Essays on Federal Emergency Management Agency

There is the need for any community to always have proper structures which will assist in managing possible disasters in such a community with the overall objective of ensuring that it is free from any impending dangers. The commonest disaster that has been constantly affecting my community is floods (Federal Emergency Management Agency, 2016; a). The main effect of flooding is that it interrupts the normal living of persons in the society. Additionally, the fatalities associated with floods usually take a toll on the safety of human populations. Floods are also responsible for destabilizing government systems like transport and ...

The level of community preparedness in regards to the management of disasters is an important step in making sure that such a population is protected from possible negative effects that may result in the process. Floods have been established to the commonest natural disasters in the United States and as such, there is the need for having in place measures that will ensure that the condition is properly addressed. Flooding occurs when water overflows to dry land and may happen up to only a few inches high or completely cover a particular locality (Federal Emergency Management Agency, 2016). This ...

Focusing Events & Dates

According to the case, the Loma Prieta Earthquake occurred in northern California on October 17, 1989. The disaster caused massive destruction, particularly the collapse of Admiral Nimitz Freeway. Since the freeway was destroyed, it caused fatality of more than forty motorists and drivers collectively. Moreover, there was a major disturbance in gas lines and multiple fire ignitions damaged residential buildings. Northridge Earthquake was the second occurrence on January 17, 1994 in Los Angeles. It was considered as the most destructive earthquake of the decade, since government paid approximately $6.97 billion as damages. USA had experienced Hurricanes, which was another ...

A disaster typically presents a community with the inability to cope without the assistance of outside sources. The political and economic impact on a community is enormous. Without funding, communities would not survive disasters.

Political Impact of Disasters

Political disruption in a community can occur as a result of a disaster. Disruption in politics can result from social activism and other sources of community conflict. Social activism can arise as victims of the disaster may feel additional victimization by a conflict of the goals of recovery by citizens and government. Citizens may seek collective action to address their grievances. Other sources of community ...

Following the 9/11 2001 attacks on the US homeland, a commission was set up to investigate the attacks and the response by the US security agencies to the attacks. Known as the 9/11 Commission report, one of the recommendation sections of this report touched on communication as a response to such attacks in the future. According to this National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States Report, one of the lesson’s learned in the aftermaths of these attacks was the lack of proper communication channels among the then existing security agencies and authorities. As a matter of ...

Hazard Mitigation Response

Introduction Background The world’s history is full of natural disasters that caused the losses of both the life and property. The disasters can categorized in numerous categories such as droughts, earthquakes, heat waves, floods, hurricanes, landslides, thunderstorms, tornadoes, tsunamis, volcanoes, wildfires, winter storm etc. . The United States alone suffered from the ten natural disasters in 2015 including a drought, wildfire, winter storm, floods, and five severe storms. The estimated financial loss of each disaster is almost $1 billion with the total death toll of 155 . The mentioned losses do not include the damage caused by manmade disasters like ...

Challenges and opportunities arising at various levels emerge as upcoming trends in emergency management. Generally, the emerging trends, either posing as challenges or opportunities, constitute the factors that impact the future direction of emergency management. The emerging challenges and opportunities arise at the professional, national or the global levels. The paper provides a description of various elements as entailed within the Federal Emergency Management Agency – FEMA chapter 15 as follows;

Global Challenges

In the course of managing emergencies, there are a number of major challenges that are emerging globally. Among these challenges are global climate changes, cumulative risk aversion, increasing levels ...

Emergency Management

Mitigation is the first phase of emergency management. This step takes into consideration measures taken to conceptualize hazards and come up with ways to which the impact of these risks can be mitigated. Activities in the mitigation phase are future oriented. Preparedness is the second phase and refers to activities geared towards saving the lives of people impacted by a hazard while minimizing the resulting damage. Preparedness requires continuous planning which ensures that emergency managers can effectively cope once a disaster strikes (Lindsay, 2012). Response is the third phase in emergency management and looks into the actions individuals engage ...

Introduction

Background This section will cover community disaster history. It will involve an investigation into incidents of hazards which has taken a place in the past. A chronological record of the nature of hazards which has taken place over time will be prepared. Further, there will be a classification of the hazards (such as flooding, fire, earthquake, accidents, etc.) will be done. Part of this historical records include the frequency of occurrence of the hazards as well as the magnitude.

Mitigation

Hazard mitigation has been defined as a sustained action meant to either eliminate or reduce long-term risk to not only ...

Question One: Quarantine and Isolation

In the early stages of the emergence of infectious diseases, isolation and quarantine are in most cases the only and last resort used to control effectively and manage the conditions (Al-Ateeg, 2004). These methods are usually handy when there is a limited knowledge of a newly identified or an occurrence of a previously contagious disease that poses a serious public threat. While these methods are used to respond to emerging and re-emerging public health threats and protecting the public by preventing the exposure of the population who have or may not have contracted a contagious disease, there are significant ...

1) The main difference between the terrorist hazard and the natural and technological disasters is the issue of causation. All terrorist acts are deliberate and have the purpose. On the contrary, the natural and technological disasters are non-intended. Therefore, the terrorist acts may be prevented, if the government s and other organizations take the proper action. In the case of the natural and technological disasters one may reduce the risk of technological disasters, but cannot avoid the natural disasters. 2) The goal of the emergency management in regards to the terrorism threat is to increase security via five phases: ...

1. Risk perception is related to people's evaluations and judgments of hazards that they (or their environments, or facilities) are exposed to. Risk perceptions steer the decisions about risk acceptance and are an important influence on the behaviours before and after a disaster. Risk appraisal by people is made of complex results of personal philosophies and hazard features (Rohrmann). Risk perception is important as it examines people’s opinions when they are asked about ways they can evaluate and categorize hazardous activities. For the purpose of effective risk communication, having a sound knowledge of risk perceptions is indispensable (Slovic, ...

Excessive alcohol use ranks the third leading cause of preventable deaths in the United States. Alcohol abuse acts as a primary risk factor for numerous society and health problems. The federal, state and local governments collaborate to minimize the problem by recommending task force recommendations describing interventions directed to the general population aimed at coping with the problem of excess alcohol use. Community health nurses have a big role to play in promoting the health of every person in the community by discouraging behaviors that are a risk to the public health (Nies and McEwen, 2015). Limiting the days ...