Community Emergency Preparedness and Response Paper Kimberly Lewis NUR 408 May 7‚ 2012 Theresa White‚ MSN Community Emergency Preparedness and Response Paper Preparing for an emergency and knowing what to do in case of an emergency is an important aspect every community should know. Preparedness can be the difference between life and death in certain situations. This is the case in Season two Episode five of this week’s assignment. A forest fire is raging out of control near the Neighborhood
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Fire Corps is one of five partner programs under Citizen Corps‚ the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s grassroots strategy to bring together government and community leaders to involve citizens in all-hazards emergency preparedness and resilience. Citizen Corps partner programs share the common goal of helping communities prevent‚ prepare for‚ and respond to emergencies of all kinds. Launched in 2004‚ Fire Corps is managed by the National Volunteer Fire Council and works with various organizations
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Community Health of Chesterfield County-Virginia Western Governors University Population/Economic Assessment Chesterfield County‚ Virginia has a population of about 328‚000 as of January 1‚ 2014 with 752 people per square mile. There was a 3.6% increase in the population from April 1‚ 2010 to July 1‚ 2013. 65.4% of the population is white non-Hispanic‚ 21.6% are black non-Hispanic‚ 7.2% are Hispanic‚ 3.2% are Asian and 2.1% are two or more races. In 2012 there were 3657 births and 1654 deaths
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Title As humans‚ understanding the ways in which we connect with each other is crucial to understanding ourselves. In a globalized world‚ with increased interconnectedness and invasive embedded nature‚ communities have significantly changed from Herodotus’ time. Although there are many aspects of community found in today’s societies that resonate with the societies Herodotus describes‚ the differences are significant. In the English language we have multiple words to express the same idea‚ but Herodotus
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formation of online communities and the new forms of social/cultural identities in virtual space. What implications do new forms of interactions online have on our understanding of ‘community’ and ‘democracy’? Digital media is responsible for the formation of online communities and creating a society and culture that merges societies and divisions‚ and thus this form of medium has become more real to humans than reality itself‚ and virtual reality has taken over human’s ideas of community and democracies
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This paper received all 4s on the grading rubric. I mention this so you can eval the paper appropriately. I hope it helps. Community Health Nursing Community Description and Interpretation of Data America’s Finest City‚ San Diego‚ California is located in the southern most county in California‚ San Diego County. “San Diego is the second largest city in California”‚ (Wikipedia‚ 2013). Bordered by Orange and Riverside Counties to the north‚ Imperial County to the east‚ the Pacific Ocean
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passion‚ motorcycle riding. While members get to meet fellow enthusiasts‚ Harley gets to keep their attention on Harley. As it cannot compete with Japanese imports on price‚ and perhaps quality‚ Harley has to focus on its brand. HOG builds brand community and dispels the old image of Harley owners as Hell’s Angels gangs. In fact‚ Harley has been so successful in building its brand that BusinessWeek ranks it as the 44th most valuable in the world. Retaining Harley owners is clearly lucrative; Harley
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A COMMUNITY MODEL—Roland L. Warren Warren‚ R (1975). In K. Kramer and H. Specht (eds.)‚ Readings in community organization practice. 2nd. Ed. Englwood Cliffs‚ N.J.: Prentice-Hall It is the inescapable fact that people’s clustering together in space has important influences on their daily activities which give us perhaps our best clue to a definition of the community as a social entity. We shall consider a community to be that combination of social units and systems which perform the major
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What Makes a Community Prosper The word community is derived from the Latin prefix communitatus which is comprised of three elements Com meaning togetherness‚ Munis meaning exchange‚ and Tatus meaning intimate. Individuals --who are interdependent of each other-- may provide each other with sustenance‚ monetary aid‚ physical aid‚ guidance and other forms of facilitation that benefit their fellow community member. In a prosperous community‚ the only way for all members to achieve prosperity is if
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Links: ____________________ Prepared by Claire Reinelt for the Leadership Learning Community (May 2001)
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