Emergency Management In Haiti

This paper is designed to show you the differences between the way conservatives and progressives view the federal role in emergency management. Furthermore, the advantages and disadvantages of each them. Also, we will discuss what you should expect as a practitioner of the profession on how to prepare yourself when you would like to switch from one to the other. Most importantly discuss the criteria of a natural disaster and how human and social perception factors inter play with each other. One question at hand is do we blame the victim? What does “blaming the victim” means? Is there any validity to this or not? Does this concept influence the way our society responds to disaster or any other event that may occur? These are some of

This is a review of Emergency Management: The American Experience 1900-2010 by Claire B. Rubin and Butler (2012), chapters 1 and 2. Emergency management at the federal level was nonexistent before 1950 when the Federal Disaster relief Act was passed. Disaster relief was the responsibility of state and volunteer agencies like the Red Cross. Several disasters paved the way for emergency management. The Galveston Hurricane of 1900, the San Frisco Earthquake of 1906, and the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 were the disasters that laid the foundation for the 1950 Federal Disaster relief Act (Butler, 2012, pg. 17).

Selective application of the framework’s structures and procedures is also possible to account for differing factors in incidents and the resources available. Partnerships between government agencies at the local and federal level, private sector entities, communities and individuals become of the utmost importance in this design. They all play a key part, with each entity’s roles and responsibilities supplementing the group effort in realizing the mission. This system also allows for the development of a unified command. With the integration of all levels of the community, maintaining coordination and cohesion is also necessary. One command would permit for concentrated effort and proper allocation of skills and resources towards the common goal (National Response Framework Second Edition,

Why is it necessary for our country to have an effective emergency plan in place? Why does it matter how the country responds to emergencies when every part of our country, including cities and states, face emergency situations on a daily basis all over? Some are bad to worse, and some horrific to deadly. Well, this paper explains the importance of the National Response Plan and why it is necessary for our country to have it in place. It explores several articles that have been published to show the results on the effectiveness and response of the National Response Plan.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has developed and implemented many practices for managing both natural and man-made disasters. Emergency managers play an important role in ensuring these practices are fulfilled entirely and all disasters are handled efficiently and effectively. Through the development of plans emergency managers work to reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters. Emergency management does not avert or eliminate the threats but instead focuses on decreasing the impact of disasters. Issuance of the Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5 (HSPD-5) has forced Homeland Security to manage domestic incidents better and they have done so through the National Incident Management System (NIMS). The NIMS system offers a reliable nationwide model to assist “Federal, State, tribal and local governments, nongovernmental organizations, and the private sector to work together to prevent,

As such, there is a need for mutual support among all the stakeholders. There are some National Policy Guidance on emergency management response to disasters that encompasses government at all level together with other private stakeholders and non-governmental organizations. Some of them include Stafford Act, HSPD-5 Domestic Incident Management, the National Incident Management System, the National Response Plan, HSPD-8 National Preparedness, just to mention but few (U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration n. d). All these policies emphasize the importance of collaborations and mutual supports among the stakeholders. For instance, the Emergency Assistance Act (the Stafford Act) provides the legal framework on mutual and level of assistance from the Federal government to states and local governments during

In the online Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) course National Incident Management (NIMS) An Introduction, it breaks down the NIMS system for first time users. While the NIMS system can be complex it is a basis for all local, state and federal jurisdictions to be able to function together at a disaster under one umbrella. “NIMS represents a core set of doctrines, concepts, principles, terminology, and organizational processes that enables effective, efficient, and collaborative incident management.” (training.fema.gov, n.d.)

Over the past half century, the field of emergency management has gradually evolved into a more structured profession. There are several aspects of response efforts that needed to be revised in order for the field to be viewed as legitimate and trustworthy. Primarily, the implementation of advanced education through the process of accreditation, college programs and certifications has paved the way to legitimize the field. In addition, there has been an increase in efforts to hold those accountable to their actions while responding to crises. Through a combination of these efforts, emergency management has attempted to become a more dependable organization as viewed by the general public.

The 2010 earthquake in Haiti led to one of the largest disaster response efforts of modern times. The enormous influx of NGO’s significantly overcomplicated the response efforts, leading to delays in the management of the relief teams (UNEG 2010). To rectify the situation, the U.S military took the lead and coordinated the effort through a joint task force (JTF) (Bhattacharjee & Lossio 2011). Despite the military’s security and logistical expertise, concerns were raised over its ability to handle large humanitarian operations (U.S Government 2011).

Emergency management is a comprehensive program that manages hazards and disasters (Lindell, Prater, & Perry, 2007). Even though it is a field, it is a program. Public administration is a field that implements government policies for public services, and it is also academic discipline that prepares individuals for public services (Molina, 2015). Both emergency management and public administration depend on public fund or public budgeting, except private emergency management which depends on business fund. Thus, emergency management in general is a program of public administration. The main difference between them is that most public administrations all over the world are bureaucratic, do not improvise, but emergency management should not be

To reduce catastrophic events from occurring there must be established structured departments with individuals to attempt to manage natural and technological hazards and their impacts on life and property. Emergency management is the discipline and profession of applying science, technology, planning, and management to deal with extreme events that can injure or kill large numbers of people, damage to property, and disrupt community life (J. Wilson, A. Oyola-Yemaiel. 2001). I am curious and want to know more in detail about the current and future challenges emergency managers face and the importance of the profession. What does the future hold for emergency management? Is the profession and its implemented tactics needed, if so what are the barriers emergency managers face on a day to day basis? To answer my question, I will need to consider multiple related subtopics on emergency management.

When disasters strike, emergency management plans get put into action. Often we see terms such as mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery used to describe emergency management. This paper will look into the recovery aspect of disasters. We will see all of the planning that goes into recovery to best minimize the effects of a disaster. From the planning to the training to the execution phases, we can agree that recovery is an important part of emergency management. We will explore disaster recovery from the points of view of the American Red Cross, FEMA, and other key agencies. Because when we think about it, disasters are going to happen and recovery will happen too.

Disasters are incidents or accidents that are disruptive, tragic, and in many instances result in deadly and injurious events. Emergency management seek to apply science and technology, planning and management to deal with disasters that can result into death or injury of several people and destruction of property within the community, state, and the nation. Emergency management make effort to eliminate or at least lessen the number of losses and cost through execution of strategies that reflect full life cycle of any disaster management (Sylves, 2015). Below is the brief historical information of emergency management.

Research in Emergency Management is important in order to obtain the information needed to continue improving processes in the future. Without this material, natural disasters and other events will continue to ruin lives either by death or destruction. There are approaches to lessen the impact and to recover quicker, and with research done correctly and thoroughly, these approaches can be put into place sooner rather than later.

The cycle of emergency management continues with response to an emergency or disaster. The goal in this stage is to bring order to chaos. By alleviating confusion it allows an organized response. (Faggiano & McNall, 2012) An organized response to disasters is vital to mitigating the loss of lives and property. To properly respond during a disaster there must be a coordinated response, complete with information sharing and exceptional communication. Communication must involve all responding agencies and governments as well as the affected population. Of course, information is valuable and not all information should be shared, but the population must be informed of the disaster.