American Red Cross: A Community Organization The American Red Cross’s responsibility and involvement to the community involves care, compassion, assistance, and a plethora of other services. The American Red Cross has been providing disaster relief for well over 100 years and is well known as a humanitarian organization. The American Red Cross provides services in five key areas: blood drives, safety training (like CPR and First Aid), and community help for the poor, support services for military
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and created great concern within the local area and surrounding areas. The major forms of communication used in this situation were three major television networks and the local radio stations. Also, there was another situation in 2005 when Hurricane Katrina went through New Orleans and left it devastated. Many of the local citizens and their families were affected and most of them had to be relocated. In this situation, there were newer communication technologies, like the Internet, that was used
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of local chapters nominate members of the local boards of governors. * Facts specific to book case analysis * Criticisms * 9/11 response was inadequate and poorly managed, very slow response time * Hurricane Katrina response inadequate and poorly managed * Both cases ARC forced to address allegations of fraud, bribery, and even theft on the part of
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Tropical Cyclones also known as Hurricanes and Typhoons are one of the most dangerous hazards to people. Every year, they cause consdierable loss of life and immense damaged to property. However, tropical cyclones are essential features of the Earth's atmosphere. as they transfer heat and energy between the equator and the cooler regions nearer the poles. In this essay I will look at whether or not the impacts of tropical cyclones depends primarily on the preparedness and planning or whether other
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Hurricane Insurance and Related Accounting Matters The Company maintains an aggregate of $400 million of property insurance, including business interruption coverage. This insurance is comprised of multiple layers of coverage underwritten by 11 separate carriers or syndicates, all of which are currently rated A- or better by a major rating agency. The insurance provides $400 million of coverage per occurrence for a “Weather Catastrophe Occurrence” and at least $100 million on an annual basis for
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Disaster are the primary root of morbidity and mortality. Natural or manmade disasters that occurred in the past decay such as hurricane Katrina, terrorist attacks of September 11th of 2001, made everyone aware that disaster can happen anytime, anywhere and with out any warning. So many people have been affected, by losing their homes, family member, employment ,income, physical and mental health. Often time people feel powerless and depend on their community or government to assure their safety
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Hurricanes are one of the most catastrophic events resulting in severe consequences including loss of life and property damage. The magnitude of devastation was evident in the aftermath of hurricanes Katrina and Rita in the Gulf coast. Emergency management teams play a huge role in safeguarding the lives of people in endangered areas by evacuating them to safer locations as efficiently as possible. An evacuation plan is an essential component of an emergency plan. The evacuation plan for the
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Gov. Cuomo: Sandy's toll on NY could hit $33 billion By Zack Colman - 11/09/12 10:16 AM ET Hurricane Sandy's damage to New York could total $33 billion, the state’s governor, Andrew Cuomo (D), said Thursday, according to The Associated Press. In all, Sandy’s tab could reach $50 billion for the East Coast. That would make it the nation’s second most costly storm, with only Hurricane Katrina topping it. So far, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has provided $327 million in disaster assistance
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Red Cross (ARC) Determine the impact of this event on ARC’s benefits of business ethics employee commitment, investor loyalty, customer satisfaction, and bottom line. Because of the actions of the American Red Cross following 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina, their benefits of business effects were damaged. Employee commitment wavered because of the actions of the organization. Because of the lack of monitoring some employees or volunteers were doing unethical and fraudulent things. This misconduct
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Final Paper: Leadership & Katrina PART 1 A) Learning about the different leadership models in this class has taught me about how to be a better leader. It has also made me see leadership skills in myself that I wasn’t fully aware of and made them come to the surface and develop. I learned that leadership doesn’t fit into one thought process; there are many models and many ways to exhibit and act on leadership. I learned why I do what I do when we decided on what we value. I knew what I valued
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