Category: Risk Manegement

Hazard Mitigation and Preparedness

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Q1: Describe the difference between mitigation, preparedness and response (Hint: the 4 phases of the emergency cycle are mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery). Give at least two examples (i.e. actions, strategies, measures) of EACH of these 3 phases in relation with hurricanes.

Q2: Set aside time to create a preparedness plan for yourself or your family thinking about the hypothetical scenario of a Cat. 5 hurricane making landfall near Cape Canaveral (think about the possibility of power being down for weeks, contamination of drinking water, shortages of essential goods, down cellphone networks, potential looting, spread of diseases due to proliferation of stagnant sewage water, etc.), What would you include? How would it be different from a preparedness plan for a devastating earthquake (if you were living, let’s say, in California)?

Q3: Describe the importance of preparedness exercises using a warning system in the Pacific Northwest. Why are warning systems so important in this area? What hazards require this type of systems? Explain what states like Oregon or Washington are doing to prevent and prepare for high-scale disasters in their region.

 

 

The concepts of integrated risk management as they relate to inter-professional healthcare.

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1.Identify and analyse the concepts of integrated risk management as they relate to inter-professional healthcare.
2.Demonstrate an understanding of the application of risk management principles using evidence based health care and ethical frameworks as they relate to safety and quality in case situations.
3.Apply published theory to case situations.
4.Synthesise published material with the student’s own analysis to demonstrate appropriate conclusions.

Punishment for Hurricane Harvey looters

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You are a police officer in New Orleans. During the flood following Hurricane Katrina, you are ordered to patrol a section of the downtown area to prevent looting. The water is waist high in some places, and sections of blocks are, for the most part, inundated with floodwater. You come upon one shop where the plate glass window has been broken, and about a dozen people are coming out of the shop with clothing in their arms. The stores’ contents will be written off anyway by the owners and covered by insurance. Should that make a difference in your decision? What if the store was in an area of the city that wasn’t flooded and the contents were not ruined? What if the people said they were desperate and didn’t have any clothes because their belongings were under water? What if the items being taken were televisions and other electronics?

 

Punishment for Hurricane Harvey looters

How a bleve occurs and the hazards to life safety

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Describe how a bleve occurs and the hazards to life safety
Watch the: http://new-courses.justice.eku.edu/FSE/FSE305/Video/W7/BLEVE/BLEVE.html and http://new-courses.justice.eku.edu/FSE/FSE305/Video/W7/DrumBleve/DrumBleve.html
You will need to include the following in this paper:

Use the videos to describe how a BLEVE occurs and the hazards to life safety.
Research and provide an overview of the BLEVE incident that occurred in Kingman, Arizona.
Provide specific information as to causal factors.
Use the videos to describe the mechanisms that occur in the BLEVE.

 

Fire safety in the built environment

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Task:

Selecting one of the following premise types, you are required to write a report detailing the features you would expect to find in the fire safety strategy for the building:

Shopping mall
Hospital
Large, open plan office building with atrium
Large public assembly building used for entertainment and conference events
Distribution warehouse storing tyres.

 

 

Planning for emergencies: NIMS; hazard and vulnerability analysis

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For this assignment, identify the types of emergencies and disasters that your emergency response plan (ERP) will cover for your community (which you identified in the Module 1 SLP).

Conduct a Hazard and Vulnerability Analysis for the disasters or emergencies you identified above. Begin with the disaster or emergency that you believe poses the greatest threat to your specific subject for the SLP.

Hazard

Magnitude

Frequency

Seasonal Pattern

Duration

Speed of Onset

Priority

How vulnerable is your population to each of the hazards? Describe the potential impact in terms of property damage, cost, loss of critical services and infrastructure, displacement, morbidity, and mortality. Assign severity ratings using the scale described in the reading. Refer to the section on vulnerability analysis.
What are the strengths and weaknesses in your Hazard and Vulnerability Analysis for your ERP? How can this aspect of the plan be improved?

Cite references used.