Essays on Search And Rescue

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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 ...

Search and Rescue (SAR) is a practice done to salvage people from disasters. This practice is done by professionals who are specialized in particular disasters, for instance, following a hurricane or earthquake. These professionals serve to protect life to the best of their ability in each and every operation they encounter. As such, they need as much information before venturing into a potentially life-threatening disaster area. A mechanism is, therefore, required to provide all the necessary information to the SAR professionals. An excellent solution is this scenario would be an unmanned aerial vehicle that can record and relay real-time ...

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Hurricane Katrina proved to be one the largest natural disasters to occur in the United States. This storm devastated parts of the south, particularly Louisiana. High winds, rains and the breaking of levees left mass flooding and the drowning of entire neighborhoods. The emergency response from the government proved to be highly disorganized, inefficient and lacked the needed supplies to meet the needs of those requiring medical attention, food, water and shelter. In fact, some argue that the disaster lasted longer because of organizations like FEMA whose efforts many call a great failure. Since then many suggestions have been ...

Introduction: Hurricanes are common disasters in US causing maximum damage in the coastal community. They are the worst and costliest of all national disaster and can sometimes extends to areas far away from the coast. Hurricanes are defined as giant, spiraling tropical storms, with a wind speed of over 160miles/hr. Force generated by the storm, can cause catastrophic damage to houses, buildings and causes landfall. It can kill humans, animals and destroy natural landscape. (Parker & Shapiro, 2008) Hurricanes in US, has its origin ether in Atlantic or eastern Pacific Ocean. Hurricane season in Atlantic, begins in June and ends ...

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OTHER 2 Lt. Governor Spencer J. Cox-Utah and Emergency Response Lt. Go Cox, the Vice-president of a small telecommunications company, addressed some of the communications-related obstacles as well as problems with the management of volunteers, which needed to be overcome in Sanpete County after the fire at Woodhallow. He was able to help open communications lines for emergency responders. Furthermore, he pointed out the problem that community leaders and emergency responders have had with failing to use resources or "assets at their fingertips" without knowing who would incur a cost. He also mentioned social media's reach to the community-at-large, ...

- Maritime Administration: - Describe Nigeria’s maritime governance structure with emphasis on its maritime administration, The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) is the primary regulatory and promotional maritime agency. The merger of National Maritime Authority and Joint Maritime Labor Industrial Council that was the former parastatals of the Federal Ministry of Transport created this Agency on 1 August 2006. It is supervised by the Federal Ministry responsible for Marine Transportation. (Please see the attached Addendum A). . - Including: - Staff, The Agency has a Governing Board of a Chairman and a Director from the Federal Ministry ...

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Historically, dogs have played critical roles in the life of human beings. Since ancient times, these animals have been man’s best friend in almost all dimensions of his life. In warfare, for example, this unique animals have been used as sentries, scouts, trackers and in some cases war soldiers. Even though there exists substantial variation in the utilization of these dogs throughout history (from sports, hunting, messengers and war), dogs still continue to play significant roles in the life of their masters. Historical data reveals that ancient empires used dogs in their medieval battles. Great empires such as ...

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Natural disasters have always happened and will continue to happen. Unfortunately, there is a major difference in how developed countries prepare for and respond to natural disasters, compared to developing countries. When a disaster hits a developing country, the death rates are much higher than in a developed country, the recovery period takes longer and the long term economic impact is more severe. This paper looks at the causes for the differences and addresses steps a developing country can take to be better prepared for and respond against potential natural disasters. There is a distinct difference in the terminology disaster professionals use between the ...

Introduction

Mass Casualty care is the combination of the number of patients and the requirements of care that exceed or challenge the ability of the community to provide adequate care to the patients by utilizing day-to day operations. Moreover, a Mass Causality Incident has the potential of quickly exhausting the resources in any community that are available for a response. The capability of the hospital response is dependent on the comprehensive contingency management plan that include worst scenarios such as mass causality incidence in order to enhance the readiness level that is required for a prompt response in the health care needs of ...

4 Classical Phases of Disaster Management The four classical phases of disaster management are: mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. Mitigation phase entails reducing the effects of a tragedy. Practical examples include establishment of zoning and building codes, analysis of the vulnerability of the public, and educating the public regarding the best way to avoid calamities. Consequently, the preparedness phase relates to planning on the best way to respond when disasters occur. For instance, an organization can train the public about emergency exercises and warning systems. The response phase entails the reduction of the risks that have emerged following a tragedy. ...

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In Chapter 9, as Kendal sails through the Indian Ocean and later the Bay of Bengal, George turns her attention to the wild life under water. She talks about the face-to-face encounters that were reported by sailors with whales in different parts of the world, and how environmentalists and wildlife agencies had restricted the speed of ships crossing whale inhabited areas to protect them from being sliced. Her attention then shifts from conservancy to deaths and removal of decaying carcass to prevent spread of epidemics harmful to human beings. She narrates some unfortunate incidents that took place in various ...

Technology may have transformed human life and made it more bearable but its application is not without overt and divisive controversy. The ongoing debate on drones is a typical example of the polarizing nature of some technological developments. While law enforcement officers appreciate and advocate the use of drones in fighting crime because they regard this technology as being efficient and effective, many civilians are vehemently opposed to drones because this novel tool is perceived to infringe on privacy rights. In order to appreciate the support or dissent that defines this controversial technology, it is crucial that one understands ...

ADS-B is one of the two types of Automatic Dependent Surveillance. ADS is an Air Traffic Control (ATC) technique that tracks aircraft without the use of radar. There exists two types of Automatic Dependent Surveillance, ADS-Contract (ADS-C) and ADS-Broadcast (ADS-B). ADS-C is controlled by agreements put forward by the ground station. This means that the broadcast of ADS reports is done by the ground station except in emergency situations when the flight crew can declare or cancel a reporting. Two pilots cannot communicate positional information using this system. In ADS-B, the aircraft regularly broadcasts its position to no specific ...

Communication Issues in Hurricane Katrina

Communication Issues in Hurricane Katrina In the morning of August 29, 2005, hurricane Katrina reached to a level of intensity 5 which brought severe destruction in the Gulf Coast, from Central Florida to Texas and to New Orleans, Louisiana where a significant number of fatalities arise and where floodwaters lasted for weeks. Hurricane Katrina was the deadliest and most devastating Atlantic hurricane in the history of the United States leaving 1,833 people dead and an estimated total damage of $81 billion in properties.

The failure of the levees in New Orleans, Louisiana resulted to floodwaters that rose to rooftops ...

Dogs are perhaps the most common pets in the world over. However, it is not always that dogs are kept as pets. Dogs are on several occasions exclusively reared for their strength intelligence, temperament and ability to perform assorted tasks. It is the attributes of a particular dog that warrants its categorization as a working dog to perform a specific task. This paper is aimed at describing some of the most common police working dogs while also highlighting the factors influence their training as well as what the trainers look for while selecting these dogs.

Types type of working dogs

Rescue dogs

Trained to detect human scent, ...

There are many disaster relief agencies that play a very vital role in responding to emergencies example is FEMA and the Red Cross. Natural disasters have displaced so many people around the world leaving them homeless and jobless. Disasters like hurricanes and earthquakes are unavoidable and many people have been losing their lives because not all disasters come with a warning. There has been a rise of disasters in the world today and good strategies to deal with all types of disasters should be put in place. Trainings should be conducted and more people recruited in learning how to deal with disasters ...

A search and rescue mission is a huge undertaking for any team, however many years’ experience the members have had. For the team to work effectively, it is vital that they have navigation systems in place, whether it be via traditional methods such as using a paper map and compass, or a more modern, sophisticated people of technology to do the same job. Without the use of navigation, the operation will inevitably take much longer, therefore putting the distressed person at even more risk than they are already. Furthermore, a proper navigation system will serve to protect the search and rescue team members, ...