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Disaster management (or emergency management) is the creation of plans through which communities reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters. Disaster management does not avert or eliminate the threats; instead, it focuses on creating plans to decrease the effect of disasters. Failure to create a plan could lead to damage to assets, human mortality, and lost revenue. Currently in the United States 60 percent of businesses do not have emergency management plans. Events covered by disaster management include acts of terrorism, industrial sabotage, fire, natural disasters (such as earthquakes, hurricanes, etc.), public disorder, industrial accidents, and communication failures.
If possible, emergency planning should aim to prevent emergencies from occurring, and failing, that should develop a good action plan to mitigate the results and effects of any emergencies. As time goes on, and more data becomes available, usually through the study of emergencies as they occur, a plan should evolve. The development of emergency plans is a cyclical process, common to many risk management disciplines, such as Business Continuity and Security Risk Management, as set out below:
Ever wonder what emergency management really is? Watch this video to learn what emergency managers in North Carolina do and why it's important.
One of our greatest challenges as emergency managers is proving our value to elected officials, the tax paying public and even to each other. When we get that quizzical look from the budget people and the pointed question from public leaders, "What does the office of emergency management do. . . exactly?" we are abysmally bad at responding effectively. The complication is that emergency management is like insurance with an associated daily cost that no one wants to pay up front but whose value becomes apparent only when really bad things happen. Worse yet, because our primary mission is to enable effective action by OTHERS, it's precisely when we are doing our jobs well that we are almost invisible! This short graphic video is the NY-NJ-CT-PA Regional Catastrophic Planning Team's shot...
This short video highlights the day-to-day activities you might expect to encounter when you are a Emergency Management Specialist. For more information, visit the pages listed below: Finding a career - http://www.aie.org/finding-a-career/index.cfm?cid=10258 Planning for college - http://www.aie.org/planning-for-college/index.cfm?cid=10258 Paying for college - http://www.aie.org/paying-for-college/index.cfm?cid=10258 Managing your money - href="http://www.aie.org/managing-your-money/index.cfm?cid=10258 Please visit the Adventures In Education website at http://www.aie.org/index.cfm?cid=10258
Jeff Copeland of Hillsborough County Emergency Management in Tampa, Florida and HurricaneRx.com gives a presentation on the Four Phases of Emergency Management
Georgetown University's Master's in Emergency & Disaster Management is designed to prepare the next generation of leaders on responding when disaster strikes. The Master's in Emergency & Disaster Management (EDM) program integrates a blend of online learning and on-site intensives that provide not only the foundational elements of this demanding profession, but also opportunities for experiential learning. Experience a small piece of what the EDM program can offer you inside and outside of the classroom! Learn more about our Executive Master's in Emergency & Disaster Management program here: http://scs.georgetown.edu/edm.
This video talks about the potential emergency situations in the workplace. It emphasizes that workers should be trained to handle emergencies and should periodically be tested.
With hundreds of students and staff, what does it takes to be prepared for emergencies on the UW campus.
Brought to you by AOPA Insurance (insurance.aopa.org) Link to certificate, WINGS credit, and ASI transcript: http://bit.ly/ACSEMCert Description: As safety-minded pilots we need to make conservative decisions for the best chance of a positive outcome. In this case study, we share lessons drawn from this pilot's unfortunate decisions during a vacuum pump failure in instrument meteorological conditions. Take this opportunity to boost your awareness of critical and proper decision making in an emergency.
In this episode of “On the Job," City Manager Ed Zuercher talks with Kevin Kalkbrenner, Director of Homeland Security & Emergency Management about the recent floods and other security contingencies that are in place. Connect to the City of Phoenix on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube: Facebook users click here http://www.Facebook.com/cityofphoenix Twitter users click here https://twitter.com/CityofPhoenixAZ or follow at @CityofPhoenixAZ; @watchphx11 Subscribe to our YouTube channel at http://www.Youtube.com/cityofphoenixaz Watch Phoenix 11 live on the web http://phoenix.gov/citygovernment/phx11/index.html
The Office of Emergency Management (OEM) provides emergency mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery services to the residents of Fairfax County. To learn more: http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/oem/
Dropping a tree from it's root ball.
When tragedies, whether natural or manmade, strike the US, Tzu Chi volunteers are sure to be there, providing compassionate relief to survivors.
Emergency room doctors John Brown and Clement Yeh discuss how acute care needs are met through our emergency response system and medical disaster relief. Series: UCSF Mini Medical School for the Public [7/2008] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 14836]
Panel Discussion: Maria Andrelita S. Austria Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines to the United States Praveen Agrawal Philippines Country Director, United Nations World Food Programme Jeremy Konyndyk Director, Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance, U.S. Agency for International Development Larry Darrow President, Global Business Services, United Parcel Service (UPS) Moderated by: Daniel F. Runde Director, Project on Prosperity and Development and William A. Schreyer Chair in Global Analysis, CSIS Typhoon Haiyan, which hit the Philippines in November of 2013, was the strongest typhoon to ever make landfall in recorded history, and one of the most severe natural disasters that the humanitarian relief community has faced. The Government of the Phili...
The CSIS-LSU Series on Disaster Management and Emergency Response is an academic partnership between CSIS and the LSU Stephenson Disaster Management Institute (SDMI). The series is made possible through the generous support of SDMI and the Irene W. and C.B. Pennington Foundation of Baton Rouge. The series provides a forum for government officials, experts, academics, and nongovernmental organizations dealing with disaster management and emergency response to discuss critical issues facing the United States? ability to address disaster and emergency situations domestically and internationally.
Emergency Management and Post-Disaster Relief and Recovery after 3.11 Speakers: Angela Marie Ortiz, Representative Director for non-profit O.G.A. for Aid Leo V. Bosner, M.S.W., Director of Training, Education, and Research, International Institute of Global Resilience (IIGR), Bethesda, Maryland
Assemblymember Rob Bonta -- the Legislature's first Filipino-American member -- with Speaker John Perez and state Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, encouraging Californians to support relief efforts. Help people affected by the typhoon in the Philippines www.redcross.org.ph www.gk-usa.org/donations www.interaction.org www.donate.nationalnursesunited.org Text TYPHOON to 90999
Natural disasters take a great toll on the country and Brethren Disaster Ministries has been involved in assisting the survivors of these disasters for many years. The Brethren do this very well. "Brethren Voices," takes a look at one of the largest auctions. It's the work of thousands of volunteers of the Atlantic Northeast and the Southern PA District of the Church of the Brethren to raise funds for disaster relief. All types of things are donated and auctioned off with the proceeds contributed to assist Brethren Disaster Ministries. Sixty heifers were auctioned as well as beautiful quilts, antique cars, household furnishings, tools and equipment. Those attending this 37th Annual Brethren Disaster Relief Auction are treated to the tasty food prepared for this event. A prize red ...
The New School presents a conversation about working in disaster management and relief. (http://www.newschool.edu) The earliest assessments, the devastation, the logistics of restoring shelter and distributing food? How do you rebuild and help people heal trauma? How do you get a job doing these things? Come to our panel on Working in Disaster Management and Relief and find out. http://www.newschool.edu/milano Panelists include: Dr. Ani Kalayjian, President of the Association for Trauma Outreach & Prevention, Board of Directors, United Nations NGO Human Rights Committee Chair, Disaster Prevention Committee, APA International Div. -- Jacob P. Newfeld, Emergency Management Planer -- Robert Shepherd (New School GPIA '10), Intern, Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies. -- Leo ...
EMC Chair Symposium on Maritime Power and International Security March 25, 2015 The U.S. military is routinely called upon to assist the U.S. Agency for International Development in responding to major disasters overseas that threaten the safety and well-being of U.S. citizens, as well as those of other countries. U.S. Armed Forces possess a broad range of rapidly deployable capabilities that have proven critical to life-saving and relief efforts during complex crises, when other responding organizations’ capabilities have been exceeded or are unable to provide a comprehensive response given the magnitude of the disaster. This panel examines potential strategies, concepts, training opportunities, or organizational changes that the U.S. military sea services can institute to improve the ef...
Feed the Beast is a technical Minecraft modpack: http://feed-the-beast.com/ In this episode I repair the damage from my exploded engines, program my turtle to be a lumberjack, and build various Industrial Craft machines and doohickeys. Fell program: http://pastebin.com/9vmHBGmq Music at the end is Cipher by Kevin MacLeod