According to the map, a seismic station in which city would be the first to detect seismic waves from an earthquake occurring in Mexico City? [pic] a. Chihuahua b. Houston c. Boulder [pic] d. Acapulco 12. Why does knowledge of Earth's interior come from seismic waves? [pic] a. They change speed and direction when they encounter different materials.
The uranium was for one of the first nuclear bombs, called “Little Boy”, which was to be dropped on Hiroshima, Japan. The ship departed San Francisco on July 16, 1945. She arrived at Pearl Harbor on the 19th, then, went to Tinian on the 26th. The Indianapolis was sent to Guam where a big group of Navy recruits were picked up. She was now on her way to drop off the uranium at Leyte, but not before they had to pick up even more sailors in Guam.
Hazards are complex. They all vary in effects however generally; a hazard is anything that could cause damage to humans or buildings. Many volcanic and seismic events happen, cause hazards to humans. Volcanic and seismic events can take place all over the world and therefore both more economically developed countries (MEDCs) and less economically developed countries (LEDCs) can be affected. In the last 30 years there have been multiple examples of where volcanic and seismic events have had an impact on both MEDCs and LEDCs.
Tests last through 1969 and there is concern that people in the surrounding areas have been exposed. 1953 U.S. military releases clouds of zinc cadmium sulfide gas over Winnipeg, St. Louis, Minneapolis, Fort Wayne, the Monocacy River Valley in Maryland, and Leesburg, Virginia. Their intent is to determine how efficiently they could disperse chemical agents. 1953 Joint Army-Navy-CIA experiments are conducted in which tens of thousands of people in New York and San Francisco are exposed to the airborne germs Serratia marcescens and Bacillus glogigii. 1953 CIA initiates Project MKULTRA.
An emergency can be defined as a serious, unexpected, and often dangerous situation requiring immediate action. There are many examples of emergencies that can take place in a hospital setting, some include the following. fire; spillage of chemicals; spreading of infections; intruders. I will be talking about two of these emergencies in more detail. A fire, can cause sudden panic as it is an unpredictable event.
Crisis Management Jason Borrego, Annette Davis, Christie Fischer, and William Isenhart CJA/585 Concepts of Physical and Personal Protection December 12, 2011 Mr. Richard Sapp . Abstract Whether natural or man-made, crises and disasters have been experienced or witnessed for centuries. In recent years, earthquakes, hurricanes, terrorism, and school shootings, have increased. Other disasters have included bridges falling down, arson, workplace violence, and through cybercrime. This research will explore how crises and disasters are changing and what organizations can do to prepare for such incidents.
In each of the incidents there are steps that needed to be taken. The two fundamental goals of any disaster response is identified by Aylwin et al is to remove casualties from a hazardous incident scene. Synchronized communications between each of the different groups responding, along with current communications, with the available bomb squad/bomb-dismantling experts to insure a rapid response. The response was comprehensive and represented a task of significant complexity involving several different types of responding organizations. Most compelling in terms of its absence was the lack of adequate on-site triage units whereas hospital responses were diminished by inadequate surge capacity and limited resource availability.
Major Event Protection Paper xxxxxxx SEC/420 date xxxxxx Major Event Protection Paper Protection of people and property is an ongoing job and a profession that appears to be continually growing as the threat of harm and violence continues to grow with the every rising world population. As more and more people are found to gather at one specific location for any type of major event, this threat of harm rises drastically. Event planners and leaders, along with the community in which the event is being held must begin working on a threat assessment of sorts to make sure all who attend and are in the immediate area are protected for anything negative happening. In order to ensure safety and protection of the event, these leaders must include
The plans were in place to assist and respond to the needs of those affected. The problems came with things like communication and lack of manpower. Phone lines were down, power was out, and first responders weren’t showing up to work. The problems were endless and the scale of the devastation made responding a lengthy process. What lessons learned from the Katrina disaster can now be used to improve the emergency planning for other natural and man-made disasters in the U.S.?
The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and resulting tsunami (Boxing Day Tsunami) was an event that caused great loss, destruction and trauma. Within this essay, the nature of the natural hazard, the factors that contributed to this disaster, and the preparedness of the region to handle such an event will be discussed. Furthermore the extensive recovery process and lessons learnt from this disaster will also be looked at. Hazards are a “potential threat to humans and their welfare arising from a dangerous phenomenon… that may cause loss of life, injury, property damage and other community losses of damage.” (Smith 2006, p.11) In the case of the Boxing Day Tsunami, it was the resulting tsunami, not the earthquake, which caused the destruction and ‘displacement of around 1.8 million people.’ (Smith 2006) When the water first receded, many peopl, ‘rushed out onto the once-covered reefs to pick up the stranded fish.’ (McCall 2014) Subsequently when the water eventually returned in the form of a tsunami, the chance of survival for those on the reefs was almost non-existent. Both natural and human factors contributed to transforming the hazard into a disaster.