National Response Plan

Introduction: The National Park Service (NPS) and the U. S. Department of the Interior (USDI) drafted the Catoctin Mountain National Park Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) (2006) to impart knowledge of a need for action to facilitate the regeneration of vegetation and reforestation of the park. A population of white-tailed deer that was exceeding an estimated 100 individual animals per square mile was over browsing the vegetation. According to the EIS a population of 15

For this progress assignment I would like to describe homeland security as it is defined in the various U.S. national security strategies and policies. In addition I would like to speak to the difference between Homeland Security and Homeland Defense to include mission areas, task, operational responsibilities, and coordinating efforts. Homeland Security The establishment of the Department of Homeland security is, undoubtedly, a result of the lessons learned and identification of the need to protect

of destruction, death, and human suffering. Research from this event brings to light the limitations of both the National Guard and active-duty forces response capabilities, and whether changes in the roles and responsibilities of the National Guard and active-duty forces during emergencies would enable them to respond better. It is likely that the primary responsibility for national disasters will continue to be handled by local and state officials. They have the best understanding of situations

The efficient integration of Title 10 and National Guard forces during domestic operations increases the threshold of a state’s capacity to respond to disasters or security requirements. Pre-event preparation is required to achieve efficient integration. This preparation requires three critical elements, building relationships, integrated planning and exercises. To successfully incorporate federal forces during a response, states must develop positive relationships with key Title 10 partners during

destroyed and a significant number of lives lost; the damages to economy, infrastructure, environment and human psyche was immeasurable (Pardasani, 2006, p. 80). Having only dealt with storm surges and localized flooding, “there were no operational plans or capacity to deal with a disaster of this magnitude” in Maldives (Government of Maldives, et al., 2005, p. 9). Despite some organizational shortcomings, mostly owing to their lack of experience in managing large-scale disasters and limited

“On April 1, 1979, President Jimmy Carter signed the executive order that created the Federal Emergency Management Agency.”1.Year in and out, a disaster can strike at any moment and put millions of people in danger and wreck billions of dollars’ worth of property. But, this is where the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) steps in and up to the plate. FEMA works “as part of a team helping communities reduce their risk, helping emergency officials prepare for all hazards, and helping people

and headed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, arrived at the earthquake site within days of the event to document the effects of the earthquake” (NIST, 1994). What

There are a number of agents that respond to any given emergency that must be explained in order to understand response effectiveness. These responding agents can include federal, state, and local officials such as law enforcement, fire services, EMS, public services, medical services. There are also non governmental agents that can respond to emergencies such as private agencies, non governmental organizations (NGOs), and even civilian volunteers. These agents have specific times when they are involved

HIV, activity that will impact a significant amount of the population in Detroit (2012). But the response to AIDS from Mayor Duggan, a white person in a predominantly black community, is facing challenges since the City of Detroit’s bankruptcy. About the national response to the HIV epidemic in Detroit, the National HIV/AIDS strategy details the principles and priorities to guide the collective national work to address HIV in the U.S. by the year 2020 (Opalewski, 2016). The United States government

Katrina, the federal government, state and local officials have stepped up their game in disaster planning. The federal government has established numerous guidelines and protocols for such events. The National Response Framework (NRF) superseded by the National Response Plan (NRP), the National Incident Management System (NIMS), and the Stafford Act are just a few of the government 's key programs. Recognized nationally bringing resources across the nation together and on the same page (Kramer