Local Disaster Risk Reduction Management

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Identify at least three steps that the CIO could have taken to reduce the likelihood of the system failure.

First, Incident Response (IR) plan “is a detailed set of processes and procedures that anticipate, detect, and mitigate the effects of an unexpected event that might compromise information resources and assets.” (Whitman, 2013, p. 85). Consequently, Incident response planning (IRP) is the planning for an incident, which occurs when an attack affects information systems causing disruptions. On the other hand, Disaster Recovery (DR) plan “entails the preparation for and recovery from a disaster, whether natural or human-made.” (Whitman, 2013, p. 97). For instance, events categorized as disasters include fire, flood, storm or earthquake. Thus, the differences between an Incident Response (IR) plan and a Disaster Recovery (DR)

The disaster response program in the United States consists of a number of different elements that must work together to achieve common outcomes-such as the rapid alleviation of suffering by the victims of a natural disaster, industrial accident, or terrorist attack (Miskel, 2008). Responding to each disaster presents its own unique set of challenges. An effective disaster response program will consist of several elements working as one. The specific elements vary depending on the location and the nature of the disaster or terrorist incident, but fall into three general categories: the private sector (including individuals and both corporations and non-profit entities such as the Red Cross and the Salvation Army), state and local government

In addition, the values of local governments and community leaders should have been acknowledged in the article due to that they are the main frontrunners on disaster recovery. In the article “Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Strategy Pre-Publication Edition” by HURRICANE SANDY REBUILDING TASK FORCE organization on Shaun Donovan and Laurel Blatchford it’s mentioned how these people epidictic is really important because they confront the problems to Federal Government for us. Then it makes it possible to get the fulfilling resources needed like how they say, “Sandy-affected region by attracting world-class talent to develop innovative projects that will protect and enhance our communities. Everybody has a part to play in building a stronger region,

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.

An Emergency Management program also, entitled EM program is designed to structure value to the community. By establishing the program emergency management requires a system to develop and document authorities to accomplish the comprehensive emergency management model. The assessment activities that would be involved in includes disaster preparedness planning, emergency evacuation planning and disaster response. This strategic approach of establishing an EM program in a jurisdiction or business would permit the community to be more efficient in their duties for dismantling the most heinous events.

The city of Chattanooga TN, falls on the Tennessee River. There are few natural disasters that this city has to face. Outside of household fires, flooding along the river is Chattanooga’s greatest concern. FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) Provides funding to help applicants, in this case the Hamilton County Department of Emergency Services, develop activities needed for projects that are geared towards building resiliency with flooding. Within the HMGP there are programs to help with flood mitigation such at the Flood Map Assistance. If the applicant, in this case the county, can put together a solid application that follows the application criteria, is complete and accurate, and request funding that is within budget guidelines for the appropriate fiscal year, then funding for mitigation activities is accessible.

Fire Fighters and Disaster Management (Damkar & PB), require any personnel to stand ready to carry out the call of duty. Tackling the task of a very heavy and full of risks. Each charge of Fire Fighters and Disaster Management workers are exposed to hazardous conditions of the physical environment, severe emotional stress, the response time of solid and dealing with a lot of people grief. But behind the grief that surrounds firefighting jobs, there is a certain satisfaction, inner joy of the officers after the successful rescue and help the public until several officers also received an award from the government for their hard work and sacrifice.

Many of Hawaii’s PHN are not prepared for an emergency or disaster so training through participation in disaster drills or actual disaster events is crucial (Baack & Alfred, 2013). A best practice strategy is participation in one of the Hawaii disaster preparedness organizations such as; The Hawaii Medical Reserve Corps, which members are a cumulative of physician and nurse volunteers who want to serve their community when a disaster or public health emergency strikes ("HMRC," 2014). The attendance of meetings, participation in preparedness exercises, and assistance in non-emergent community health activities all help the PHN to be prepared to respond quickly when needed in a disaster ("HMRC," 2014).

Actions taken to minimize adverse impact of disasters. These including structural measures like building of flood defences and non-structural measures like training etcetera. Public awareness related to disaster risk reduction, contribute in promoting a "culture of prevention" by changing attitudes. It revolves around civil institutions responsible to prevent disasters.

ISC CISSP: Practice Exam QUESTION NO: 1 All of the following are basic components of a security policy EXCEPT the A. definition of the issue and statement of relevant terms. B. statement of roles and responsibilities C. statement of applicability and compliance requirements. D. statement of performance of characteristics and requirements. Answer: D Explanation: Policies are considered the first and highest level of documentation, from which the lower level elements of standards, procedures, and guidelines flow. This order , however, does not mean that policies are more important than the lower elements. These higher-level policies,

Natural Disaster Reduction is a serious topic all countries should be discussing. A study in 2015 recorded around 7,000 natural disasters worldwide, which claimed 1.35 million lives. Natural disasters could be earthquakes, flooding, volcanic eruption, landslide, and hurricanes. The policy objective of anticipating and reducing risk is called disaster risk reduction (DRR). Natural disasters can take lives and also take the homes of many people. The loss of property can be very detrimental to some people. Also hurricanes or flooding can destroy food supply and crops. Over 173 countries are affected by natural disasters. Some of the countries most affected by natural disasters are Costa Rica, Japan, Fiji, Philippines, and Haiti. This affects all countries big and small when disaster strikes a country it can affect the functionality of its community. When natural disasters hits a country the aftermath can cause huge devastation and cost a lot of money. Scientists recorded that three-quarters of economic losses is caused by natural disasters. The US spent $100 billion per year in the last decade on the aftermath of natural disasters. The hurricane season in the Caribbean consists of heavy rains, which may cause flash floods and landslides. Cuba is also located on an active earthquake zone which can also be a huge problem. Some of the most recent hurricanes to hit Cuba were Matthew in 2016 and Irma in 2017.

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.

Like other South Asian countries, Pakistan continues to suffer from a plethora of natural and human induced hazards that threaten to affect the lives and livelihood of its citizens – natural disasters including floods, earthquakes, landslides, cyclones, and drought to human induced disasters such as fires, civil unrest and terrorism, refugees and internally displaced people, health epidemics, transport accidents, industrial accidents and war. The human impact of natural disasters in Pakistan can be judged by the fact that 6,037 people were killed and 8,989,631 affected in the period between 1993-2002 (World Disasters Report 2003, Geneva, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies). 1.1- Geography: Pakistan lies between latitudes 24 and 37 degrees north and longitudes 62 and 75 degrees east covering a total land area of 796,095 sq km. The country shares its borders with Iran to the west, India in the Southeast, Afghanistan in the north-west, and China in the north. The Arabian Sea lies to its south. Pakistan is a land of great topographic and climatic contrasts. The topography varies from coastal beaches, sandy