Authorities (PBT) includes two steps, namely, structured and unstructured. Structural measures adopted in Malaysia are like dams and dykes to control flood flows and non-structural measures are such as land use planning and flood forecasting and warning systems to mitigate the effects of floods (Chan, 2012; Khalid, & Shafiai, 2015). Structural measures implemented to reduce the danger of flooding so as not to pose a greater hazard to people in the flood plain. Agencies involved in the success of
The current American emergency alert broadcast system traces its roots back to the Cold War Era. The years have passed, technology has advanced and the American population has grown. Over the years, the alert broadcast system has changed in fits and starts. Overall, however, it has failed to keep pace with the population increase and technological environment. Attempts have been made to plug the gaps in broadcast coverage, in reality, the stopgap and partial methods are inadequate. A multitude of
bring awareness to the country’s problematic outgrowth, slowdowns, and targeted population’s needs by educating the entire population. In understanding the reasons for the majority of their economic declines and/or targets, alongside with safety and health issue warnings. In addition, the unofficial accountable economy figures aren’t mentioned in the statistics. While the population growth is increasing over a 5 year duration, it shows a diverse impact to the populace in each country from a numeric approach
Interestingly enough, the United States disability statistics exceed 15% of the population. With time, it may be expected that the WHO’s estimate of the worldwide disabled population will grow with situational awareness and better identification of disabilities. In a detailed analysis of 9/11 survivors, a list of people with vulnerabilities included: acute illness, trauma or recent
with a population of over 180,000 people. As part of a major metroplex, the city of Tempe is tasked with not only assessing the hazards identified by the state or county, but also those unique to its own population, such as the flood plain surrounding Tempe Town Lake or the terrorist target of a large university which composes a large chunk of the northern part of the Tempe city limits. Tempe has split its emergencies between natural emergencies, technological emergencies and man-made emergencies such
misuse of Narcotic can be to human health. Narcotic abuse in the emergency department According to research, the fastest growing drug-related problems in the United States is the abuse and distribution of prescription narcotics says Morbidity and Mortality Week Report (Gale, 2008, p. 1191-1192). This epidemic shows up in the stem from the emergency department. It is said that Narcotic abusers pay more attention to have unwarranted emergency department visits that cause effects on our nation's increasing
as a warning to the authority on adoption and implementation of crucial measures in relation to the prevention of future occurrences of similar events. The event was a cause of numerous deaths, darkness, and destruction of properties thus leaving the society under enormous pressure economically, socially, and psychologically. The occurrence should be a wake up call for authority and society to enhance their preparedness in order to minimize devastation left by the storm. Was the emergency preparation
extent reduce the impact of damage though we cannot reduce the extent of damage itself Generally, disaster has the following effects in the concerned areas, 1. It completely disrupts the normal day to day life 2. It negatively influences the emergency systems 3. Normal needs and processes like food, shelter, health, etc. are affected and deteriorate depending on the intensity and severity of the disaster. The development of disaster recovery plans,( for minimizing the risk of disasters and for
capabilities created through social media’s many uses have forever changed global politics, business, and interpersonal communication. This emergence of social media has also changed emergency management and disaster response. Emergency management as a whole is fairly new, only creating widely recognized, integrated emergency management systems beginning in the 1970s. Furthermore, at this same time people realized that the effects disasters have on the communities they strike can be mitigated by the creation
1 . Existing emergency messaging systems in Myanmar - Presently, Myanmar doesn’t have its own satellites and has a contract with Thailand to use the Thai Com 5 satellite for internet services. However, the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology is planning to launch the first Myanmar satellite in a joint project with a Japanese company. This project is expected to start very soon which implies that Myanmar will be able to expand the use of satellite communications in the short run.