Reorganizing bureaucracy is a typical governmental response to a disaster such as 9/11, in this case, growing evidence suggests that placing so many disparate agencies and departments under one roof has created more problems than it has solved. So with a new administration in place, now is the time to reexamine Homeland Security's structure and make the necessary changes to ensure it can effectively prevent future terrorist attacks and mitigate the results of natural disasters. The unprecedented nature of the current threat to the U.S., and the traditional role of the military in American society, raises challenges for homeland defense (HLD) and homeland security (HLS) planning in the current strategic environment. For military planners at United States Northern Command (and counter-terrorism planners at the Department of Homeland Security [DHS]), specific questions seem dominant: What exactly is the threat? What part of this threat is a “national security threat” or “foreign aggression” that is a DOD responsibility as part of the Homeland Defense mission?
Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response Lori Godsey Walden University Family Community and Population Based Care NURS 4010, Section 13 July 26, 2013 Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response Emergency preparedness is vital to the safety and functionality a community. Whether it be obtaining and assisting a surrounding community population, or by organizing the unforeseen catastrophic challenges of your local community. The purpose of this paper is to discuss how the professional nurse and other community health care professionals evaluate and provide decision making skills and strategies in the event of a hurricane. The Role of the Nurse Disasters can happen at any time. Some are more prevalent than others.
Webber stated “disaster response and crisis counseling are essential areas of knowledge and skill for counselors in the 21st century Shallcross, (2012). Mental health counselors and first responders can develop vicarious traumatization (VT) and secondary traumatic stress through empathy and the physical challenges after a natural disaster. VT is the changes mental health counselors, and first responders develop after over exposure to traumatic event and crises. STS is the feeling or syndrome develop similar to post-traumatic stress disorder because of exposure to traumatic events of others Baird& Kracen, (2006). Traumatic event such as a natural disaster or crisis effects survivors, mental health counselors, and first
Ryan (R-Wis.) said Monday. "This is money that was never intended to be spent; it was never requested. We shouldn't be counting it as part of our total as if we're accomplishing savings." The Obama budget counts more than $800 billion in savings from the wars, and reinvests $230 billion in transportation projects, part of the administration's spending aimed at juicing the economy. Obama is seeking a $476-billion, six-year transportation bill, which, when added to another $50 billion requested for roads and bridges, amounts to an 80% increase over the last such request.
A wide-ranging, advanced and various approach is to be taken to reduce disasters, and support in bringing new tension to research on disasters, on pre- planning. Therefore, “to include disaster education and preparedness of the public as well as early warning systems is directly depended on us, in whom people at risk receive, understand, and act upon the warning information conveyed”(Abhishek 1). Natural disasters are the effects and result of natural hazards. Natural disasters, like hurricane Katrina, represent a serious breakdown in sustainability and disruption of economic and social progress and they signify to the great loss of human lives and their properties. The enormous number of dead, seriously incapacitated and homeless people after the strike of a natural disaster and the large amount of money to be spent for reestablishment and rehabilitation connects to a natural disaster.
citizens and first responders “to ensure that as a nation we work together to build, sustain, and improve our capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate all hazards” (FEMA, 2012). FEMA’s emergency support ranges from transportation and communications to logistics management and public safety and security. This agency works only at the request of the state government because effective disaster preparedness requires more than FEMA can provide alone. According to FEMA, the governor of the affected state must make a formal application for help, either for an emergency or major disaster for individuals, for the restoration of public systems and facilities, or for matching funds to reduce the area’s future vulnerability (FEMA, 2012). They are required to arrive within hours of a disaster to assist with getting supplies of food and medicine to the people who need it, to set up shelters and provide safety for people who have been evacuated from their homes.
(FEMA) Federal Emergency Management Agency The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) gives homeowners and organizations the opportunity to build in areas that otherwise would possibly be too high of a risk for the individual to take on without government assistance. With this being a taxpayer - supported program, people who choose to live in these areas are causing homeowners, who know better, money and grief. The Federal Emergency Management Agency also coordinates the federal governments’ role in preparing for, preventing, mitigation the effects of, responding to, and recovering from all domestic disasters, whether natural or man-made, including acts of terror. But there is still controversy on whether or not congress should still
Lewis 1 Week Eight: Final Paper Gregory Lewis CJCU-450 Mrs. Davis March 2, 2014 Klawitter 2 Abstract Terrorism is one of the most remembered and feared occurrences in the world. Terrorism changes the lives and hearts of everyone that it affects. Our country is lucky enough to have a strong government, with trained professionals who are able to help counter and prevent acts of terrorism from happening. The Department of Homeland Security is the driving force that makes off of this happen. This paper explores homeland security, its actual mission, the different divisions of homeland security, how it affects the citizens of the United States, and what proposed improvements could be made.
Organized crime hit an all-time high ever since the ban on alcohol was set in place. I couldn’t walk two blocks without running into the newest speakeasy. A bootlegger could make more than a dignified doctor in today’s society. They tried increasing the enforcement of this law, but it is unavoidable. Police funding has increased by $11.4 million due to this act yet I could’ve gone to the common doctor and get an easy prescription for whiskey, or just sail 3 miles off the coast and it woouldn’t be illegal.
Risk management and risk ‘talk’ are all around us. The risk-based description of organisational life is conspicuous. Not only private sector companies, but hospitals, schools, universities and many other public organisations, including the very highest levels of central government, have all been invaded to varying degrees by ideas about risk and its management (Power 2004). With an increase in the miscommunication of risk, industries are taking heightened care in case the worst should happen. Companies are now taking on pre-loss objectives so to prepare for potential loss, reduce stress and meet legal obligations.