My Background In Public Safety

I currently work for ASAP EMS cooperation, a small ambulance provider. Our company currently provides 911 emergency medical services to the public in ten different counties in the states of Mississippi and Alabama. We also provide Advanced Life Support and Basic Life Support transfer services between hospital facilities. Even though the company is small, the company serves a very diverse cultural population.

The emergency services need to be called, and given all the correct information, such as, if you are with the casualty now, how many people are involved, the patients age/gender, if they are conscious. Computer software then uses this information to determine the priority of the call which is then categorised into emergency or non emergency.

Memorial Hospital did not have suffice evacuation guidelines for a disaster, let alone one of this magnitude. The hospital staff developed their own triage system to evacuate patients, and as a result the LifeCare and other critically ill patients were neglected. Memorial Hospital had a vast variety of departments at the hospital including: neonatal intensive care, dialysis, oncology,

Local, state, and federal agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and private-sector partners in Boston were all involved in helping to develop plans to define the certain roles and responsibilities for everyone during the Boston Marathon. Along with developing the plans for what to do, they also conducted exercises in order to test the plans out and see how well communication and coordination is during these large-scale events. While doing more research on how this emergency planning goes down, I came across a term I had never heard of before known as a Mass Casualty Incident (MCI). The Emergency Medical Care Advisory Board defines a Mass Casualty Incident as “one in which the number of people killed or injured in a single incident is large enough to strain or overwhelm the resources of local EMS providers.” The Boston Marathon bombing event definitely classified as a MCI and during the emergency response to the bombings, the performance from the response teams easily demonstrated the benefits of all the planning and test exercises they were doing prior to the

During my time with the department I and one other former federal employee were able to get the wildland program up and running.  As a pack test administrator and M-410 instructor we were able to qualify 8 people to be hired as AD employees for the forest service. The eight individuals myself included were able to respond to fires as task force trainee's, crew bosses, firefighter type 2's on hand crews, engines, and emergency medical technician paramedics in Oregon, Idaho, California, and Alaska.  Some were also sent out as a crew to assist with hurricane Sandy in New York.  During my time on the department I was also a member of the state of Iowa region 4 disaster saw strike team.  This is a crew made up of all qualified fallers that respond to all natural disasters that have a need for saw work.  The team has been deployed to tornados, wind storms and ice storms within the region and sounding states.  My primary role on the team is to act as a faller 1 and squad boss to lead a group of fallers through the disaster area and complete assigned tasks removing any hazards that pose a risk to the infrastructure of the community while maintaining crew safety.  I have also been a unit instructor and field evaluator for new members during their S-212 class

My professional goal is to apply my knowledge and experience in a way that contributes to the overall success of any mission and safeguards our communities. To that end, I would like to pursue a career as either an emergency manager for a town or city, a senior manager in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), or a senior manager in the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). I believe my current and past experiences make me an excellent candidate for a senior level management position in any of these areas.

An Initial recommendation determined that all local and state governments work together to develop one set of state protocols utilized during a crisis. These protocols would be implemented by all responding or involved agencies during a county or state crisis declaration. As with any area, territories and boundaries are a major issue. Without a clear, concise directive, the different state and local police agency jurisdictions may handle this combined protocol. However, the assortment of EMS agencies within my direct surrounding area would certainly have issues as to who establishes the EMS incident command. Unfortunately, there are still too many boundaries that even lower scale multi-victim motor vehicle accidents have previously caused friction between responding agencies.

Upon returning from my deployment to Iraq, I applied and was accepted into the New York City Police Department Cadet Corps program. I worked with the Community Affairs Unit as a liaison to youth and elderly residents of New York City Housing Authority and as an administrative assistant organizing crime statistics. Wanting a broader understanding of the systems and policies that directly and indirectly influenced people, I pursued a degree in social work. Rather than just enforce laws, I hoped to collaborate with civilians to find more sustainable, practical solutions to their domestic problems, recidivism, alcoholism, and general discontent. Immediately after graduating with my Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, I began the NYPD police academy. I was eager to incorporate social work and police work. I felt I could concurrently enforce the law, provide counseling, help families resolve conflict, and get youth the services they required.

Introduction. On January 06, 2005, a cargo train carrying a massive amount of chlorine gas spilled in Graniteville, South Carolina, creating panic and indeed chaos to both citizens and emergency personnel’s. The residents were caught in their sleep when freight train 192 traveling approximately 47 mph struck and leaked a dangerous amount of chlorine gas into the atmosphere. As a result of this tragedy, 5,400 individuals were evacuated from their homes and nine victims later died of gas related causes. The magnitude of this disaster was one that would change any town or city forever. And such sentiments were felt throughout the community of Graniteville. However, the purpose of this paper is to discuss what was learned from this unanticipated train calamity in Graniteville. While exploring how the field of emergency management can properly respond to unforeseen transportation accidents through implementing efficient and effective ways of communication in the midst of an incident.

It has been my dream since I was 5 years old to be in the Los Santos Emergency Response Team. I have always lived in the city of Los Santos, and I know this state like the back of my hand. I love helping/saving people, as well as enforcing the rules with no exceptions. My dad was a medic in this city until a few years ago when he was killed in action. Ever since then it has been my life work to make my father proud of me by Following his footsteps and make sure no one ever gets hurt in my city again. A little bit more about me is that I am 6 foot 7 inches tall, I work out everyday, I have an excellent memory, I can run a mile in 3 mins, I can do 80 pull ups in a minute, and I have a 4.5 GPA. I donate a lot of my free time to the local animal

Firstly, we must examine how the emergency was conveyed to emergency services. Response time is critical and delays can result in catastrophic ramifications. Emergency dispatchers collect, prioritize and disseminate significant

This research paper looks at the National Disaster Medical System (NDMS). The National Disaster Medical System is a federally coordinated system that helps build the nations medical response capability during major medical or public health incidents that states and local communities cannot handle by themselves (USDHHS, 2015). The research in this article draws upon the history of the establishment of NDMS, and how other hospital teams were first created. The focus of this paper is to explain the goals, mission statement, objectives, and funding of the NDMS. The final section of this paper will explain how the NDMS fits into Emergency Management at the state and local levels, and explain all the different teams in NDMS medical and health professionals can sign up for.

In some instances, COPs may find themselves in dangerous situations where there may be many casualties or situations that my demand that the medical staff needs to protect themselves as much as they need to protect their patients- the COPs. As much as evacuation is essential, there is need to provide adequate information through information sharing systems. This can be classified under their preventive role in a bid to approach the job in a proactive manner. Through this the COPs may have basic and fundamental knowledge of what to do in certain

In this paper, I am going to describe each specialized personnel that will be needed at the scene of a crime or mass disaster. I will inform you of what duties each of these specialized individuals will possess. You will be able to know and understand each of these responsibilities.

Decisive action-oriented and detail-driven Licensed Safety Professional with more than 12 years of safety leadership and comprehensive OSHA certifications, including STS/SPS, HTS, IST, EHS, SAC, SEM, CET, CDT, and CSC. Additional experience includes US Marine Corps service, pending MA in Project Management, and team management. Also offering outstanding talents in setting project cost, schedule and productivity