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How do training officers contribute to the training and learning intervention in ABC?

ABC Supports Training After reading this week’s case study answer the following questions. Explain your understanding of the following statement and concept “growing their own people.” Identify one challenge that ABC is currently facing. How is training and development promoted and supported in ABC? What methods does ABC employ to get the message across in […]

How did the poor response to the Hurricane Katrina disaster change emergency management in the United States?

Review the following article and video: Ragheb, M. (2016). Natural Disasters and Man-Made Accidents. Retrieved from: http://mragheb.com/NPRE%20457%20CSE%20462%20Safety%20Analysis%20of%20Nuclear%20Reactor%20Systems/Natural%20Disasters%20and%20Man%20made%20Accidents.pdf Can you think of any positive or negative aspects of disaster-driven evolutionary changes in the United States’ emergency management system? What are they? How did the poor response to the Hurricane Katrina disaster change emergency management in the […]

What type of planning does Raleigh, North Carolina engage in today?

Description Investigate how emergency management has evolved in Raleigh, North Carolina in the last 50 years with respect to natural and man-made disasters. In a 3-4 page essay, address the following questions: How has emergency management in Raleigh, North Carolina changed following the creation of FEMA? DHS? What type of planning does Raleigh, North Carolina […]

How do you plan to ensure the ethical protection of your participants?

Chapter 3: Research Design and Method Chapter Overview To open the chapter you can begin by referring back to the purpose of the study, taking care to align with the statement in Chapter 1 but avoiding word-for-word repetition. Outline the major sections of this chapter, giving enough detail so that the introduction is unique to […]

What type of natural hazard do you think is the most significant or troublesome to emergency managers? Why?

You are the emergency manager in Miami, Florida. Your city manager has directed you to act as a subject matter expert and provide the city’s webmaster with material that thoroughly discusses which types of natural and man-made disasters you think are the most significant or troublesome for emergency managers. In addition, your city manager wants […]

What are the mitigation functions of the jurisdiction? Explain.

Natural hazards are hazards that exist in the natural environment and pose a threat to human populations and communities. Examples include floods (the most frequently occurring), hurricanes, tsunamis, sea surges, earthquakes, tornadoes, freezes, blizzards, extreme cold, forest fires, drought, and range infestation (inordinate numbers of insects). Technological hazards are hazards originating from technological or industrial […]