resources making vulnerable to this hazard. Forms of Biological Hazards: 1. Independent Biological Hazard • Contributes to‚ develop into & exacerbate vulnerability leading to disaster (e.g. HIV-AIDs) 2. Dependent BH e.g. war » famine » malnutrition » diseases » less resistance to diseases » deaths 3. Trigger of disaster e.g. pest infestation-famine (Irish famine 1845-1848) Important factors of vulnerability on biological hazards: 1. Micro-environment; (risk at refugee camps e.g. poor water
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Every population in the world experienced disasters at a certain time with little and sometimes no warning. Adequate preparation and training are necessary to ensure optimal outcomes‚ whether the disaster is natural or a human made. Preparation for disasters must include conducting a comprehensive assessment of systems‚ risks‚ and resources available. Essential human services can be interrupted for significant amounts of time despite the type of disaster. That can produce exceptional needs and placing
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Disasters quiz 1. What and when is black Friday? • Black Friday is 2. What type of flu killed almost three thousand people in Britain in 1970? • 3. What was the Greycliffe disaster? • The Greycliffe disaster occurred in Sydney Harbour 1927 when the harbour ferry Greycliffe and the Union steamship company mail streamer collided. 4. At which Scottish football ground did 66 people die when a barrier collapsed in 1971? • It occurred in the Liverpool game against Celtic
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Community Emergency Preparedness Disasters‚ whether natural or man-made can strike a community at any given time without notice. Year after year‚ hurricanes‚ earthquakes‚ oil spills‚ and other disasters make news headlines. As recent history has shown‚ it is critical that businesses‚ individuals‚ and organizations are prepared to respond during and after a disaster situation. Situations such as those that occurred during Hurricane Katrina‚ serve to highlight the need for citizens and businesses
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also gives real life disasters and how society actually reacted to them as well. This book then talks about how society views disasters through probability. Lee Clarke discusses how probability can help people live easier‚ but doesn’t erase the possibility of a disaster occurring from the public’s minds. It then turns to creating these “worst case scenarios” by asking the questions that‚ in turn‚ generates possible future disasters and how to prepare for them. Politics in disasters and how and what determines
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Analysis of System Desiree Conrad December 29‚ 2014 The two systematic crises that I will discuss would be a human-made disaster and natural disaster. You have one that is only brought on my nature and one this brought on by man. These two crises have the ability to uproot families from their homes and totally change a person life. “Whether the disaster is natural or man made‚ the manner in which action is taken goes a long way to determine how people fair from the experience. In both
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situation of the country affected by the disaster - Lots of money = better health cares to treat affected people. Little money = little spent to rebuild‚ plan‚ prepare‚ predict hazards so impact is greater. Explain: If they have more money than they can spend it on rebuilding the infrastructure and making it more resistant to future disasters. They could spend more money on forecast equipment to make sure that the natural hazard doesn’t become a disaster. Evidence: Central California (2003) have
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Although most people dismiss zombies as purely fictional‚ the possibility that they will happen is still conceivable and luckily the required preparation for the zombocalyspe works across disaster lines. The human race seems to always bounce back and prosper from disease and disasters. However‚ zombies are not just any plague‚ they are depicted as an unstoppable epidemic which could cause mass extinction. Imagine a world‚ in which the dead rose and society crumbled. If created‚ the mind altering
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developments can wield any control. They can occur as and when and where nature ordains it. Natural calamities can be of many different kinds‚ but the similarity in all‚ is their massive destruction in the area of their occurrence. The natural disasters are of many kinds‚ they are drought and famine‚ flood‚ earthquake‚ hailstorm and a cyclone. In the wake of all these‚ in one sweep there is complete devastation and destruction‚ due to which normal life comes to a standstill. Loss of life is well
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Devastation can strike anywhere‚ at any given time. This devastation can‚ and will‚ affect the masses. It can disrupt‚ as well as set back the progress of any community. We must accept disaster as an inevitable fate in order to properly combat devastation and increase resiliency. The combined efforts stem from the power of each individual to aid emergency managers. Emergency managers are responsible for the proper planning of emergencies. They use a fundamental approach in their planning methods
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