help in times of disaster as well as filling the needs of community members through the caring support of volunteers providing their gifts of time and talents to service in the time of need. Their mission statement is "a humanitarian organization led by volunteers and guided by its congressional charter and the fundamental principles of the International Red Cross Movement, will provide relief to victims of disasters and help people prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies" (Kanter, 1998,
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fills those positions when the primary job-holder is on vacation. Make a list of all those individuals with all contact information including business phone, home phone, cell phone, personal email, and any other possible way of contacting them in an emergency situation where normal communications might be unavailable. If you have critical vendors or contractors, build a special contact list that includes a description of the company and any other absolutely critical information about them including key
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M4- Explain the role of the organisations involved in planning for major incidents The purpose of emergency planning is to provide an integrated response to major incidents with a view to bringing about a successful end to an incident. Planning and preparation for emergencies and possible major incidents forms a large part of the work of the emergency services and other public services. Emergency plans are drawn up so that, in the event of a major incident, the public services can respond efficiently
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Governmental Fumble: Hurricane Katrina Things that occur naturally such as tornadoes, earthquakes, and hurricanes are unpreventable and are considered to be natural disasters. However, when man knowingly aids in the destructive power of naturally occurring events to inflect more damage, it is unquestionably a manmade disaster. For many years, both in the past and present, the United States has experienced some of the most devastating natural and artificial catastrophes such as The Dust Bowl
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The Environmental health supervisor or Operations Section Chief performs County wide functional exercises in emergency preparedness and response training. This role also involves being responsible for developing and implementing strategy to ensure the objectives of the situation are being met. This role is responsible for organizing, assigning, and supervising the tactical field resources. The director of community health promotion facilitates focus groups along with reduces
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National Response Framework (NRF): Improving America’s Disaster Response The government of the United States has experienced and continues to manifest consistent, often times sweeping, changes to the “way it does Emergency Response business.” The disastrous events of both September 11, 2001 and the unfolding tragedy of Hurricane Katrina proved to be “real-time” triggers for the evolution of governmental amendment to and eventual restructure of the overarching procedural standard for incident
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Not Everything is Within our Control The afternoon knows what the morning never expected. – Swedish (Swedish, "Nature Sayings and Nature Quotes | Wise Old Sayings") It is an irrevocable fact that we are not in control of everything that happens. We would like to believe that we are and we do everything in our power to get as close to full control as possible, but the truth of the matter is that as the starting quote say’s “ The afternoon always knows what the morning never expected”. There
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lessons from the evacuation of Hurricane Katrina, it is imperative that communications and disaster plans account for the specific obstacles run into by urban, minority communities. There work provides an opportunity to listen to the voices of the evacuees themselves. These voices lead us to believe that removing the obstacles of shelter and transportation will be insufficient to ensure safety in future disasters. Policies must additionally address the important influence of extended families and social
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Executive Summary ................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined. Disaster Management-Supply Chain Perspective .................................................... 4 No table of contents entries found. Executive Summary Disaster management deals with avoiding risks. It involves preparing, supporting, and rebuilding society when natural or man-made disasters occur. Disaster management is a continuous process by which all individuals, groups, and communities manage
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Communication and Crisis Julie Maple August 18, 2013 HCS/320 Teresa Shook I am the director of the regional emergency management office. I am coming to you because I have been receiving official reports that our public water supplies of several towns in the area have become contaminated with a life threatening biological agent. Having a contaminated water supply is a very serious situation. There is no solid evidence to show how the water became contaminated, and people need to know what
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