The Legal Considerations of the Emergency Manager This extract will elaborate on some of the legal considerations that the emergency manager must consider when conducting searches, seizures, and evacuation operations during an emergency management activity. Unfortunately with the unforeseen nature of the emergency and/or disaster one must consider whether this event involves imminent threat of widespread or severe damage, harm, lost of life or property resulting from any natural or man-made cause
Emergency Legal Preparedness Preparedness is defined by DHS/FEMA as "a continuous cycle of planning, organizing, training, equipping, exercising, evaluating, and taking corrective action in an effort to ensure effective coordination during incident response." This cycle is one element of a broader National Preparedness System to prevent, respond to, and recover from natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other disasters.Planning makes it possible to manage the entire life cycle of a
Americans and even immigrants are afforded their basic civil rights based on the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The act, which was signed into law on July 2, 1964, declared all discrimination for any reason based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin will be deemed illegal in the United States (National Park Service, n.d.). When the act was enacted, people had to become more open minded; more accepting to the various cultures and backgrounds of individuals. Understanding that concept leads
Official and Unofficial Actors Emergency management systems range from informal arrangements of neighbors helping neighbors, typically found in rural areas, to complex and formal programs offered in larger cities or at higher levels of government. All players have the same goal to increase community and national resiliency, which requires collaboration of many parties from local citizens to the president. This section focuses on key actors that shape emergency management programs in reference to people
Explain the origin of emergency management and the historical factors that helped lay the foundation for the profession of emergency management. Compare and contrast aspects of emergency management relating to Hurricane Agnes of 1972 and Superstorm Sand of 2012. The history of emergency management dates back in 1803 when a great fire struck Portsmouth city in New Hampshire. In response to this firebreak out, the Congress passed into law the Congress Act, 1803 to compensate the Portsmouth merchants
There have been controversial laws enacted which tested an individual’s Constitutional rights versus the security of the country as a whole, military engagements in foreign countries designed to stop terrorism overseas before reaching the homeland, and a number of law enforcement and government initiatives implemented to identify and investigate terrorists before they commit acts of terrorism or pursue material support activities in support of terrorism. Federal law enforcement agencies have been
The essay will discuss the ETHICS IN MEDICINE : The Relationship Between Law and Medical Ethics: Dispute and Legal Issues: A 32 year old woman was admitted to the Trauma Intensive Care Unit following a motor vehicle accident; she had multiple injuries and fractures, with several complications which continued to develop over the first couple of weeks. The patient rapidly developed Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome, was on a ventilator, and was continuously sedated. Shortly after the patient's
After Action Review Throughout the history of the United States, the military is usually employed to suppress insurrection and rebellion, to enforce the law as well as perform many other duties of the Federation, state and local affairs. While support to the nations is usually overshadowed by the high-profile duty of detracting it, military support is a vital mission which still continues to grow as alluded to by the number of domestic problems to which the Department of Defense (DOD) has responded
Disaster Management involves a continuous and integrated process of planning, organising, coordinating and implementing measures which are necessary or expedient for : • “Prevention of danger or threat of any disaster”. • “Mitigation or reduction of risk of any disaster or its severity or consequences”. • “Capacity building including research and knowledge management”. • “Preparedness to deal with any disaster”. • “Prompt response to any threatening disaster situation or disaster”. • “Assessing
for the management and operations of the surface transportation system. The Office of Operations has many tasks one of which is it reduces highway congestion by better operating the highway network so that it performs better to meet customer expectations. In order to accomplish this, the Office of Operations initiated programs such as: reducing congestions, improving operations, creating a foundation for 21st century operations, improving global connectivity by enhancing contents management and operations