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    Community Emergency Preparedness Janell Mings Nur 408 Epidemiology: Global and Public Health October 29‚ 2012 Amy Reagan‚ MSN‚ RN Community Emergency Preparedness The Neigborhood events that have taken place in episode 5 are related to a forest fire that has been burning in the local community for over five days. The articles summarize the events and the effects of individual by the forest fire that has struck the community. The firefighters cannot contain the fire causing smoke to

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    M/W‚ 0800 TITLE: A Child’s Health is Public Health: Progress and Gaps in Addressing Pediatric Needs in Public Health Emergencies AUTHOR: Eric J. Dziuban‚ MD‚ DTM‚ CPH‚ Georgina Peacock‚ MD‚ MPH‚ and Michael Frogel‚ MD JOURNAL: American Journal of Public Health YEAR: 2017 VOLUME: 107 PAGE#: S134-S137 APA CITATION: What was the major purpose or problem described in this article? To identify the gaps of pediatric-focused preparedness in public health emergencies and disasters planning. 1

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    Emergency Preparedness Emergency preparedness is an important step in ensuring the safety of a population. Public health departments all over the nation play a key role in planning‚ preparing‚ and helping during the recovery of a public health emergency. A public health emergency is a declaration that requires a combined efforts and resources to a specific cause such as a natural or manmade disaster (Schneider and Schneider‚ 2017). By providing resources during and before a natural disaster‚ the

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    variety of emergencies. Not only do responders play a large role in the response efforts of a disaster but they also play a large role in preparation and planning. “Plans describe how personnel‚ equipment‚ and other resources are used to support incident management and emergency response activities.” (NIMS‚ 2004. Pg 4) In the planning process it is important for responders to understand‚ not only the risks associated with an incident‚ but also the vulnerabilities and hazards in their response area. With

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    Evaluating the government’s response to Katrina requires an understanding of the roles of government entities‚ leaders and the basis within which they each function. Each level of government‚ and most components involved in each level‚ play an important part. At each level of government‚ the President is ultimately accountable to manage an emergency response that affects our country. It is standard practice that emergency response starts typically at the local government‚ with the state government

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    Disaster Preparedness and Response Measures and Actions for Specific Disasters Preparing for Emergencies (General) Prepare For Disaster * Set up a place to meet after a disaster. Choose an out-of-state emergency contact person. * Know different ways to get out of your home. * Be ready to help your neighbors. Ask them to make sure you are alerted in a disaster. * Have disaster plans for work‚ school and child care. * Keep emergency supplies in your house and car. Check

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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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    In an emergency‚ whether natural disaster or terrorist event‚ the most important role is that of first responders. First responders’ jobs are to be the first on the scene in any kind of event and provide various types of response. Some first responders are law enforcement whose first goal is to neutralize the suspect. Others are trained as firefighters to combat fire‚ structural damage‚ and rescue as many victims as they can. Most people think of emergency medical technicians (EMTs) or paramedics

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    Issue: The two positions in PHEP‚ Public Information Officer and Emergency Preparedness Officer were rolled into one position in 2011. Both were at the same wages & reported directly to the Health Officer. I have been the Public Information Officer for over 11 years. The Public Information Officer did not report to the Emergency Preparedness Officer they were equal. Both had work plans from the state. I am challenging the 3 years that you have reported on me. In 2011‚ two positions‚ EPC & PIO

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    Emergency Planning and Security Preparedness SEC 493 July 15‚ 2013 David Bagnon Introduction The security of our nation is something that is very important to the country. Because of the horrible events that occurred in September 11‚ 2001‚ national security has had to bump up their security measures. But security is not only for terrorist attacks‚ it is also put in place to secure people from natural disasters‚ before and

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