282 Search Results for natural disasters emergency management preparedness
Public Relations Campaign Plan for Huntington County
The mission of the Emergency Management Agency for Huntington County is to provide an integrated and comprehensive emergency management system that would coordinate community resources in order to Continue Reading...
Public Education Campaign
Designing a Public Education Campaign
Public education anti-terrorist campaign concerning new hazards
Unlike a hurricane or a tornado, the aftereffects of a terrorist event can be very difficult to predict. The methods of Continue Reading...
Operations
Outline the major risks associated with maintaining continuity of operations in the event of an environmental catastrophe.
The Chief Operating Officer
Berwick Hospital System
Risks Linked to Environmental Disaster
The Berwick Hospita Continue Reading...
GIS Client/Server Systems
Geographic Information System (GIS): Overview
Use of GIS Client/Server Systems by U.S. Government Agencies
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Census Bureau
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Department of the Interior Continue Reading...
Law Enforcement
Benefits of GIS Applications for Law Enforcement
Resources
Police methods have changed dramatically around the world in recent years due to the advent of geo-positioning and improved computer-aided mapping techniques. As has happen Continue Reading...
Suicide: Duty of Care vs. Self-Care
Social Work and the Duty of Care
The social work profession aims at promoting social change, solving problems in human relationships, empowering and liberating individuals in order to enhance well-being (IFSW 200 Continue Reading...
As per IRC Sec. 1033(h), the tax rules for the replacement of those properties destroyed or converted in such cases are eased and the overall replacement period extended as well. "Some rules were also revised like the 'Rev. Rule 95-22' which conside Continue Reading...
Breadth of Responsibilities
All of the DHS responsibilities relate back to the primary jurisdiction and mission responsibilities listed above. Information sharing and analysis, prevention and protection, preparedness and response, research, commer Continue Reading...
126). Although there are an increasing number of elderly in the United States today with many more expected in the future, the study of elder abuse is of fairly recent origin. During the last three decades of the 20th century, following the "discove Continue Reading...
If this happened, the city would be flooded, leaving all its citizens without the necessary transportation to leave.
When Katrina approached, however, the government, including the Federal Emergency Management Agency, took no action to help citizen Continue Reading...
These short-term agreements should be among contingency plans drawn up before a flood arrives, although it would not always be possible to predict the dimensions of floods and the resourcefulness and responses of individuals facing the emergency. Th Continue Reading...
Global Terrorism
Right and left wing extremism, which are both forms of domestic or home-grown terrorism, have a rather long history in the U.S. Generally motivated by Marxist and communist ideologies, left wing extremism emerged as early as the lat Continue Reading...
Terrorism Affects the International Tourism Industry
There is an undeniable relationship between terrorism and tourism. This is because of the industry power tourist sites are attractive avenues for terrorists to cause unprecedented magnitudes of e Continue Reading...
Homeland Security Strategies
The United Sates Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Strategic Plan outlines the Department's vision for homeland security as outlined in the Department's Quadrennial Homeland Security Review (QHSR). The plan is a unif Continue Reading...
Reflection Paper: The Future of Nursing (and Me)The future of nursing is uncertain but the field undoubtedly holds exciting opportunities and challenges. With advancements in healthcare technology and evolving patient needs, nurses are expected to pl Continue Reading...
data collection and the sources to be utilized for this project. The highlighted gaps in knowledge will be investigated with the help of two research methods. The research methods have been chosen on the basis that they have the best chance of answe Continue Reading...
HLS-355: CRITICAL THINKING FOR HOMELAND SECURITY Final Project
The fight against Hurricane Katrina in a political environment set on fighting terrorism
Improving security can be a particularly challenging mission and this makes a critical thinking Continue Reading...
Terrorism Organizations
What is Terrorism?
Legacy in the 21st century
Based Terrorist Organizations
Aryan Nation
Ku Klux Klan
Counterterrorism and Prevention
Definitions and Structures
Homeland Security
Patriot Act
The very nature of terror Continue Reading...
This problem was compounded by the fact that many of the people that stayed behind were low-income, had many children, or were elderly. Some also stayed because they could not take their pets and would not leave them behind. Many of these disadvant Continue Reading...
PAPER 8Paper 3IntroductionTo a large extent, the COVID-19 pandemic could be described as one of the worst pandemics the world has experienced in modern times. In addition to occasioning the death of millions of people, this particular pandemic was es Continue Reading...
Crisis Management
ICS in New Orleans and Toronto
In both the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the outbreak of SARS in Toronto, the Incident Command System (ICS) had to implemented, yet both instances presented challenges to its implementation. In Continue Reading...
DRNC Scenario
Overview of Subject Matter: Biological warfare has got to do with the utilization of a wide range of microorganisms such as fungi, viruses, or bacteria to harm a human target (or in rare cases, to harm plants and animals). Essentially, Continue Reading...
This problem is particularly acute among many impoverished African nations, although some African countries such as South Africa have made significant progress in developing their technological infrastructure in recent years (Tucker, Bachman, Klahr, Continue Reading...
The other major component of the Department of Homeland Security that doesn't belong is FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency. This is the only component of the Department that is not involved in preventing security threats that human in nat Continue Reading...
Unpacking Social Issues in Schools
Introduction
Schools are often seen as places of learning, growth, and development for young individuals. However, they are also spaces where various social issues can arise and impact students in significant Continue Reading...
Security Public or Private
Critical Analysis of article "Security:Public or Private Good-Analysis using commercial satellite"
Produced water treatment and re-injection in oil reservoir for Zubair field
The Origin of Produced Water
The Produced Wa Continue Reading...
One important aspect was that research findings suggested that PTSD was more common than was thought to be the case when the DSM-III diagnostic criteria were formulated. (Friedman, 2007, para.3) the DSM-IV diagnosis of PTSD further extends the forma Continue Reading...
("Lynchburg Virginia Emergency Operations Plan," 2012)
Elements of Disaster Response, Recovery, and Incident Command
In the event of a disaster, the City Manager is appointed as the local spokesperson for all issues, events and the coordination of Continue Reading...
Terrorism in Kenya
Acts of terrorism: USA targeted abroad and preparedness
There have been long running enmity between the U.S.A. And the Middle East, and in specific the terror groups who have successfully managed to brand themselves as the ambass Continue Reading...
Intelligence Community (IC) is the biggest and most multifaceted institution of its kind, consisting of sixteen semi-independent agencies with dissimilar, sometimes corresponding, spheres of accountability. Generally, it has demonstrated problematic Continue Reading...
Terrorism
There have been various definitions and views of terrorism that have beenfronted over the years. It has been described as a strategy and at other levels as a tactic, some have called it a crime and yet other refer to it as a holy/noble dut Continue Reading...
Regulating Oil and Gas Drilling and Transport
The American economy runs on energy produced from oil, coal, natural gas, hydroelectric power, nuclear power and renewable sources like solar and wind energies. In fact according to a report in the Congr Continue Reading...
The response by the United States to biorisk management at the national level provides a useful example of what can be accomplished with the right resources and vision. For instance, in December 2009, the U.S. government published its "National Str Continue Reading...
Homeland Security and Criminal Justice Administration
OPSEC and site security
Importance of personal accountability at scene of incident
Personnel accountability mechanisms are the most important in any rescue operations to ensure that rescuers st Continue Reading...
Ranajee, N. (2012). Best practices in healthcare disaster recovery planning. Health Management Technology. May 2012.
As electronic medical records become the norm, health care institutions need to maintain backup systems and develop cohesive disast Continue Reading...