Emergency Management Final
Emergency Management in the Granite State
Crisis and Emergency Management
Introduction The state of New Hampshire remains extremely unique in developing a proper plan for Crisis and Emergency Management to protect the citizens and state property from the potential vulnerabilities. New Hampshire has an extremely unique geography that features numerous mountain ranges, lakes, and maintains an extensive coastline along the Atlantic Ocean. The state of New Hampshire also maintains the Seabrook Nuclear power plant that adds extensive mitigation and response capabilities to a potential disaster occurring with the nuclear reactor. The most common natural disasters that can strike New Hampshire include flooding, hurricanes, snow and ice storms, and earthquakes.
Potential Threats The most common natural disaster in New Hampshire is flooding. All regions of the state experiences flash flooding, main stem river flooding, coastal flooding or a combination of the natural flooding overflow. These floods all feature continuous heavy rain caused by two or more weather systems that stalled over the state’s atmosphere for a continuous period of time (Homeland Security, 2010 State of New Hampshire). New Hampshire’s rough topography and unique geology allow its many small rivers and streams to quickly overflow their banks during heavy, continuous rain (Homeland Security, 2010 State of New Hampshire). There is no place for the excess water to go except onto roads and fields and into populated metropolitan areas. The primary threats associated with hurricanes come from flooding due to a coastal storm surge, inland flooding due to heavy precipitation and severe winds. Hurricanes cause extremely high winds and damage, but about 80 percent of deaths during hurricanes are due to drowning. Hurricanes and flooding pose and extremely high risk of danger to the residents in the state of New Hampshire, because they can severely limit individuals ability to have proper transportation
Crisis and Emergency Management
Introduction The state of New Hampshire remains extremely unique in developing a proper plan for Crisis and Emergency Management to protect the citizens and state property from the potential vulnerabilities. New Hampshire has an extremely unique geography that features numerous mountain ranges, lakes, and maintains an extensive coastline along the Atlantic Ocean. The state of New Hampshire also maintains the Seabrook Nuclear power plant that adds extensive mitigation and response capabilities to a potential disaster occurring with the nuclear reactor. The most common natural disasters that can strike New Hampshire include flooding, hurricanes, snow and ice storms, and earthquakes.
Potential Threats The most common natural disaster in New Hampshire is flooding. All regions of the state experiences flash flooding, main stem river flooding, coastal flooding or a combination of the natural flooding overflow. These floods all feature continuous heavy rain caused by two or more weather systems that stalled over the state’s atmosphere for a continuous period of time (Homeland Security, 2010 State of New Hampshire). New Hampshire’s rough topography and unique geology allow its many small rivers and streams to quickly overflow their banks during heavy, continuous rain (Homeland Security, 2010 State of New Hampshire). There is no place for the excess water to go except onto roads and fields and into populated metropolitan areas. The primary threats associated with hurricanes come from flooding due to a coastal storm surge, inland flooding due to heavy precipitation and severe winds. Hurricanes cause extremely high winds and damage, but about 80 percent of deaths during hurricanes are due to drowning. Hurricanes and flooding pose and extremely high risk of danger to the residents in the state of New Hampshire, because they can severely limit individuals ability to have proper transportation
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