...would first need to assess the area. Learn what areas are at the highest risk for hurricanes and what areas are closest to the many military bases. The nurse would need to become familiar with the area’s current evacuation plan and safe-zone areas. The nurse would need to learn about the warning alerts that may be used in the area and the emergency numbers or radio stations that provide updated information. The nurse would need to prepare information by using power points and pamphlets in different languages and, if applicable, age specific. Information regarding when to evacuate, where to go and what items to have ready in an emergency kit would be included in the power points and pamphlets ("Virginia Gov," 2013). The nurse would need to look into funding and possible donations that might help members of the community put together their emergency kit. Involving area businesses in the planning and possible donation of supplies could be beneficial. The nurse should involve local police, fire and hospitals in the planning. Assessing for a location for the teaching to be given would need to be done. The area for the teaching would need to be large and easily accessible to members of the community. The nurse would need to have language interpreters available during the teaching to ensure that the information is understood by all. The date and time for the teaching would need to be set as well. Setting the date and time for maximum attendance is crucial in order to involve most or all...
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...T King Zombies! What Now? The drive of survival is an instinct that is deeply imbedded in human nature. Without that drive, humans would of became instinct; instead, humans decided to evolve and become self sufficient. Currently, today’s society needs guidance, for they rely on technology. Society isn’t always ready for a disaster, especially one that seems impractical. Like any other survival plan, being prepared, planning ahead and knowing what you are doing are key factors in survival. With the right knowledge, preparation and tools, humanity is completely capable of surviving a zombie apocalypse. Being prepared is a key factor to survival, and for many, forgetfulness and procrastination are the main reasons why they are not. The first step of being prepared is to know the surroundings of the area; whether its work, school, home, or a friend’s house, know the entries and exit ways of each setting and determine which the safest route is. This is important because being chased by a zombie can be distracting, confusing and horrifying all at once and can end horribly wrong; therefore, the need to know which way to go quickly and efficiently is important. Having a list of close friends, co-workers, family or neighbors is part of preparation as well, this is essential in survival because the knowledge base of a group is greater.”It is better to find people for your group that you already know have mental stability” (Brooks 91). Knowing which skills and knowledge each...
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...2 Week Survival List * Food – Can and Boxed goods * Coffee * Dog Food and treats * Potty Pads in case the dog can’t go outside * Lighter to start fire * Radio and batteries along with a CB Radio * Flashlights the kind you crank to generate a charge * Batteries * First Aid Kit for myself and my dog * Ammo for self defense * Candles for light but to also generate heat in smaller rooms * Manuel Can Opener * Gas * Water * Portable grill with propane tanks * Generator for a power source The contents above are things that I thought would be important to surviving two weeks without power and potentially being locked inside due to an emergency situation. I have most of these items in the apartment already. Things I would need to add would be a portable grill and propane tanks along with gas and a generator. The stove in my apartment is electric so I would have a problem cooking without some sort of a power source or portable propane grill. If the dog was unable to go outside I would need to use potty pads which would not be a fun experience but things can be flushed. I would need to get some small candles for lighting purposes but also to create heat. You use them in smaller rooms by taking 4 small candles and placing them in a bread tin and taking two ceramic flower pots and placing them upside down over top of the candles which will in turn make your set up a small ceramic...
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...When Prepping Should You Consider Specialized Action Bags Past articles have talked about the need for standardized bug-out-bags for every member of the family or group. The bags would be packed with individual survival in mind. Each bag would be a standalone general purpose survival kit in the event a member was separated from the group. This article will focus however, on action bags, bags designed to meet specific challenges based on a particular area of operation. Usually called A-bags an action bag is one that you would stash somewhere to be used in that particular environment typically your office/workplace. Every environment you operate in on a regular basis will present their own unique set of survival challenges when the SHTF. If you work in a factory or in the office of a factory that produces or handles toxic chemicals as a routine matter, for example, and there is and EMP attack, a terrorist attack, an employee goes off the rails, or an accident occurs that may expose you, are you prepared to meet the challenge. Do you have the tools, materials, and equipment to survive in that particular environment?...
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...Disaster Risk Reduction Management OBJECTIVES 1. Recognize salient points of RA 10121 2. Recognize the importance of DRRM 3. Assess risks of disaster 4. demonstrate their roles in managing disasters 5. Prepare kit according to disaster survival plan INPUT 1: RA 10121 Salient Points ONLY Definition of Terms "Disaster" - a serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society involving widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses and impacts, which exceeds the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources. Disasters are often described as a result of the combination of: the exposure to a hazard; the conditions of vulnerability that are present; and insufficient capacity or measures to reduce or cope with the potential negative consequences, Disaster impacts may include loss of life, injury, disease and other negative effects on human, physical, mental and social well-being, together with damage to property, destruction of assets, loss of services, Social and economic disruption and environmental degradation. "Disaster Risk Reduction and Management" - the systematic process of using administrative directives, organizations, and operational skills and capacities to implement strategies, policies and improved coping capacities in order to lessen the adverse impacts of hazards and the possibility of disaster. Prospective disaster risk reduction and management refers to risk reduction and management...
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...Adrian Howley Classical Argument Reporting earthquakes are very critical to studying the behavior of tectonic plates. The very first recorded earthquake occurred in the year 1831 B.C. and is currently known today as the 526 Antioch Earthquake. The area affected was Antioch, China (located between the Syria and Turkey regions). Not much is known about how the report was formed. However, this historic report did include information about how the aftershocks lasted for twelve months. Other details from this report indicate that the death toll is around 250,000 to 300,000 casualties. Scientists today can only prove that the earthquake occurred between May 20 and May 29 (date translated from B.C. to Calendar Year). The first instrument to measure the seismic waves of earthquakes was invented by Charles F. Richter at the California Institute of Technology. (Bellis, 2013) He introduced his new instrument called the Richter scale, to the world of science. His invention allows scientists today to study the mechanics behind earthquakes and locate the epicenter to which the natural disaster originated. The largest earthquake recorded by the Richter scale was measured on May 22, 1960 at a magnitude of 9.5. The quake resulted in 1,886 deaths, 2,000,000 homeless, and $1,175,000,000 total in damages. (“The Largest Earthquake”, [PDF file]) If we want to see these large numbers slide down to zero, the impossible will need to be challenged by science. Skyscrapers are buildings consisting...
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...additional consideration of monetary gain or personal incentive may have just as a significant impact on the totality of his final results. (Graff and Birkenstein 66) In an effort to prove the theory that there is wisdom in crowds, I decided to start with one of Surowiecki’s direct quotes “The real key, it turns out, is not so much perfecting a particular method, but satisfying the conditions—diversity, independence, and decentralization—that a group needs to be smart. In pursuit of proving this argument true, I’ve conducted my own experiment involving a small group of people, who were asked the following question: “What would you consider the five most vital items needed from an emergency preparedness kit, which would provide you the greatest chances of survival the first 72 hours following a catastrophic event? Although none of my group’s members are considered an expert in emergency or natural disasters, I felt that each of them had resided in California long enough, if not their entire lives, to have a reasonable amount of experience or personal testimony to consider their responses credible. Prior to my conducting the...
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...5/16/2015 Nepal Earthquake: Afterthoughts | The Daily Star Home Shout 12:00 AM, May 07, 2015 / LAST MODIFIED: 04:59 PM, May 13, 2015 Nepal Earthquake: Afterthoughts Ishtiaq Ahmed NEPAL, AS OF NOW Sitting at the base of Mount Langtang, a 7000m high mountain in the Nepalese Himalayas, there's a small village of the same name. On April 25, 2015 right when the sun was high up in the Langtang valley, the little village of 200 people was destroyed completely. The avalanche that followed the notorious Nepal earthquake had completely wiped the little village off the face of the earth. Now, almost two weeks after the incident, the death toll in Nepal has risen to over 7000, and the number of injured are twice that many. The pungent greywhite smoke above the crematory pyres of the Pashupatinath Temple is getting thicker and thicker each day. UNDERSTANDING EARTHQUAKES As we all know, the outer crust of the earth is very thin compared to its core. This outer crust is basically composed of several continental plates. So what happens is this: these plates try to move relative to each other over longer periods of time. The adjoining line of two consecutive plates is called a "fault line". When the plates try to move, there are slips along the fault lines which disturb the surrounding surface areas. Lands may go up, valleys may be formed or rivers may change courses. Most of the Himalayas were puffed up high in the skies from underneath the ocean in a series of earthquakes ages ago...
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...Personal Preparedness Packet A natural disaster or crisis can occur without a moment’s notice. While, it is virtually impossible to control when a disaster or crisis will strike, it is possible to prepare for them. California can be affected by a variety of natural disasters such as; earthquakes, mudslides, floods, and wildfires. It is beneficial for all residents to prepare disaster plan for their families that will layout their course of action in the event that a disaster or crisis occurs. Planning escape routes, preparing a survival kit, and keeping first aid items at hand are all necessities of an effective preparedness plan. Also, it is important that all members of the family know what to do in case they become separated from each other. This includes agreeing to check in with specific long distance family members or contacting the Red Cross and registering themselves on their Safe and Wellness website....
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...Natural Disasters - Volcano BChen 4/5SP Part 1 |How does a Volcano occur? | | | |[pic] | | | |Where in the world does Volcanoes occur? | | | | | | | | | ...
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...Emergency preparedness is the ability of individuals, organizations, and communities to respond to public health emergencies, such as natural disasters, bad weather, bioterrorism, outbreak of diseases, accidents casualties, and chemical or radiation emergencies. The most indigenous role of the federal, state or local government is to protect and prevent citizens from injury or potential harm, which involves helping people to prepare and respond to emergency situation, including people with disabilities. To plan and respond to community emergency require involvement of everybody in the community, including people with disabilities in identifying needs in evaluating operational management. The issues identified with people of disabilities include notification, evacuation, transportation, sheltering, access to information, medication, refrigeration, backup power, and to mobility devices or service animals en route to shelter. Emergency preparedness is pertinent for every community because it could be a life-threatening situation. Summary of the event that took place at the Neighborhood community as read under the course materials section in the newspaper articles and scenarios in the Pearson Health Science Neighborhood in season two, episode five from University of Phoenix student website. The Neighborhood has a population of 64,200, localized close to a forest and beside the bank of a river. The community has been experiencing fire out-break for five days and had caused irreversible...
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...Analyse the factors that cause differences in the hazards posed by volcanoes around the world. Volcanoes and their hazards have posed many problems across the world since they were formed. Due to their often aggressive activity they have been damaging to variations of human life. However these hazards are different depending on many factors, such as the nature of the hazard, the area where these hazards occur and the level of preparedness that area has. In this essay these factors will be studied to see if the effect of these volcanic hazards varies around the world. When a volcanic event occurs there are many hazards that could come from it. The primary being tephra; which is solid material varying in size that is ejected into the atmosphere, pyroclastic flows; which are very hot high-velocity flows, volcanic gases including carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and lava flows. The secondary being lahars; which are volcanic mud flows, flooding through melting of ice caps, tsunamis from giant caldera forming events, volcanic landslides and climate change due to the ejection of vast amounts of volcanic debris into the atmosphere that can reduce global temperatures. These hazards have caused incidents such as when lahars devastated the Colombian town of Armero after the eruption of Nevado Del Ruiz in November 1985. From this we can deduce the high level destruction that these hazards can cause. Two volcanic events where the hazards have affected the area around them are the...
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...Prof A.S Arya, Shri Ankush Agarwal and Shri Arvind Nagaraju Shri Anup Karanth Dr. Kamla Menon and Ms. A. Venkatachalam Ms. Balaka Dey Shri Hemang Karelia Ms. Malini Narayanan Coordinator: Ms. Sugandh Sharma, Education Officer, CBSE. Price: Published By: The Secretary, Central Board of Secondary Education, ‘Shiksha Kendra’, 2, Community Centre, Preet Vihar, Delhi-110 092 Design, Layout & Illustration By: Spectrum Media, 3721/5, IInd Floor, New Delhi-110 002 Phone : 011-23272562 Printed By: Contents Foreword For Students Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Introduction Tsunami – The killer sea waves Survival Skills Alternative Communication Systems…..during disasters Safe Construction Practices Sharing Responsibilities Planning Ahead 1 7 13 28 33 45 52 (iii) Foreword The recent massive earthquake of magnitude 8.6, which hit Indonesia (off the West Coast of Northern Sumatra) on 26th December at 06:28 hrs, was the biggest in 40 years which has triggered the deadly tsunami waves in Southeast Asia and coastal India. Another...
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...DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM Clark Subic Marketing is proud to present a one-of-a-kind, exclusive program of disaster preparedness and risk reduction. Choose from 4 diverse courses all tailored to help your governmental or private organization ready for the inevitable. Held in Subic Bay at facilities formerly occupied by the United States Military, these programs are comprehensive in scope, understandable to a broad range of participants and ideally suited for any large public entities, municipalities, college and universities or sizeable privately-held public facilities. City governments, provincial governments, college campuses, convention venues, and large corporations will benefit and find themselves in a state of preparedness for a diverse set of disaster scenarios by participating in these exclusive seminars. With increases of natural disasters, amplified potential terrorism risk, global climate change and the intrinsic-dangerous geographical location of the Philippines, it is imperative that governments and large public entities be prepared for disasters. The Philippines is subject to a diverse set of threats, be it natural or man-made, a thorough and well thought-out preparedness plan is crucial today more than even. [pic] |FOR SEMINAR BOOKING AND INFORMATION | |Click to Send Secure Inquiry for Disaster Preparedness Program ...
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...1. According to the 9/11 Commission Report (Chapter 11 – Foresight and Hindsight) “the 9/11 attacks revealed four kinds of failures: in imagination, policy, capabilities, and management.” Choose one of these categories and discuss how the U.S. government failed and what can be done in the future to avoid a similar failure. Although I feel that all of these categories can apply in some way or another, the category I choose to develop my question on is the failure of the management- both operational and institutional. From reading Chapter 11 Foresight and Hindsight in the 9/11 Commission Report, we can see how the management missed numerous opportunities in upsetting the 9/11 plot. According to the Commission’s Report the reasoning behind this is because “Information was not shared, sometimes inadvertently or because of legal misunderstandings. Analysis was not pooled. Effective operations were not launched. Often the handoffs of information were lost across the divide separating the foreign and domestic agencies of the government.” (The 9/11 Commission Report-Pg. 353) Al Qaeda adapted to the failure of our management operations to gain entrance into the United States. Presented in the chapter is an illustration of how operational management failed in protecting our homeland with the case of Mihdhar, Hazmi, and Salem and their trip to Kuala Lumpur. In brief summary, here are the operational opportunities that the United States missed in this case: “1. January 2000: The...
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