About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 75. Chapters: Advanced disaster management simulator, Andrew Coburn (catastrophe modeller), Aniruddha's Academy of Disaster Management (AADM), Aton Edwards, Blast shelter, Body identification, BRAC (NGO), Bug-out bag, CENAPRED, Dam safety system, Digital Emergency Alert System, Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency, Disaster informatics, Disaster medicine, Disaster Monitoring Constellation, Disaster Preparedness and Response Team, Disaster research, Disaster risk reduction, Earthquake scenario, Emergency operations center, Emergency population warning, Emergency shelter, European Technical Assistance Cooperation, Field hospital, Focus Humanitarian Assistance, Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System, Global Humanitarian Forum, Google Person Finder, Hurricane preparedness, Incident management, International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, International disaster response laws, Kearny Air Pump, Kearny Fallout Meter, Malthusian catastrophe, Military Vaccine Agency, National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center, National Emergency Operations Centre, Normalcy bias, Nuclear War Survival Skills, People Finder Interchange Format, Potassium iodide, Rationing, Ration stamp, Refugee shelter, Response analysis, Sleeper dike, SPEAR Project, Strong Angel, Survival kit, Telecommunications for Disaster Relief, Tornado preparedness, Triangle of Life, UN-SPIDER, United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction. Excerpt: Emergency management can refer to the work of a public authority (government), a group of professions such as police officers and soldiers, or an interdisciplinary research field. It may also involve preparedness training by private citizens, as by FEMA in the United States. All aspects of emergency management deal with the processes used to protect populations or organizations from the consequences of disasters, wars and acts of terrorism. Emergency management doesn't necessarily avert or eliminate the threats themselves, although the study and prediction of the threats is an important part of the field. The basic level of emergency management are the various kinds of search and rescue activity. 1986 Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine and 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan were the most large-scale and cost-intense single instances of emergency management in history. Personal mitigation is a key to national preparedness. Individuals and families train to avoid unnecessary risks. This includes an assessment of possible risks to personal/family health and to personal property. For instance, in a flood plain, home owners might not be aware of a property being exposed to a hazard until trouble strikes. Specialists can be hired to conduct risk identification and assessment surveys. Professionals in risk management typically recommend that residents hold insurance to protect them against consequences of hazards. In earthquake prone areas, people might also make structural changes such as the installation of an Earthquake Valve to instantly shut off the natural gas supply, seismic retrofits of property, and the securing of items inside a building to enhance household seismic safety. The latter may include the mounting of furniture, refrigerators, water heaters and breakables to the walls, and the addition of cabinet latches. In flood prone areas, houses can be built on poles/stilts. In areas prone to prolonged electricity black-outs installation of an generator would be an e
