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Soft and hard targets and defined and discussed as well as the need for population defense and the idea that with a coordinated, comprehensive response plan and team implementation, the disaster related damage can be minimized. This chapter is devoted to covering the terrorism aspect of disaster, and helps to tie together the previous two chapters.
Chapter 12 deals with mass casualties and evacuation. This chapter also ties in closely to the previous chapters regarding terrorism weapons of mass destruction. Large-scale evacuations have their own set of challenges, as do dealing with huge numbers of casualties. And because this is not a very common scenario, many fire departments and local authorities are not well prepared for these types of emergencies. Kramer discusses the dire necessity of proper planning and execution of disaster relief efforts during these specific times of crisis. The National Disaster Medical System is discussed as well as some of the most effective approaches for the NDMS to take relative to dealing with massive amounts of casualties. Large-scale evacuations also pose many different challenges to aid workers and organizations like the Department of Homeland Security and the NDMS. Kramer outlines these challenges and discusses ways to overcome these sometimes easily-overlooked problems.
Chapters 13 and 14 deal with natural disasters. Chapter 13 delves into disaster scenarios related to weather and weather emergencies. These types of emergencies are quite different from those discussed in previous chapters because they represent disasters that are out of the control of man. There are many...
Kramer discusses each major type of weather disaster at length including tornadoes, hurricanes, storms, lightning, and floods. He also talks about the unique set of challenges faced by disaster relief teams when dealing with each specific weather-related disaster. Chapter 14 deals with ground-based disasters, or terrain disasters. These types of disasters are also out of man's control, and far less predictable than weather-related disasters. Earthquakes, volcanoes, and landslides are presented as terrain-based disasters with their own specific challenges and response solutions. The causes and predictability of these types of natural disasters make up much of the discussion within this chapter.
Chapter 15 of Kramer's Disaster Planning and Control deals with the aftermath of disasters and the recovery efforts. Instead of painting a gloomy picture of aftermath and relief efforts, Kramer begins the chapter by discussing the importance of communication networks and how both local and national government entities can successfully deal with recovery efforts once the initial disaster and relief efforts are completed. Kramer also stresses the importance of evaluating the relief efforts to see where improvements can be made as well as giving due credit to successful responses. This chapter is an excellent ending to a book filled with so much information relative to different types of disasters and how to both prepare for…
Disaster recovery refers to the IT components of the business that, in times of a disaster, need to be safeguarded so that business can be continued. Disaster recovery is more a preventive plan set in motion prior to the organization and implementation of the business than a series of actions that are followed once the disaster hits the company. Given that most companies are, to a large extent and in
Emergency, Planning and Operations Methodology In your opinion what were the main issues expressed by the States Concerning Homeland Security and states rights at the 2002 State Emergency Response Commission Conference? Please justify your position. Most of the states attending the 2002 State Emergency Response Conference expressed an overall sentiment that in relation to security, things are going to vary from state to state based on the capabilities of the emergency response agencies
CONTROLLING OUR EMOTIONS? EMOTIONAL LITERACY: MECHANISM FOR SOCIAL CONTROL? At the core of becoming an activist educator Is identifying the regimes of truth that govern us the ideas that govern how we think, act and feel as educators because it is within regimes of truth that inequity is produced and reproduced. (MacNaughton 2005, 20) Disorder, addictions, vulnerability and dysfunction...." Disorder, addictions, vulnerability and dysfunction...." These terns, according to Nolan (1998; Furedi 2003; cited by Ecclestone
Planning Across Levels of Government: Federalism and the Planning for the Response to Emergencies This paper will be in the form of a governmental response plan to the natural disaster: Hurricane Katrina. Early morning, on the 29th of August, 2005, USA's Gulf Coast was hit by the Hurricane Katrina. When it reached land, it was identified as having "Category 3" intensity, on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, bringing continuous winds of speeds
delineates a hypothetical disaster plan in response to a major earthquake and tsunami in New York City. The disaster plan includes pre-disaster / pre-event preparations, actions taken during the disaster, resources available during the disaster, and post-disaster / post-event strategies. The scope of the disaster plan includes establishment of a new residence and survival plan for disasters with long-term effects. Additionally, the disaster plan contains two separate components: One
" Of these respondents, over 50% of them stated that they lack a disaster recovery plan (Anthes, 1998). However, most of the problems stem from the lack of communication at the corporate level. (Hawkins, et al., 2000). Business Continuity Plans (BCP) and other forms of strategic planning are no longer a luxury, but a must-have factor and an important element of any organisation's risk management system. Organisations are increasingly dependent upon