these disasters, to ensure residents receive needed care immediately following the disaster and in the following weeks while the community recovers. Because of this communities have created emergency response plans and have trained personnel already in place when such events occur. The following is a discussion of the employees involved in a disaster plan and was obtained from “Disaster in Franklin County, A Public Health Simulation” that was created by the University of Minnesota.

Emergency management operation deals with executive functions that create the framework for managing the community disaster response and recovery plans. It requires proactive, comprehensive, progressive, risk-driven, integrated, collaborative, coordinated, flexible, and professional approaches (Principles of Emergency Management, 2007, p.4). City emergency department is responsible for handling all the emergency response in the city. The department has to put together necessary emergency actions such as mitigation and prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery that will help to protect lives and properties during disaster emergencies. This presentation will outline and describes the National Incident

Emergency Management is an important aspect in our everyday daily lives. Emergencies can arise any place at any time on any day. The nature of any disaster can be unpredictable and may change in scope and impact. When an emergency is encountered there is a threat of public safety, the community, properties, the economy, infrastructure, public health, etc. Disaster Management is not a problem solver it does not avert or eliminate the threats made, it mainly focuses on eradicating the severity of the disaster itself. In the article “Emergency Managers as change agents: Recognizing the value of management, leadership, and strategic management in the disaster profession” the readers begin to witness first hand the impact emergency

This is a review of Thiel (2014) chapters one through five of the course reading utilizing outside materials to provide support. The paper will address why research in emergency management is important and what can be gained from academic study. Problem statements, research questions, and their roles will be discussed. The role of theory in emergency management will be outlined. The paper will introduce operationalization and the different elements of research design. The importance of

Emergency managers must disperse fitting emergency managing responsibilities and be responsible for facilities, equipment, and other means, appropriately ensuring assigned duties are conducted. The duties that are assigned to the different subject matter experts are not restricted to the emergency responders, but must involve the whole community. A serious constituent of these actions is the progress of irrepressible communities and a philosophy of preparation through putting into practice an organized advantage, focused on complete, all threats community readiness.