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    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

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    itself, by creating emergency action plans, quicker response times, and the collection of historical data, a new theory of handling these situation was born. The Northridge earthquake of 1994 is a great example of the emergency management theory being put to use, and why having an emergency plan in place really helped. This emergency would be categorized as a catastrophe because

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    Emergency Management laws and acts are established by the Federal Government to allow emergency managers and local elected officials the opportunity to lead disaster response and recovery from the local level to the Federal level. Many of these laws and acts give absolute power to local and state officials to make decisions to best preserve life and property during and after an incident. The laws and acts also hold these officials accountable for the actions that they take and the responsibility

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    acts of terrorism, wildland and urban fires, floods, hazardous material spills, nuclear accidents, hurricanes, earthquakes, and more. Emergency management is an essential role of government. The US emergency management is the organization and management of resources and responsibilities in the attempt to reduce the harmful effects of disasters (FEMA, 2010). The emergency management is based on phases of preparedness, mitigation, and recovery addressing extreme events and disasters. When individuals

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    In 1979 the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was created to offer services the states had not substantially invested in and the consumer market had not offered (Moynihan, 2013). The idea was that on a national level it would be cheaper to establish one higher level agency to develop expertise on how to deal with disasters (Moynihan, 2013). Our national government has the ability to create and enforce common policies which would avoid the confusion of multiple state, local and national agencies

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    main concept key to the overall success of emergency management is planning. The contingency planning involves key steps that have to be undertaken by the stakeholders identified in the scheme to prevent and respond to emergencies if they occur. The planning process is important it helps the stakeholders to respond fast and efficiently by knowing beforehand what to do to prevent the emergency from escalating and minimize its adverse effects if the emergency occurs. Regarding my professional development

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    next dental emergency will hit you, and therefore, it is necessary to prepare yourself to act upon the situation with patience and extreme prudence. It would also serve well if you have all the essential knowledge on what to do when a sudden situation of emergency strike you hard. A dental emergency is also a very common issue where patients experience a very severe toothache, causing them a huge amount of anxiety and physical discomfort. Anything could be a reason of a dental emergency like dental

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    Week 5 Assignment Emergency Operation Plan for Ashford University HSM 315 Emergency Planning Instructor Donald Walker November 2, 2012 Emergency Operation Plan Ashford University 400 North Bluff Blvd Clinton, IA 52732 Toll-free number 1.800.242.4153 Fax number 563.243.6102 After office hours, please call Clinton Police Department 563.243.1458 Director of Student Success 563.242.4023 ext. 7382 Manager of Campus Security 563.242.4023 ext. 7868 Associate Director of Student Services

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    Four Phases of Emergency Management In this section, the four phases of emergency management will be defined: mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery. Mitigation Over the last decade the social and economic costs of disasters to the United States, and throughout the World have grown significantly. During the 1990’s, FEMA spent over $25.4 billion to provide disaster assistance in the United States. During that decade, the economic toll of natural disasters, world wide, topped $608 billion

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    vulnerability is impacted throughout the emergency and disaster management process. The threat level of social vulnerability can vary between community segments based upon demographics, income, and/or business type. First, social vulnerability must be analyzed in every community within a jurisdiction which first starts by understanding its meaning. Second, data obtained by assessing social vulnerability must be implemented within each phase of the emergency management process; mitigation, preparedness

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