Tornados and their aftermath are a frequent occurrence in the part of the United States in which I live, the Midwest region of the United States. Having participated in training drills, exercises, and real-life events in my own county, this simulation brought to mind many of the requirements for effective disaster management I have learned through Incident Command Systems training (ICS). Federal standards are in place and practiced for disaster preparedness, along with adaptations in each state, region, and county to accommodate differences in personnel available and facilities in place. Also considered are various topographic and weather pattern differences. There are common threads that tie all these disaster plans together,…
In the event of a hurricane or any major disaster American Red Cross will be in charge of establishing shelters around the city of Brownsville. They will also register and keep track of the number of people at a shelter at any given time. They will also be in charge of distributing food, cloth and personal items to the people that need them.…
Companies and businesses are heavily affected by this storm also and has led to some businesses giving up on production for at least a year or even two. People are doing as much as they can to help each other out like helping give food and water the the now homeless and helping to rebuild their lives. Many people have decided to to move out of state and settle down in more temperate climate and who can blame…
FEMA donated approximately $32 million to people affected by the hurricane and to the local governments in order to begin the rebuilding process. Within the money they donated about $23 million of that went to cleaning up debris left over after the storm. Over 16,000 people received aid from FEMA's disaster relief service centers. The Small Business Administration came to help by sending 56 people to volunteer and interviewed over 16,000 individuals affected by the hurricane. The Federal Insurance Agency had gone through 1,318 flood insurance cases from Hurricane Alicia's devastation, unfortunately only 782 people ever received final payment from their…
One of the elemental leaders involved in Hurricane Katrina was the once head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Michael Brown. Brown took…
The Maine Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) has the ability and responsibility to manage and implement disaster assistance programs: State Disaster Relief and State Individual Assistance Program as well as FEMA Public Assistance Program and Individuals and Household Programs. All of the programs are set up to assist the public and private sector after declared emergencies and disasters. (Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance: Maine,…
One of our local agencies is The Community Action Partnership which can secure shelter for the evening and longer, provide clothing, food, medications, and hygiene supplies. Health and welfare services are contacted which include emergency health care and emergency funds. If medical evaluations are necessary the support systems will ensure that the victims are taken to the hospital for care.…
Many lost their homes and all of their belongings. They were left with nowhere to go. The American Red Cross worked for many hours in an attempt to help the communities. They helped about two-hundred shelters in several states by providing food and other necessary materials they would need to take care of Ike victims. They provided 100,000 overnight stays for Ike survivors that had to evacuate their homes. Many community services provided mobile feeding vehicles to some areas. When homes were destroyed Texas had a serious blackout. CenterPoint energy provides power to Houston after the blackout. This helped the shelters that needed this energy to house all the people that needed help (American, n.d., p. 1-2). The hurricane cause a lot of damage but also a lot of sadness to the families that were left with almost…
Devastation. Loss. Starvation. Desperation. The victims of natural disasters all over the world know what it is like to feel completely and utterly hopeless. The rest of us are lucky, we have never experienced the pain of losing next to everything from a real-life nightmare. Most of us cannot imagine something like that ever happening. But it did. And when it happened, there was panic, and no time for messing around with politics. But when relief was a day too slow, people grew angry and frustrated.…
FEMA is not a first responder agency. FEMA helps with disaster preparedness by paying for training/equipment, during a disaster by providing coordination and funding, and after a disaster by providing funding. FEMA is a source of money, not a force of rescuers.…
The great Galveston Hurricane of 1900 is known to be the worst hurricane to ever hit the United States of America . The Galveston Hurricane was a category 4, with the storm surge of 8 - 15 feet. I am researching natural disasters, because I want to know how to help the people that are involved in a natural disaster.I was trying to find out how to help the environment and to donate money to fix up destroyed homes, building, and to help find placement for animals . We Can not stop the natural disasters from forming,but we might be able to make a storm wall to prevent flooding from storms and tsunamis. Also, we can donate to the states or the people that were involved in the disaster .…
In 1979, President Jimmy Carter formed the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) by consolidating several government organizations. That same year Congress appropriated funds to transfer the Civil Defense Staff College (CDSC) and United States Fire Administration (USFA) and National Fire Academy (NFA) into FEMA.…
Louisiana and Mississippi activated their emergency plan on 26, August, 2010, trying to evacuate everyone, but unfortunately not everyone could leave due to medical reason or had no access to transportation. In Hurricane Katrina there were more than 1,800 people that died. In Louisiana more than 1,500 lost their lives and in Mississippi 230 people lost their lives. In Florida 14 people lost their lives (University of Rhode Island. 2010-2015). Prior to Hurricane Katrina’s arrival, the state, local and federal were responsible for emergency response to a hurricane striking New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. Along with Federal Emergency Management Agency. Hurricanes on average come through there about every three years, so plans were always being implemented in order to keep everyone safe. Information Please Database, (2007) states that, “The Department of Homeland security had come out with a plan in early 2005, which states that vastly improved coordination among federal, state, local, and tribal organizations . . . by increasing the speed, effectiveness, and efficiency of incident management." However Michael Chertoff, the Department's Secretary, waited until two days after the hurricane hit before putting the plan into effect by declaring it an "incident of national significance." (Information Please Database, 2007). FEMA does training sessions but when it came down to it FEMA was not…
International services they help communities all around the world. No matter where in the world it is Red Cross helps people affected by disasters. They help get shelter to the people who need it from the disaster, they also collect and give relief supplies, give health care, clean water and emotional support to those relief victims.…
Intention was to bring provisions of FERA in line with emerging trends of liberalization so as to remove obstacles in the inward flow of foreign exchange and foreign investment. Accordingly, on June 1, 2000, the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (FEMA) brought in force to replace the then existing FERA. It is an act to manage the foreign exchange of India as opposed to FERA which was enacted to regulate/control the foreign exchange.…