The Overarching Goal Of Emergency Responses

An emergency operations plan for the community in which we live is a document of great importance to each of us whether we know it or not. This paper examines the emergency action plan for Knoxville, Tennessee. In the course of the examination, it will compare and analyze the plan for Knoxville with the standards set forth in the textbook for this course along with other recognized sources in the field of emergency management.

Planning ties with one of the National Preparedness Goal’s mission area, that is prevention. The 9/11 events made DHS to aggressively change its focus to an “all hazards” approach. Prevention is a core component to accomplish this objective. However, for an effective prevention requires thorough planning. The private sector provides this type of service and DHS may hire a private sector entity to develop a prevention plan for them. In planning, all levels of government and private sector entities must coordinate with one another in developing and executing courses of action to prevent or reduce the impact of natural disasters or terrorist attack (Homeland Security, 2011). According to the National Preparedness Goal, planning is one of the mission are capabilities and preliminary targets of prevention (Homeland Security, 2011, p. 5). The private sector’s impact in planning with the DHS is essential for an effective prevention in support of the National Preparedness

The purpose of this plan to define the actions necessary to provide a coordinated response within the City of Baneberry, Tennessee.

This plan outlines the responsibilities of organizations and individuals as well as the actions at projected time and places within an emergency for agencies or departments. (Emergency Management Agency, 2009). Departments such as Coshocton County EMA, prosecutor, law enforcement, fire department, emergency medical services, hospital, medical examiner, mental health, public works, and animal control all play a role during an emergency. The plan goes on to identify disasters that may occur in the likelihood in which they would occur in Coshocton County. It also identifies special events that take place along with the dates, location and estimated number of individuals that will be attending. There are also volunteer organizations that contribute to emergency skills such as skywarm which is a phone system for weather conditions, radio emergency associated communication team, amateur radio emergency services, community emergency response team, and medical reserve corpse (Emergency Management Agency, 2009). Throughout the year test and exercises are completed to ensure individuals and agencies are aware of the responsibilities and how to effectively manage task at hand. Red Cross in addition to mutual aid from surrounding counties will be available to

Emergency planning has changed very much since the 9/11 attacks. Law enforcement agencies focus more on prevention, preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation. With planning and efforts made by law enforcement agencies, the law enforcement community can provide a comprehensive emergency management and security program (EMHSD/MSP, 2009).

Due to the size and complexity of the Cedar fire, there is not one single agency’s emergency operation plan, but rather several plans from different agencies of all levels that influence the tactical decisions and resource utilization. FIRESCOPE, the Incident Command System, and the National Fire Plan resulted from lessons learned from previous fires and benefited the fire service and citizens of the Cedar fire.

Klamath County has adopted a number of plans to ensure the safety and wellbeing of its citizens during and after disasters or emergencies. These plans all share the similar goal of minimizing the damages incurred by future disasters and include elements of all four phases of emergency management. All plans maintained by the county are revised and updated regularly to ensure that they meet the continually changing needs of both the county and its citizens. Plans that Klamath County currently coordinates and maintains include:

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 future of Emergency Managers (EM) will be greatly enhanced by seeing more and more people obtaining their bachelors degrees in this field. This is credited to more colleges offering the program, and seeing the need for it in todays ever changeling, and changing environment. Having a BA in EM could also include a chance for promotions, and higher salaries.

The Saint Louis County emergency Operations plan has the fundamental mission of establishing the emergency guidelines for the County and other offices to follow during a major incident or disaster situation ("St Louis County BEOP," 2013). It includes all requirements for request for assistance and informs at all levels what their responsibilities are during a response incident. The plan was designed to address all hazards that affect the county and everyone that lives in it. This is a plan that does not limit the individual response efforts of the various entities that are involved on responding to any hazard situation. The Plan is designed to provide the general frame work but allows for the innovative measures to be

At home most of us are aware that we should have a emergency readiness kit that includes flashlight, batteries, water, blankets etc. We are warned about changing the batteries in our smoke detectors, securing the patio furniture, and even charging our cell phone before a storm. But what about at work, do you and your employer have a plan? It is easy to take for granted the water that comes out of our tap and the electricity the lights the room. What about all of the systems in our buildings. We sometimes assume that all of our systems are working fine, unless there is a flashing light or an annoying beep, we may not even give a second thought to the health of a system that can be critical in a time of emergency.

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.

Emergency management faces many challenges in today’s modern society. In the years prior to 9/11 emergency management was primarily focused on natural disasters. That has since changed; we now face a diverse variety of risks and hazards on a constant basis. As we continue to grow in population current and newer have compounded into more problems that emergency planner must face and find solutions for.

The basic plan offers a plan of the emergency management coordination system set up in the Atlanta area. It is consists of description of the threats and hazards the state might face, the resources the organization foresees needed to support the local government and the structure in which these resources maneuver within. The phases are outlined within the basic plan regarding the emergency management process, situation, the purpose, concept of operations, assumptions, organization, obligation of responsibilities by means of emergency support functions (ESFs), logistics, administration, activities and planning in deterrence, preparedness, reaction, recovery and

* Remember to help your neighbors who may require special assistance--infants, elderly people, and people with disabilities.