nuclear meltdowns and releases of radioactive materials. According to the International Business Times (Australia) "Fukushima is not the worst nuclear accident ever but it is the most complicated and the most dramatic disaster.” (IBT‚ 01) On April 2011 The Nuclear Institute rated the disaster a Level 7 “Major Accident” on the International Nuclear Event Scale. The International Nuclear Event Scale How the reactors were damaged An earthquake of magnitude 9.0 on a Richter Scale initially damaged
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ROLE OF STUDENT IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT Knowledge on first aid‚ rescue and evacuation. Help in the preparation of the school disaster contingency plan. Aware the parents and community on various types of hazards and what are the preparedness measures to be taken. Plantation in the school premises. Boosting the morale of the community after the disaster. Senior students can help villagers in preparing the Village Disaster Preparedness and Response Plan. The students
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the members of the organization’s leadership team and communicate IT performance. It is the CIO’s job to manage and led the IT department to achieve organizational excellence and success (Wager‚ Lee‚ & Glaser‚ 2009). When it comes to the disaster recovery case study‚ three steps the CIO could have taken to reduce the likelihood of the system failure are; risk analysis‚ risk management lead by the chief security officer‚ and security system evaluation. These three activities are part of the
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physics generated from natural disasters. The specific natural disaster that will be focused on in this essay is tsunami waves. The paper will explain various ways that tsunamis may be generated which can even happen from the results of another natural disaster‚ the damage that tsunamis can cause as it hits land‚ and of course the physics in the tsunami’s waves relative to the damages. Tsunamis are one of the world’s most dangerous and a commonly formed natural disaster needing only a build up into
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essay on the following problem: “Your County Manager has just gone to a federally sponsored program on getting volunteers to support the management and administrative side of disaster and recovery portions of emergency management. The Manager attended a seminar on a program called ‘Professional Volunteer Disaster Survey Team (PRO-V-DST)’ which had been developed in Texas in the mid-1990’s. She was quite enthusiastic about the program as it provides: A network of professional building
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"Crack!" Down goes an immense tree. Hurricanes and Tornadoes are lethal catastrophes that are strong enough to destroy anything in their paths. They have similarities but have differences as well. To start off‚ Hurricanes and Tornadoes are similar because they scaled on a one to five scale. Also‚ wind‚ rain‚ and hail are crucial fragments of these fatal natural disasters. Likewise‚ they both are cyclonic‚ and they contain harmful rotating winds. Similarly‚ they both spin counterclockwise in the
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Educating Rita Setting The play takes place entirely in Frank’s office at a university in the North of England. The Playwright “I wanted to make a play which engaged and was relevant to those who considered themselves uneducated‚ those whose daily language is not the language of the university or the theatre. I wanted to write a play which would attract‚ and be as valid for the Ritas in the audience as well as the Franks.” Literary Elements Characters Frank – Frank is a middle aged‚ middle-class
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1. In what ways are the Marshall Field’s flood disaster recovery effort a project? Why are large- scale disaster response and recovery efforts projects? A. Because of following reasons the Marshall Field’s flood disaster recovery effort is a project : This project Involve a single‚ definable purpose or end-item(product or result). The purpose is specified in terms of cost‚schedule‚ and performance requirements. This project is a one-of-a-kind activity‚ never to be exactlyrepeated
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Hurricane Matthew has claimed at least 478 deaths in Haiti‚ and left over 300‚000 people in need of disaster relief. An estimated 61‚000 people have sought shelter in the impoverished country. Heavy winds sustaining speeds of up to 140 mph accompanied by torrential rain caused massive flooding in Haiti and left a trail of destruction wherever the storm passed. Rescue workers are trying to assess the extent of damage‚ which was not immediately known because the hurricane had hampered communication
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Educating Rita – summary & themes Educating Rita‚ written by British playwright Willy Russell‚ was commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company‚ and premiered at The Warehouse‚ London‚ in June 1980. The play went on to win the Society of West End Theatres award for Best Comedy in the same year. The play was adapted by Willy Russell into a 1983 award-winning film starring Michael Caine and Julie Walters. Setting The play takes place entirely in Frank’s office at a university in the North
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