System). A diagram of this system is provided above. The diagram depicts the four divisions that can be included in an Incident Command System along with a description of each division. More detail describing how this system could have been used post-Katrina will be given later. Understandably‚ officials did not have the opportunity to train and further develop their emergency operation plan due to budget constraints. However‚ organizing a centralized response structure is something that local/state officials
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HRM Incident 1: HR after a Disaster 1.All of the five functions were affected by Hurricane Rita greatly. HR made sure that they got on the aftermath right away. The first function is staffing‚ they had people on the job right away to pick up all of the trees that had been knocked on to people’s houses‚ lots‚ and businesses. Also‚ repair crews were working on the recovery process‚ repairing roofs especially. Secondly‚ HRD‚ people of businesses had to get new workers for all of their businesses
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in her novel “Salvage the Bones”‚ has told the story of a family that lived in Mississippi when the incident of Hurricane Katrina occurred in 2005‚ getting back to her own memories of the Hurricane which she experienced in De Lisle‚ Mississippi. With the use of provocative symbolism throughout the novel‚ Ward has very interestingly narrated how the family suffered through the Hurricane‚ and how they spent their lives without any concern for the future. This paper probes into the symbolism and metaphors
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example of natural human instinct. Back when societies were more primitive‚ they preyed on other societies for their wants and needs. On the last fateful week of August‚ 2005‚ New Orleans was struck by one of the deadliest Atlantic hurricanes‚ Hurricane Katrina. This storm created a state of chaos as it took friends‚ family‚ and loved ones and turned them against each other. Lives were lost as so as people minds. As food and money became a scarcity‚ civilians became salvages. People stole from
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COURSE: BUSINESS ETHICS AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY DESCRIPTION CODE: MAS 262 PROJECT: IDENTIFICATION OF PHILANTHROPIC COMPANIES AND THE EFFECT PHILANTHROPIC ACTS HAVE ON THE COMPANIES Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a process with the aim to embrace responsibility for the company’s actions and encourage a positive impact through its activities on the environment‚ consumers‚ employees‚ communities‚ stakeholders and all other members of the public sphere who may also be considered
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Natural Disasters The government has come under fire quite a few times following natural disasters. Their main responsibility in response to these disasters is to provide the tools citizens in the affected area need to recover as quickly as possible. The first and most important response is to food and water needs of the displaced. The communication of the distribution location has proven to be difficult to find out immediately after the destruction takes place. Also‚ extended shelter seems
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is an American nonfiction book written by Dave Eggers which focuses on Adbulrahman Zeitoun and his family. Zeitoun moved from Jableh‚ Syria to New Orleans‚ married Kathy and they have four children. The book shifts focus from the family when Hurricane Katrina hits and primarily focuses on Zeitoun’s struggles after surviving the storm. Eggers writes about this tragic true story in order to expose and bring awareness to some controversial issues including the destructive powers of pride‚ prejudices
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to a major hurricane like Hurricane Katrina that devastated much of Louisiana in 2005. During Hurricane Katrina many of the things when wrong because emergency leaders were because‚ emergency managers were not prepared for the after mass of the hurricane. It is important for a city to have a structured Emergency Operations Plan in place in the event of a major hurricane. This will help make emergency operations run smooth and emergency managers make important decisions. Hurricanes are measured
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Many natural disasters happen on a daily occurrence such as the hurricane that killed 2‚500 people or the tsunami that took the lives of 280‚000. In both “Super Disasters” by Jacqueline Adams and The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger the authors wrote about natural disasters however they do this in very different ways‚ like in how they vary their writing techniques. For example‚ “Super Disasters” is more of an informational article whereas The Perfect Storm starts off as a personal anecdote. So
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experienced setbacks during the hurricane and had to work with a reduced budget. In addition‚ Gwyn had some concerns over Dana’s citizenship because her passport appeared to be questionable. Dana had been slowing providing the documents since the flood destroyed the original documents. Then Dana stated that if not rehired she would go to a competitor and expected the company to pay severance of two weeks’ wages for the time she was out of work during the hurricane. Another issue is the hiring of
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