Essays on Disaster Management

Pro-Care Clinic is a general outpatient clinic facility that caters for basic health needs and mostly deals with outpatient issues (The Green Book). However, once in a while, the facility is required to handle serious issues that may require minor surgeries, child deliveries, or serious accidents. In such cases, the clinic admits the patients in its ward that accommodates 5 patients. Most of these cases are managed first before referring the patients to other equipped hospitals. The clinic has been known to handle these cases since there are no close hospitals in the neighborhood. The clinic has an administrator, ...

DISASTER PLAN

Introduction Disaster preparedness in nursing is important due to the environment that the clinical nurses face on a day to day basis. Nurses play a vital role in communication, coordination and handling health care activities. There are numerous external and internal disasters that nurses can face in their career. The disasters might require proper preparation and strategic planning. Nurses are important in disaster preparedness and readiness in the society.

Analysis

The disaster plan begins from the point of evaluating the possible threats that are likely to occur within a particular geographical region or business. The evaluation is important in creating ...

Organizations serving the public should have a well-defined disaster management plan, which ensures potential disasters are identified and countered before they happen. Structuring the emergency services effectively ensures that the consequences of disasters are duly minimized, and people who would be planning to attack a given facility draws back. According to Kim (2014), organizations such as hospitals should ensure that collaboration of all departments should be highly acknowledged since emergency control department cannot singularly handle disasters in the entire hospital without reinforcement from other departments. It is, therefore, important that every stakeholder or employee in the hospital be taken ...

QUESTION 1

One can begin to think clearly about these types of events without being "that guy,” and one can have a rational discussion about this. One of the characteristics of Extremistan is that it is more likely to be found in our modern society implying that it is living and not dependent on the old environment like mediocristan. Mediocristan tends to favor the weak by making sure that the total is not determined by a single instance whereas, in Extremistan a person gets the full due of what they are supposed to get. It, therefore, goes without saying that one ...

Q1 Based on the best quote, “Take whatever idiot they have at the top of whatever agency and give me a better idiot Give me a caring idiot, give me a sensitive idiot, just don’t give me the same idiot” by the president of the Jefferson Parish, Aaron Broussard and the words from James Lee Wit that states “we promised to make an agency that could deliver on the political promises” (Cooper & Block, 2006). This suggests that FEMA was expected to provide the best services that were related to homeland security, for instance dealing with disaster, Hurricane Katrina ...

Disaster recovery management

Introduction A disaster is an unwanted/unexpected havoc that occurs and causes detrimental effects. The effects might cause harm to individuals and lead to the destruction of property. Examples of disasters include fire, floods, and volcanic eruptions (Hermansson, 2015). Disaster recovery management is the act of controlling the emergence of disasters through the institution of stringent measures that aim at curbing chances of occurrence of accidents.

The essential task, ongoing evaluation, and major policies and procedural changes

As a business continuity lead manager, the fundamental task would be to ensure that the right personnel is in the right areas of work so as to maximize the business continuity performance. Also, the ...

Abstract

Disaster analysis is essential in the management of disasters. It assists in the identification of gaps in the management cycle within a given region. Management of disasters occurs in four cycles including planning or preparedness, response, recovery, as well as mitigation. Planning is an essential tool in all the phases of the cycle. The primary aim of disaster response is to offer immediate aid to improve health, sustain life, as well as assist in the improvement of the morale of the affected population. Recovery phase aims at restoring the infrastructure as well as the operations of the community services ...

Epistemology is the science of Knowledge. It deals with how our mind perceives knowledge. The nature of various hypotheses, concepts, theories which give us the knowledge of a particular field comes under the purview of Epistemology. It checks the validity of our senses, our reasoning and our logic. Epistemology validates the methods used in the study. It enables one to distinguish truth from falsehood. The studies we make about our environment can be useful to us because of Epistemology (Joseph, 2006). Disasters include the ones caused by nature, such as typhoons, earthquakes, tsunamis, tornadoes, floods, etc. and those caused ...

Human life and experiences have received tremendous transformation as a result of discoveries in various fields. With specific emphasis on the field of communication and electronics, the invention of the radio has substantially impacted on the human life experience and development. Fundamentally, it true to assert that no invention of the modern times has played crucial roles in the delivery of considerable benefits while it initially promised little. In this sense, therefore, the significance of the radio can be observed in general communication amongst human being, advertisement and marketing of goods and services in the modern corporate world, disaster ...

RESPONSE

Disasters are inevitable in a natural world that is inhabited by not only human life but other organisms too. There are several things that can occur in a world full of interaction. However, despite the notion of knowing that something could go wrong, whether it’s a human caused adversity or a natural crisis there have been measures taken to enhance the quality of life for those who are experiencing disasters. Part of disaster management has a lot to do with recognizing the needs of those who are afflicted by misfortune. According to humanistic psychology, Maslow considered the fact ...

Introduction

Emergency management has a place in the history of not only the US but its environs as well. The period between 1900 and 2010 has seen disasters that have ranged from earthquakes, drought, and hurricanes just to mention a few of the natural disasters that have marred the country. There are those disasters that have faced the country only that this time, they were deemed to be artificial in the sense that human factors had a hand in them. These include oil spills, terrorism, and human arsonists. It is critical to note that in the earlier times when disasters ...

Community health is regarded as a critical economic driver in developed nations. In the US, the Healthy People Vision 2020 has been developed to identify the community, family, and personal illnesses that cause significant nation burden of disease. Significant emphasis has been laid on healthy communities, as changes have been occurring in the areas of medical financing, focus, and policy (Don, 2016). In view of this, the current paper will assess the community health needs and risks of the King`s County community in Washington. The paper will analyze their needs towards work related injuries in relation to the ...

Introduction

Cascade disaster is a concurrent sequence that occurs and initiates the occurrence of another event. Any natural disaster causes detrimental effects to the environment particularly the infrastructure, thereby establishing the need to study the occurrence of cascade to provide preventive measures because climatic changes lead to natural disasters. Therefore, the best approach will be to understand Causal-Loop-Diagrams (CLDs) to examine the magnitude of cascade effect on human health, electricity, infrastructure as well as natural disaster. The researchers have tried to apply the CLD to disastrous events and management, so as to improve the lives of people by providing the ...

Utilitarianism is an ethical principle that dictates that actions are ‘moral’ only when they contribute towards the betterment of the greatest number of people in society or what is often referred to as the ‘greater good theory’ . When considered within the context of Disaster Management and Response, utilitarianism implies that the ideal course of action is one that will allow the maximum number of victims to be rescued, treated and saved. The ethical and moral dilemma this creates is what criteria should medical and rescue personnel use in order to determine which individuals are more worthy of receiving help ...

The federal emergency management agency involves all stakeholders in disaster management. All individuals, governmental bodies and non- governmental organizations all take part in community disaster management. The whole community is keen to ensure that they are safe and protected. FEMA`s whole community concept is inline with the well being of the community with the rising number of threats to human lives (Concern Worldwide, U.S, 2015). Disaster management strategic goals are to reduce the number of deaths, injuries and the impact of disasters. The federal government strategizes on how to plan, control and react to threats and risks which ...

Some places in Rwanda are prone to disasters. The most frequent natural disasters are floods and landslides, and both have a tremendous impact on human lives, property, infrastructure and the environment. For example, in May 2016, both disasters hit Gakenke and Muhanga, killing more than forty people. Rubavu and Ngororero were also hit, and seven people died in these places while others were left injured. Parts of Northern Rwanda are most susceptible to these disasters (REMA, 2011, 45). These include Rubavu Districts, Musanze, Nyabihu, and Burera. Although these are natural disasters, their magnitude is determined by a combination of ...

CORPORATE AFFAIRS, COMMUNICATION & PUBLIC RELATIONS IN DISASTER TIMES – A CASE ANLAYSIS OF THE BENTO RODRIGUES DAM INCIDENT OF NOVEMBER 2015

Introduction On the 5th of November, 2015, the Bento Rodrigues Dam broke its bounds and flooded major settlements in Minas Gerais, in south east Brazil. The immediate result was due to an accidental leakage in the Bento Rodrigues Dam which caused the release of a large volume of toxic materials into the nearby Santarem River valley which flowed into the Doce River. The Dam is owned by Samarco which is owned jointly by Vale and British-Australian mining giant, BHP Billiton. The purpose of this research is to identify the major business and corporate communication issues that occurred in the ...

The study intended to develop a vision for disaster nursing, in addition to identifying the barriers and facilitators to the achievement of the developed vision. The study also sought to outline “recommendations for nursing practice, education, policy and research” (Veenema et al., 2016). The authors of this article also acknowledge the potential of nurses in managing disasters, as they observe that there are approximately 2.3 million nurses in the United States. Despite the great potential that nurses hold for managing disasters and emergencies, the efforts to integrate them into disaster management efforts are still wanting. The nurses are inadequately ...

Abstract

This project serves to focus on the country of Saudi Arabia and how the nation, handles school preparedness when it comes to disasters. Saudi Arabia is a developing country. The researcher argues that more need to be done in making sure children are protected in a developing society when a disaster happens. Some of the disasters explored in the discussion include fires, earthquakes, hurricanes and terrorist attacks. The researcher believes that while there is potential to rectify this issue, more future research needs to be done. In the exploration of the topic, the author found that there were vulnerabilities ...

Introduction

Leadership in the business plays a critical role in offering the direction to the organization, motivation to the workers, and in fostering internal relationship and smooth production (Adrian, 2011). The management plays the dual roles of structural and systematic directives as well as leadership roles along the socio-cultural perspectives. The roles and effective responsibilities of the directorship in the organization is critical in improving the business response and crisis management. Crisis may arise in the firm because of various reasons that can be centered in the internal enterprise operations or from the external factors associated with the industry operations ( ...

Communication is vital in every organization, and more so in the inception and incorporation of disaster management. Different modes of communication instigates collaboration in various operations. There are different methods of communication, they involve techniques such as; physical interface, which is commonly referred to as face-to-face communication, and online communication. (Whybark, 2007). Online communication is the most popular and highly utilized form of communication in the world today. It is in this perspective, that online communication has been widely embraced and popular across the world, allowed to the vast and fast growth of technology over the years. There are ...

What is the Scope?

The document provides standard programs that are essential to disaster control and business continuity in both the public and private sectors. The committee continues to expand its provisions to enhance the efficiency of disaster management and entrepreneurial continuity by mitigating new risks that emerge. The editions contain changes that are directed towards the sustainable protection of property and life. The latest version released on 2013 has new chapters and roles such as added initiative requirements and the emergency operation facilities respectively (NFPA 1600, 5).

What is the Purpose?

The directive is to sustain emergency management, preserve businesses, life, and the property. The NCPA ...

Introduction

The hurricane-three disaster in the city was a deadly reminder that the city can be and must be well prepared to handle future disasters. The main lesson from the destructive natural disaster is that no matter how well the city seems prepared, the disaster management systems must be improved every day. The natural occurrence took place in one week, and it was severe early in the morning as well as in the evening. It was highly destructive to the environment bringing down massive investments in the city in the form of buildings and businesses. In specific five buildings were ...

Briefly, define and describe community resilience as it related to critical incident management. Include in your answer what is meant by “continuity of government.” Community resilience implies the measure of the sustaining capability to make proper use of the entire available resources so as to deal with the diversity of the adverse situations. Kean & Hamilton (2004) asserts that the communities may possess limited resilience if there is no intensity of readiness for catastrophes. Properly prepared communities are described as resilient due to their capability to offer assistance in the prevention of losses incurred as a result of a disaster. ...

In early 2010, an explosion at the BP Deepwater Horizon oil right in the Mexican Golf became one of the largest man-made maritime disasters in US history. The disaster would cause considerable damage regarding the loss of life, damage to the ecosystem, as well as financial and reputational losses. As a way of dealing with this spill, BP established a PR plan focused on communicating with various stakeholders during and after the disaster (Wolf & Mejri, 2013). I do not believe that their efforts were any successful based on the following reasons. First, to control the incoming press exposure, the ...

Post Disaster Project: Prepare a Project Plan

Project description A disaster is natural or man-made occurrence, that causes immense damage to human life, animal life or properties, on a large scale. It creates the need for external human assistance to alleviate the sufferings of the victims, minimize their loss and return them back to a state where they can manage the situation independently. Sometimes, the damage associated with a disaster is irreversible and assistance can only help victims to adapt. A proper disaster management project can help foresee disasters and minimize loss. Preparedness, response, recovery and mitigation are the different stages involved in the management of ...

Introduction

The disaster events that have occurred in the recent past have illustrated the challenges that face metropolitan areas and states in preparing and later responding to natural disasters (Deyle & Wiedenman, 2014). Considering the suddenness of the different natural disasters, terrorist incidents, as well as their unexpected nature, it is not surprising that there is evidence of the lack of coordination and confusion in the management of transportation system in the aftermath. Although the immediate response to disasters and security incidents is the responsibility of public security agencies, the metropolitan planning organizations play very important role in promoting and coordinating ...

Executive Summary

Emergency management (often referred to as disaster management) is a sphere of public policy programs, which aims at creating plans, which the communities, which make them less vulnerable to various natural and man-made natural risks and hazards. The practice also shows that inability to draft and implement these plans may result in a high number of victims, damage to physical assets and other negative outcomes (Haddow, Bullock & Coppola, 2008). Statistically, two-thirds of all American companies do not have comprehensive disaster plans, and thus, in the event a disaster happens, it is the task of local public authorities to save ...

Introduction 3

Relationship between Remote Sensing and GIS 3 Increased Interest to Understand the Earth 4 Applications of Geographic Information Systems 5 Mapping Data 5 Proximity Analysis 6 Buffering 7 Finding Clusters 7 Finding the Nearest 7 Disaster Management 7 Crime Statistics 8 Archaeology 8 Health Management 8 Conclusion 9

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Geographic Information Systems The use of Geographic Information Systems has significantly transformed over the past ten years. GIS has brought the golden age of powerful information technology that enables people to store large sets of data. This technology has also expanded system memories, and the process is affordable to many. Initially, ...

Abstract

Many scholars in the management field have spent most of their time trying to come up with theories that explain management. The work of these theorists, however, has not gone to waste as there are very many theories that have come up as a result. Management theorists have been linked to improving the quality of products and services being offered by any organization by using their creative minds in developing ideas that solve problems. For one to be well conversant and an expert in the management field, he/she must study and try to emulate the work of these theorists. ...

The Fukushima Daichi is a technological disaster triggered by natural calamities on March 11th, 2011, when a massive earthquake measuring 9.0 on the Richter scale hit Japan. The earthquake originated from Honshu Island, and it created a tsunami. Following the tremor, reactors one, two and three automatically shut down. Reactors 4, 5 and 6 had been previously shut down for maintenance and repairs. Due to felled power supply lines, the Fukushima Daichi reactor complex was cut off from the electricity grid. As the operating reactors had shut down, they could not generate power for them to cool down, and ...

Discussion of the crisis issues associated with the Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster in 2004

Management in crisis is a tough enough situation. However, the horrific onslaught of a suddenly unexpected tsunami literally crashing dramatically upon one’s doorstep is simply unthinkable. The inconceivable occurred in Indonesia, when the Aceh-stimulated earthquake stirred the violent killer waves in 2004 costing the lives of 127,000 people, roughly half a million injured – leaving behind potential scores of disease-prone epidemics and mourning of loved ones (Pascapurnama, Murakami, Chagan-Yasutan, Hattori, Sasaki & Egawa 2016). One international journalist and helper in the aftermath of the Indonesian Indian Ocean Earthquake Tsunami disaster, Bill Nicol, in his book Tsunami Chronicles, described the ...

Question 1

Crisis in tourism can be considered a process, or various processes that are put in place for handling unforeseen situations that usually threaten an organization, cooperation or business as well as a group or a person. Crises often take place without any warning in prior for preparation, hence creating uncertain circumstances. In such situation, it is essential to put plans in place that can be swiftly be executed for either position actions to remedy the circumstance or decreasing potential impact of the crisis to settle the circumstance in a given appropriate period. For example, not most nations have overall ...

Introduction

Natural disasters are known to have an undesirable effect on humanity. The aftermath of such occurrences is often characterized by mass suffering and dependency on human aid for the victims to survive. All over the world, there are many organizations that play a significant role in ensuring victims receive the necessary support. Different types of disasters present various kinds of challenges. It is upon these lines that humanitarian support is structured. To mount a successful humanitarian aid, there is need to understand the unique challenges involved and structure tailor-made solutions. For earthquakes, a number of challenges have been reported. ...

A Program to Mitigate and Prepare for Terrorism in Las Vegas

Las Vegas is one of America’s busiest tourism destinations. With millions of people visiting the city annually, many risks face the city. Terrorism stands out as one of the biggest threats that the city faces. This paper proposes a program that would help Las Vegas to be more prepared for any terror activity and therefore mitigate the risk that comes with the phenomenon.

Terrorism and Las Vegas

International terrorism has become the concern of many countries with attacks spreading from New York to Paris and even England. A majority of these attacks are perpetrated by individuals who seek to instill a state ...

Abstract

Mitigation emphases on decreasing damages of life and property while the recovery empowers the community to regain its normalcy and cope with the situation to continue with their lives. From that avowal, it is without a doubt that they are both central and fundamental phases in the management of adversities that might arise. The two play an essential role in helping the society members to respond and bounce back despite the loss of life and damage to properties. An attempt will be made to expound the mitigation and recovery disciplines of the disaster management plan as well as the ...

Contributions made by the United Nations to disaster management.

In the 21st Century, there has been the continuous increase in the disastrous occurrences. Any of these has been natural disasters while others are man-made disasters. A disaster is a disruption of the normal functioning of a given locality causing widespread and enormous human, material, economic or environmental losses exceeding the affected community's ability to cope with the losses. This means that the affected community may not be able to fund or handle the scope of losses and effects after the disaster using its resources which are limited. Disasters in this case mainly result from a combination of hazards, ...

Humankind is susceptible to many situations which are sudden and take people unawares, wrought by both nature and mankind. These situations are known as emergencies and wreak huge losses to life and property. Although modern technologies have devised sound meteorological systems that may warn us of impending natural calamities such as earthquakes, volcanoes, cyclones, Tsunamis etc., the losses suffered cannot be fully recovered because Government machinery is never sufficient to deal with the magnitude of the disaster. Modernization of facilities to make living style easier has in its wake exposed human kind to many dangers. Exposure to these dangers ...

Introduction

The disruptions from natural and unnatural disasters exposes salient and pertinent long standing social structures into people’s consciousness, and forces individuals and institutions to confront problems—some of which had already existed but have become more evident and alarming after disasters, while some are produced or are resurfaced by disaster events. Weak social structures, for example, such as unpreparedness, power struggles, corruption and evident biases towards the affluent tend to become more evident especially in post-disaster evaluation and rehabilitation. This paper explores on two articles that discusses the current normative state of disaster response and rehabilitation politics in ...

There is the need to evaluate the community’s risk communication plan. The council members should allocate more resources for the process. The evaluation of the program determines whether the benefits of the communication plan is felt at the community level. The assessment establishes the ability of the plan to diagnose community problems and build trust between the public and the risk communicators. The process is also essential because it measures the capability of the risk assessment plan in creating awareness strategies (Ng and Hamby 3). These strategies enlighten the public, and they can handle any risks without many ...

1. On an average, 90 percent of the disaster-related deaths and injuries are sustained in nations where per capital income is under $760 per year (Coppola 26). 2. In poor countries, the government focuses its resources on interest that have a greater social demand such as basic infrastructure, education, or military. Rather than spending on mitigation or preparation of disaster management, government prioritizes other social necessities. 3. International involvement is needed when the nation is overwhelmed by the sheer disaster caused by an event. Three types of emergencies require international involvement; these are humanitarian emergencies (India invaded Bangladesh in ...

Introduction

Gilbert Siegel is a professor, director, and associate dean, in the University of Southern Carolina. Most of the academic works by Siegel have been in the field of public management, with a particular major emphasis on the sector of human resource management. Gilbert Siegel is the author of the research material on Human Resource Development for Emergency Management. Other successfully written publications by the same author include, “Public Employee Compensation, Mass Interviewing and the Marshalling of Ideas to Improve Performance, and Public Personnel Administration: Concepts and Practices.

The main focus of the Siegel’s publication on Human Resource Development for Disaster ...

Disaster Plan

Being a manager of Emergency Department, I have set up various disaster management plans for this hospital. To begin with, staff training has been taken as a strategy to deal with any kind of disaster. The training has been established for both internal and external calamities. Through such training, all the staff is made aware of incidences that may be brought abut by either natural or man-made disasters. Natural disasters like tsunamis and earthquakes bring in more injuries and casualties and the staff is more informed on matters relating to such incidences. The reason that makes natural disasters to predict more ...

It is also referred to as the disaster management. It is a discipline that deals with and the avoidance of risks. It is a proactive discipline in that, it prepares for a disaster before happening and also the disaster response upon occurrence. Generally this is a continuous process in which communities and individuals manage risks or hazards so as to avoid or mitigate the effects of such disasters. The effective disaster management heavily relies on the inclusion of emergency plans at every government and private involvement levels. Oftenly, the responsibility of governmental disaster management is placed with the institutions of the civil defense. ...