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DMAN EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND VERIFIEDANSWERS
What does FEMA dictate are the 4 parts of the Preparedness cycle (EMC)?
(technically 5 steps)
1. planning
2. organize/equipment
3. training
4. exercise
5. (evaluate/approve)
What does planning involve?
- begins with the hazard risk assessment process
- scope of the vulnerability of the community
- assessment of resource and capacity
In what stage of preparedness is the most time spent?
the planning phase
What is the result of planning?
the EOP (equipment & organization phase)
What is EOP preparedness limited by?
- actual access/possession of equipment for response
- The organization of people & agencies to respond
What is equipment dictated by?
dictated by the hazards present/functions
Equipment categories ( 3 examples)?
- personal protective equipment
- communications equipment
- search & rescue equipment
,What does training equate too?
ability
Who is training needed by?
- Traditional emergency services
- Elected officials responsible for key disaster-specific
decisions
- Businesses and nongovernmental organizations
- Individuals
(occurs at all levels)
Why is exercise needed? What do these exercises include?
Needed because of the rare nature of disasters, so little applicable experience
when these events do occur.
include:
- drills
- tabletop exercises
- functional exercises
- full scale exercises
What 2 sources are evaluation / Improvement the product of?
- exercise
- actual disaster response
What is done immediately after a disaster to turn disaster
experiences into lessons learned and the
foundation of future planning cycle?
AAR (After action report)
What is mitigation?
- A sustained action to reduce or eliminate risk to people
and property from hazards and their effect
- Mitigation tries to limit the damage
, (Mitigation planning involves an assessment of the threats facing a community,
such as the likelihood of a terrorist attack, and an assessment of possible targets)
What is preparedness?
Seeks to improve the abilities of agencies and individuals to respond to the
consequences of a disaster event once the disaster
event has occurred
- preparedness means getting ready or practicing to respond.
- "a practiced state of readiness to respond"
- prepare as much as possible for known disasters
- encompasses the marshalling of resources in the areas of prediction,
forecasting and warning against disaster events. It also involves education and
training initiatives, and planning to evacuate vulnerable populations from
threatened areas
Mitigation vs. Preparedness
prevention tries to improve the ways we respond to disasters in the first place
whereas mitigation tries to limit/eliminate the damage and future risks
What is the whole community concept?
Community based approach where goal is to engage EVERYONE in
preparedness.
- actually understand what community needs, engaged & empower, & find what
they do best and focus on it.
What does the National Prevention Framework describe?
how a community responds
to (intelligence) information regarding an
imminent threat (to thwart an
initial or follow-on terrorist attack?)
What are some of the key considerations when it comes to evacuation?
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