be a long process and funding will have to be required in order to support the communities. Communities and State/local governments have increased their expectations for support and recovery efforts from the federal government; such agencies as FEMA. However, the governor of that state must declare the natural disaster to be devastating enough, in order to recieve any sort of assistance from federal agencies. Emergency Management has become ever moreso important to communities;
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The Overseas Development Institute’s mission statement and values mirror my own professional and personal objectives. Having lost one parent to a disaster, the Joplin, Missouri tornado of May 22, 2011, and nearly losing the other when Hurricane Charley impacted central Florida in 2004, my life is dedicated to understanding the many components of community vulnerability to natural and technological hazards and working to mitigate these issues. For post-disaster communities, I focus on the recovery
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The Contributions of Management Theory and Practice to Emergency Management John C. Pine is the Director of the Disaster Science and Management, Professor-Research with the Department of Environmental Studies and Interim Chair of the Department of Geography and Anthropology at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, LA. (225) 578-1075 Email: jpine@lsu.edu httt://www.risk.lsu.edu Abstract This chapter takes a look at the impact that management theory and how the basic functions and
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There are many various functions of police agencies. Patron, traffic, juvenile services, intelligence and undercover, and special operations are just some of the various functions of police agencies. There are many differences between the functions of the police agencies and the federal, state, and the local levels. There are reasons of why you need to have various functions and roles of policing in any community. There are a few various functions of police agencies such as patrol, traffic
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National Hazards: Floods Francis Lopez Cathedral High School Abstract Floods are very dangerous natural hazards. Every year they cost millions if not billions of dollars in damages, to people everywhere. They affect a lot of people worldwide. Floods can also be caused by a number of events. Snow melts, tropical storms, and dam or levee breaks are just a few of the causes of floods. Floods often cause damage to homes and businesses if they are in the natural flood plains of rivers. While river
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Form B02 BAY COUNTY BUILDERS’ SERVICES DIVISION Residential Plan Review New Homes & Residential Accessory Structures Please provide all applicable items listed below. 1. ONE COMPLETE SET OF PLANS, drawn to scale. Containing: Site plan Foundation & footing plans Floor plan, indicate all bearing walls Wall section(s), foundation through roof. Include panel nailing schedules Roof framing or truss layout plan Electrical, plumbing and HVAC plans (Locate all smoke detectors) Detail all
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factors might make the damage more serious. Many factors characterised Katrina as an example of a new type of complex disaster. Such a complex disaster was estimated before Katrina, and it had been named as “the New Orleans scenario”. Before Katrina, FEMA evaluated the New Orleans scenario as one of the most serious potential natural disasters. The first observation of Katrina
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case you are discuss the response by government, NGOs and volunteer groups to Hurricane Katrina. The question for you to answer is whether or not the organizational structure for disaster response for the City of New Orleans, State of Louisiana, and FEMA was adequate to effectively respond to a Cat. 3 - 5 hurricane on August 26th, 2005. As you respond to this question please complete the following: o Review the various reports concerning the Katrina response and relief efforts. Identify an example
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Business Continuity Planning Chapter 9: International Disaster Management Chapter 10: Future Trends and Issues Text chapters will support a minimum of ten three-hour blocks of instruction, unless otherwise agreed upon by the contractor and FEMA. Information derived from published sources shall be properly cited within textbook chapters, either within the text or by utilizing footnotes. Numerous information and data sources will be consulted in drafting the case studies including but not
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9 RUNNING HEAD: LEADERSHIP FAILURES DURING KATRINA Leadership Failures of Hurricane Katrina Mark L. Perkins Webster University MNGT 6000 Professor Lee Trovas February27th2014 Abstract Hurricane Katrina was one of the most devastating natural disasters in recent history, not only because of the severity of the storm, which couldn’t be prevented, but
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