Questions and Answers of Introduction to Emergency Management

What changes to disaster recovery programs were being proposed in 2009?
How is a hazard different from a disaster?
What is the most frequent and widespread disaster-causing hazard?
What scale is commonly used to describe the effects of earthquakes?
How are earthquakes measured?
Describe the process by which hurricanes form.
What scale is used to describe the intensity of hurricanes?
What are the various ways that hurricanes cause damages to a community?
What is a SLOSH model used to measure?
Why was the Fujita-Pearson Tornado Scale updated in 2006, and what changes were made?
What are the three categories of wildland fires?
How are severe weather storms measured?
What single disaster type caused nine of the top ten natural disasters ranked by, FEMA relief costs?
What is the source of most hazardous materials incidents?
List and describe four categories of weapons of mass destruction.
What six steps are common to most risk assessment methodologies?
Name several of the social factors emergency managers must consider when assessing a community's risk.
What are some of the factors that make up a community's economic profile? How do these factors influence that community's disaster risk?
How does the function of mitigation differ from other emergency management disciplines?
Which other emergency management function offers the best opportunities for mitigation?
Why is it more difficult to analyze, and therefore mitigate, the effects of terrorism?
How have geographic information systems (GIS) aided the practice of mitigation?
Why have building codes that require rehabilitation of existing potentially hazardous structures rarely been implemented?
At what government level are mitigation programs most effective, and why?
What is the most effective as well as the most expensive land-use planning tool? Why is it so effective?
How has the Community Development Block Grant served to help communities perform local mitigation?
Why do some people consider insurance to not be a proper mitigation method?
Why are structural controls a controversial mitigation tool? How can structural mitigation negatively affect the areas they are presumably protecting?
What are some impediments faced by communities wishing to perform hazard mitigation?
Name the primary federal mitigation programs, and explain how they serve to reduce hazard risk.
Do nonfederal mitigation programs exist?
What kinds of organizations must consider disaster preparedness?
What is the difference between mitigation and preparedness?
What are the steps involved in the preparedness cycle?
According to Ready.Gov, what are the three basic steps people can take to prepare for any type of disaster?
What are the seven key elements that can be used to measure the comprehensive nature of an evacuation plan?
Name five special needs populations, and describe what makes their disaster planning needs unique.
Why is it important to involve representatives from all stakeholders in the disaster planning process?
What kinds of training opportunities are provided by the federal government? What agencies provide these courses, workshops, and other programs?
What are the four types of disaster exercises? What does each involve?
Name the ways that the National Preparedness Directorate guides national preparedness efforts.
Create an individual or family plan using the guidance provided in, FEMA's Are You Ready publication (http://www.fema.gov/areyouready/ ). Did you find any shortfalls in this program? What did you
Contact your local office of emergency management and find out if there is an evacuation plan for your local community. What must occur for an evacuation to be ordered? Who has the authority to issue
Determine what special needs populations exist in your community.Select one, and find out whether special preparedness and emergency planning considerations have been made to accommodate their unique
Assist a local small business or nonprofit organization in identifying their hazards and mitigating their risks (often called a Business Continuity Plan, or Continuity of Operations Plan). Several
What is the mission of an effective disaster communications strategy?
What are the five critical assumptions of an effective disaster communications strategy?
What are some of the ways, FEMA director James Lee Witt exhibited his commitment to effective communications?
What is the goal of a media partnership?
Name and describe six basic emergency management audiences.
What three factors do DHS and its state and local partners need to address to improve its communications with the American people?
What communications media have traditionally been used to communicate disaster information?
Name several types of new media, and describe how they have been used in recent years in communicating disaster information.
What role have “first informers” come to play in disaster communications?
List and summarize the seven elements of an effective disaster communications capability.
Using the Internet, the library, or another information source, print out three different articles that describe the same disaster event. Compare the three articles to determine which provides the
Go to your state office of emergency management's website. Print out disaster preparedness and mitigation guidance provided on that site.Critique this information with regards to how useful it is to
How is the National Guard deployed to assist in response to a disaster?
What is the role of first responders when a routine “minor disaster”occurs in a local community?
What drives the actions of local first responders?
Where can you find a detailed description of the roles and responsibilities of first responders in your community?
Who is usually in charge of developing and maintaining the community emergency plan?
Where does the emergency management office reside at the state level? Give three examples.
What is the principal source of funding for state emergency management offices?
What kinds of things do volunteer organizations provide for victims in the aftermath of a disaster?
What is the Incident Command System, and why was it originally developed?
What are the five major management systems within the Incident Command System?
What is the role of the incident commander?
At whose discretion is the decision to make a disaster declaration?
What is the National Response Framework?
How does the National Response Framework compare to its predecessors, the National Response Plan and the Federal Response Plan?
What are some of the reasons why communications among responding agencies is crucial?
Contact your state National Guard office. Find out what kinds of resources they can offer to assist local communities in the event of a disaster and what kind of training and exercises they conduct
Make a list of the primary differences between the command and control, and the coordination response models.
Contact your local ham radio organization and take a certification course. Use your certification to get involved in local response. You can get more information from the Amateur Radio Relay
Take a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) course. To find a course near you, visit the Citizen Corps CERT website at https://www.citizencorps.gov/cert/.
Who plays the largest role in providing the technical and financial support for recovery?
What is a Disaster Recovery Center?
Which office is the central coordination point among federal, state, local, and tribal agencies and voluntary organizations for delivering recovery assistance programs?
What is the purpose of the National Processing Service Centers in Texas, Virginia, and Maryland?
What are the four types of assistance provided by the Disaster Housing Program?
What is covered under the Individual and Households Program?
What is the minimum federal share for, FEMA Public Assistance Grants?
What entities are eligible for Public Assistance grant funding?
What is the difference between emergency work and public work?
What federal agencies besides, FEMA provide recovery assistance, and what kind of assistance does each provide?
What is a VOAD, and what does it do?
Name some examples of policy areas and tools that should be considered by decision makers as they develop their recovery plan.Explain why each should be considered.
Visit the NVOAD website, and find out what organizations are members of your state VOAD (http://www.nvoad.org/membersdb.php?members=state ).
Contact your state office of emergency management, and ask them if your state has any active recovery operations related to presidentially declared disasters. Find out how much money was granted
What percentage of all disaster-related injuries and deaths are sustained in countries with per-capita income levels below $760 per year?
Why do poor nations often place disaster management so low in terms of budgetary priority?
When does a disaster require international involvement?
How are complex humanitarian emergencies different from those caused by natural or technological disasters?
What are the four important issues influencing the response process that are listed in this chapter? Describe each.
What was the goal of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction?
How does the United Nations Development Programme contribute to international disaster management?
What is the purpose of the, UNDP Recovery Unit?
What are the three main groupings of disaster response performed by UNOCHA?
How does UNOCHA help nations mitigate and prepare for disasters?

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