Emergency Management Program for a Business:
Businesses are among organizations that are vulnerable to disasters or emergencies though the degree of vulnerability is dependent on the kind of operations within the business. In addition to the kind of business operations, the other likely factor that contributes to an emergency or disaster is today's world that is characterized by natural hazards such as hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, and tornadoes. Businesses are also susceptible to widespread serious illnesses, workplace accidents, human-caused hazards like terrorism, and technology-related incidents. As a result of the vulnerability, businesses need an emergency plan that promotes preparedness for any emergency. The emergency or disaster management program requires an effectively developed preparedness program that offers tools that help in lessening the impact of these hazards.
The Hotel Business:
As this article seeks to establish a disaster/emergency management program for an organization, the type of organization to be covered by the program is a…...
Emergency Management (Mitigation) Policy analysis and assessment
Emergency management policy has undergone change historically and these changes have been disaster driven and administration dependent.
Early History of Emergency Management
A Congressional Act was passed in 1803 to make the provision of financial assistance to a town in New Hampshire that had been devastated by fire. This is the first involvement of the Federal government in a local disaster. In the 1930s the Reconstruction Finance Corporation along with the ureau of Public Roads were granted authority to provide loans following disaster for repair and reconstruction of specific public facilities after disasters occurred. The Tennessee Valley Authority commonly known as TVA was created at this juncture to provide hydroelectric power and to bring about a reduction of flooding in the region. The Flood Control Act was passed in 1934 giving the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers an increased level of authority for design and construction…...
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Bea, Keith (2007) Federal Emergency Management Policy Changes After Hurricane Katrina: A Summary of Statutory Provisions 6 Mar 2007. Retrieved from: http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/homesec/RL33729.pdf
Chapter One Introduction to Emergency Management (nd) Retrieved from: http://archone.tamu.edu/hrrc/Publications/books/FEMA_book/FEMA_book_in_PDF/FEMACh_1Intro.pdf
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According to the Congressman, there is a basic lack of interoperability across more than 80% of the United States' first responders. They are not able to communicate with each other, and are therefore also not able to launch adequate rescue operations, particularly during times of large-scale emergencies.
According to the report, it was found that at least 121 of the 343 fire fighters who died could have been saved had adequate communication systems been in place. For this reason, the Congressman said that grants were needed in order to ensure adequate long-term plans to prevent the large-scale loss of life.
Marsh cites the release of communications data on the day of the attacks in order to substantiate these points. In addition to 12,000 pages of oral testimony from firefighters, the 15 hours of radio transmissions show a state of disorientation and panic among rescue professionals and agencies. Inadequate communication systems meant…...
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Chandler, Robert and Feinberg, Scott (2007, March). Failure in Communication = Failure in Response. 9-1-1 Magazine. http://www.tandberg.com/collateral/vertical_brochures/public_safety/911_magazine_feature.pdf
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The way communication can be improved, is by interconnecting the various ways each agency / level of government will gather intelligence. Then, this information must be shared with the relevant departments / agencies. One way that this can be accomplished is by forming a task force that composes of all of the different entities. Their job is to look at the different pieces of information and then distribute it to the relevant agencies / departments. Over the course of time, this could increase cooperation as the intelligence task force will have the power to over ride the rivalries and the divisiveness. A second avenue to increase communication would be: to have an intelligence liaison from a particular department / agency work with rival departments. This would help improve cooperation by establishing policies and procedures of intelligence sharing. Over the course of time, this will reduce the rivalries by creating…...
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Much of this legal business should have been clearly worked out and explained in any emergency plan, Alexander explained.
In fact in most cases the first responders and frontline emergency workers should have fully filled out a "valid release document" that "absolves their superiors from liability" (Alexander, p. 127). And what happens when an emergency management team fails? For example, when rescue workers are injured in the process of rescuing people from a disaster, because there can be issues and questions of "negligence, willfulness, risk taking and causality," Alexander goes on; hence release documents must have been signed and a valid emergency management plan needs to have been put in place.
Also the use of doctors and nurses, and engineers and others that will participate in an emergency management situation must have "bona fide status" as participants and be fully certified to protect them and the agency from litigation when something…...
mlaWorks Cited
Alexander, David E. (2002). Principles of Emergency Planning and Management. New York:
Lindell, Michael K., Prater, Carla, and Perry, Ronald W. (2006). Wiley Pathways Introduction to Emergency Management. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
Emergency Management Plan
City's Fire Department
Do you concur with the opinion that the city's Fire Department should be the lead organization for disaster management and a typical city in the United States?
Within nay city in the U.S.A. there are extensive needs for having a disaster response team that has the capacity to handle various kinds of disasters especially the disasters that can be of large magnitudes. The handling of such disasters will require large deployment of manpower and skills in order to effectively handle the situations and rescue the maximum possible number of victims
The fire brigade has the legal authority and even the professional authority to implement the rescue process. These are people who operate in a legally constituted body by law that is situated in every city. They are sufficiently trained and regularly drilled to ensure they have the capacity to do the disaster management activities throughout the city.
The fire…...
Emergency Management
When disaster strikes, a government must be ready to mobilize any resources necessary and remedy the situation, whether it is damage from a tornado, a hurricane, an earthquake or any other manmade or natural happening. Emergency management is thus vital to a government's policy of quick action. Sometimes, emergency management is undertaken by local authorities, who are the first responders to the scene, but these people cannot have the kinds of resources that a national government or a national or international agency could have. Since local authorities are not capable of providing the best resources for undertaking critical disaster relief, this paper will propose utilizing federal and state entities and will thus examine emergency management from a national government point-of-view to show the superiority of such management over local emergency responses.
First, I will analyze the federal government agency in charge of emergency management and response. This agency is called…...
mlaOEM also states to "routinely assists local government, volunteer organizations, and private industry through a variety of emergency management programs," which include hazard identification, loss prevention, and operational response to emergencies. OEM further coordinates emergency response of all state agencies in times of a crisis. However, one must note that these programs and general beliefs, although similar to other states, are only relevant to New York State. Thus, other states will have their own ways of dealing with emergencies. OEM's "legal foundations" rest in the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 and the New York State Defense Emergency Act of 1951. Thus, the organization is quite fit to assist in a disaster, though with federal help, and this is why federal agencies are so vital to disaster relief and emergency management. [4: Unknown. (2011). "About SEMO." New York State Office of Emergency Management. Retrieved April 19, 2011, < ]http://www.semo.state.ny.us/about/>.
It thus seems that federal agencies are best equipped to help with emergency management, but that state agencies are also vital as first-responders to disaster scenes. It thus benefits the latter to have the support of the former, both politically and financially, and vice versa. When one reads headlines such as "State and Local Agencies Bear Brunt of Homeland Security Cuts," it is disappointing because these agencies are still vital to emergency response. In this article, the recent budget cuts are discussed, and the author does not agree with the "more than $786 million" cut from "first responder grants" either. He further stated that these cuts placed unnecessary pressure on state and local emergency officials, and will not allow for even minimal staffing to be put into place at these local agencies. However, this budget cut was meant to "allow staffing levels to be maintained at federal agencies like the Transportation Security Administration, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Coast Guard and Secret Service." While this is great for U.S. security, it is still vital to have both federal and state responders. [5: Wimberly, R. (2011). "State and Local Agencies Bear Brunt of Homeland Security Cuts." Emergency Management. Retrieved April 20, 2011, . ] [6: Wimberly, R. (2011). "State and Local Agencies Bear Brunt of Homeland Security Cuts." Emergency Management. Retrieved April 20, 2011, . ]
This paper has analyzed emergency management and has established that the most important relief response happens at the federal level, though this cannot take place without the first-responders at state levels. However, local governments cannot obtain the most up-to-date technology and the best employees, and must also rely on federal agencies. Thus it is wise to recommend beginning with federal agencies and federally aided state agencies that can better address emergency management.
ecovery, remediation, and reconstruction finish the process of emergency response and if done properly it helps the society and people to get back to normalcy. emediation and recovery are normally treated as operating budgets while reconstruction budgets are just about always are 100% capital in nature. The budgetary and other responses to any disaster or emergencies should be the best effort by any government as it involves the welfare and safety of the people living in the country.
An important aspect of the emergency management when government fails is response from public and helps considerably when all budgetary planning and actions do not work. "Hurricane Katrina revealed poverty and desperation -- but also the natural generosity and kindness of Americans who have never been willing to let others suffer needlessly. It also revealed the inherent weakness of centralization and, alarmingly, it revealed also an administration eager to justify the assumption…...
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Smith, J. (2006). Budgeting for Disasters: Part I. Overview of the Problem Budgeting Philosophies and Practices Can Be Applied to Different Disaster Response Challenges: Planning, Prevention, Preparedness, Mitigation, Response, Recovery, Remediation, and Reconstruction. The Public Manager. 35(1): 11+.
Cohen, D., Cuellar, M. & Weingast, B. (2006). Crisis Bureaucracy: Homeland Security and the Political Design of Legal Mandates. Stanford Law Review. 59(3): 673+.
Emergency Management; Bush, Congress Should Look at Structure and Funding. Sarasota Herald Tribune. September 7, 2005: A12.
Yates, S. (2005). Expanding Federal Power: The Real Lessons of Hurricane Katrina New Government Programs Mean Expanded Federal Powers and Increased Dependence on Government. The New American. 21(23): 12+.
287).
Communications during Emergencies
The Stephens & Grant article on p. 286 notes that emergency management coordinators often find it difficult to communicate their goals and needs to major groups working with, in part because their priorities are not the same of those local executives have. I believe this to be true; emergency managers are trained specialists whose expertise lies in providing comprehensive care in an emergent situation; local executives often are not equipped to consider the comprehensive needs of multiple forces in an emergent situation. This is not to say the input of local coordinators does not have utility; local officials can provide emergency coordinators with valuable information about local resources, so that emergency managers may carry out their functions as efficiently as possible during an emergency. However, local representatives often aspire to manage emergency situations on their own, when it is critical they collaborate with federal agents to achieve…...
mlaReferences
Farazmand, Ali, (Ed.). (2001). Handbook of Crisis and Emergency Management. New York: Mercel Dekker, Inc.
Emergency Management
Emergency Management Please writer 5-3-5 SLP Preparation the purpose session long project provide opportunity extend understanding education emergency. For SLP project develop groundwork preparing write a grant external funding a school district improve emergency preparedness.
ecovery phase
The final stage in the emergency management program developed and implemented by the Los Angeles Unified School District is represented by the recovery. This phase occurs in the aftermath of the crisis situation and it is focused on helping the community to be restored to the standards that were existent before the emergency, or even higher standards, if this is a possibility.
As the recovery phase is onset, the next logical step is that mitigating to avoid the occurrence of another crisis. In other words, there is no clear delimitation as to where the recovery phase ends and where the mitigation phase starts. In such a setting, it is safe to argue that the emergency management…...
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2010, Emergency operations plan, Los Angeles Unified School District, last accessed on August 23, 2012http://notebook.lausd.net/pls/ptl/docs/PAGE/CA_LAUSD/LAUSDNET/OFFICES/SCHOOL_OPS/SCHOOL_OPERATIONS_DIVISION/EMERGENCY_SERVICES/EMERGENCY_SERVICES_EMERGENCY_OPERATIONS_CENTER/LAUSD%20EOP%202010%20UPDATE.PDF
Website of the United States Department of Education, last accessed on August 23, 2012http://www2.ed.gov
Emergency Management Please writer 5-5-5 SLP Preparation the purpose session long project provide opportunity extend understanding education emergency. For SLP project develop groundwork preparing write a grant external funding a school district improve emergency preparedness.
Preparedness
The Los Angeles Unified School District implements the traditional four stages of emergency management, yet in a different order. Specifically, while in the traditional approach, the phases would be: (1) preparedness, (2) response; (3) recovery and (4) mitigation, the assessed district places the mitigation stage as their first level of its emergency management program.
The preparedness stage, alongside with the response phase, is one of the phases on which the Los Angeles Unified School District most emphasizes upon. The district is as such focused on the creation of plans and programs which would be implemented in the case of an emergency situation.
"The preparedness phase involves activities taken in advance of an emergency. These activities develop operational capabilities…...
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Holdeman, E., 2012, Continuous learning, Emergency Management, accessed on August 23, 2012http://www.emergencymgmt.com/emergency-blogs/disaster-zone/Continuous-learning-062512.htmllast
2010, Emergency operations plan, Los Angeles Unified School District, last accessed on August 23, 2012http://notebook.lausd.net/pls/ptl/docs/PAGE/CA_LAUSD/LAUSDNET/OFFICES/SCHOOL_OPS/SCHOOL_OPERATIONS_DIVISION/EMERGENCY_SERVICES/EMERGENCY_SERVICES_EMERGENCY_OPERATIONS_CENTER/LAUSD%20EOP%202010%20UPDATE.PDF
Emergency Management Cycle Involves Four Main Phases as Illustrated Below:
Mitigation - this phase entails all activities that seek to reduce or prevent the likelihood of an occurrence. This also entails any efforts in reducing the adverse impacts of unavoidable occurrence. Mitigation plans must be implemented prior to an emergency. For instance, for us to mitigate fire in our homes, we must consider the safety standards when purchasing building materials, appliances, and wiring. However, it is likely that an accident would occur resulting in fire. For us to protect ourselves from the huge burden of incurring the reconstruction costs, we might consider fire insurance (Nicoletti, Spencer-Thomas & Bollinger, 2010).
Figure 1: The four phases of emergency management cycle
Preparedness: this phase entails developing plans of who to involve and where to move in case of a disastrous event. These actions will enhance the chances of being successful in overcoming the emergency. For example,…...
mlaReference
Nicoletti J, Spencer-Thomas, S. & Bollinger, C. (2010). Violence Goes to College. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas Publishers
Emergency Management
Disasters are political occurrences; they can either destroy or glorify politicians. The spectacular temperament of disasters calls for the involvement of these chief executives and they test their leadership merits. How politicians control these rare occurrences can frame how their whole term in office receive judgments. During his last White House Press Conference, President George W. Bush was asked about the mistake he made during his reign, and among his regrets was the federal response to Hurricane Katrina (eeves, 2011). Even though he never campaigned on his capacities to control natural disasters, Hurricane Katrina formed part of his legacy. To an impacted voter, the policy of disaster is potential even more significant than choices regarding the economy, education or war. As a result, disaster management holds a great impact on politicians because people judge them from the manner in which they respond and mitigate disasters. This paper therefore evaluates…...
mlaReferences
Garrett, Thomas A., and Russell S. Sobel. (2003). The Political Economy of FEMA Disaster
Payments. Economic Inquiry, 41 (3): 496 -- 509.
Gasper, T., & Reeves, A. (2011). Make it Rain? Retrospection and the Attentive Electorate in the Context of Natural Disasters. American Journal of Political Science, 55(2): 340 -- 55.
Haddow, G, Bullock, J., & Coppola, D. (2010). Introduction to emergency management.
Emergency Management
Evaluate the CIMS program as a means for implementing the NIMS
It was on May 14, 2004 when Major Bloomberg and the Office of the Emergency Management -- OEM came with the declaration of the City's introduction of the Citywide Incident Management System -- CIMS as the City's proposal for dealing with emergency recovery plans and also for managing the planned events. From that time onwards, the City's first responder agencies have carefully worked in order to develop and give the final shape to the CIMS protocol document. Mayor Bloomberg recently on April 11, 2005 approved an executive order to give operational effect to the implementation. OEM is associated closely with the City agencies to help in the assistance in the preparation of the training curricula so as to reproduce the CIMS Protocol in the training for the personnel connected with the City's incident command and emergency response program. (Citywide…...
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Citywide Incident Management System (CIMS). Retrieved from Accessed on 27 August, 2005http://www.nyc.gov/html/oem/html/response/cims.html
Citywide Incident Management System (CIMS). 2004. Retrieved from http://www.nycop.com/Winter2004/CIMS/body_cims.html
Accessed 27 August, 2005
FDNY Strategic Plan. Retrieved from http://www.nyc.gov/html/fdny/pdf/pr/2004/strategic_plan/goal_6.pdf
Emergency Management
Disaster Planning. Unesco.
Disasters are unexpected events that put people at risks. No one is absolutely free or immune from disasters. Therefore, disaster planning is an aspect that is important in the day-to-day lives of people in all spheres of life. Planning for disaster is a matter of great security .The article talks of need for disaster planning in libraries, archives the staff and collections. It is therefore important for any library or archive to have a disaster management plan which can be implemented incase of disasters. The article talks of the types of disasters, the effects of disaster and what is entailed in a disaster plan. A plan written formally is important as it helps any institution respond quickly, and in the most effective way in case of emergencies. The plan also helps organizations minimize the damage on a building, and what is contained in the buildings. The article…...
mlaReferences
Unesco. (2009). Disaster Planning. Retrieved April 19, 2013 from http://webworld.unesco.org/safeguarding/en/pdf/txt_sini.pdf
Community Service Center.(2012). Post-Disaster Recovery Planning for Catastrophic Disasters .Retrieved April 19, 2013 from http://csc.uoregon.edu/opdr/recovery/
Emergency management is the practice of handling disasters, whether manmade or natural disasters. There are different levels of emergency management, because emergencies can be local, citywide, statewide, countrywide, or even global. The current COVID-19 pandemic is a great example of a global emergency and how different regions have handled the pandemic highlight differences in emergency management.
There are a number of different topics to explore in terms of emergency management:
1. The ethical implications of artificial intelligence in society
2. The impact of artificial intelligence on job markets and employment
3. The potential benefits and risks of autonomous artificial intelligence
4. The role of artificial intelligence in healthcare and medicine
5. The use of artificial intelligence in law enforcement and surveillance
6. The development of artificial general intelligence (AGI) and its implications
7. The impact of artificial intelligence on privacy and data security
8. The potential for bias and discrimination in AI algorithms
9. The future of artificial intelligence in education and learning
10. The integration of artificial intelligence in social media and online platforms.
11. The role of artificial....
1. The importance of disaster preparedness in emergency management
2. The role of technology in improving emergency response and preparedness
3. The challenges of coordinating emergency management efforts across multiple agencies and organizations
4. The impact of climate change on emergency management planning and response
5. The ethical considerations of prioritizing resources during a disaster response
6. The role of community engagement in effective emergency management
7. The psychological effects of disasters on survivors and first responders
8. The interconnectedness of public health and emergency management in disaster response
9. The effectiveness of early warning systems in mitigating the impact of natural disasters
10. The use of social media....
1. The Role of Technology in Emergency Management
- How has technological advancement enhanced emergency response and coordination?
- Discuss the ethical and privacy considerations associated with using technology in emergency situations.
- Examine the challenges and opportunities of integrating diverse technologies into emergency management systems.
2. Community Resilience in the Face of Disasters
- Analyze the factors that contribute to community resilience during and after emergencies.
- Discuss the role of social networks, community organizations, and government support in fostering resilience.
- Explore innovative approaches to building community capacity for disaster preparedness and response.
3. Disaster Preparedness and Mitigation Strategies
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