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Homeland Security Exam #4· Hazard vs. Natural Hazard vs. Natural Disaster (similarities & differences) - Answer- Hazard: any condition with the potential to cause fatalities, injuries, property damage etc.
Natural Hazard: environmental hazard that threaten humans and property
- Can occur seasonally
- Can occur without warning
Natural disaster: a natural hazard that has taken place which negatively impacts humans and property
· Est. of FEMA year - Answer- 1979
· What the Stafford Act (1988) did regarding FEMA - Answer- clarified FEMAs role
- Specifies disaster declaration process
- FEMA coordinates disaster response between State and Federal governments
· Level that all hazards occur at - Answer- local level
· 3-step sequence for local gov't to receive federal aid - Answer- 1. local gov responsible
for natural disaster prep and assets
2. state got responsible for providing additional aid
3. FEMA works with state to coordinate federal response (if deemed necessary)
· What is the NRI (you don't need to know the 18 types of natural hazards) - Answer- FEMAs National Risk Index
- 18 natural hazard types
- helps communities understand their natural hazard risk
· Role of NOAA in homeland security - Answer- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- has a Homeland Security Program Office - prepare for, respond to, and recover from" - terrorist attacks - major disasters - other emergencies - helps predict and track natural hazards
· The most frequent and widespread natural hazard in the US - Answer- Flooding
· Scale to rate tornadoes - Answer- Enhanced Fujita scale (EF Scale)
· Purpose of the NFIP - Answer- National Flood Insurance Program
- federally-backed flood insurance in communities that adopt floodplain management ordinances
· Four general failures of FEMA/federal gov't regarding Hurricane Katrina & three HoR report specifics - Answer- 1. unheeded long term warnings (gov officials were not prepared)
2. poor decision making before and after landfall
3. response support systems failed
4. government officials = failed, effective leadership
HoR specifics:
1. massive inoperability of communication
2. badly placed emergency operations centers
3. poor planning and pre-positioning of medical supplies
· Post-Katrina Act: Purpose; how it impacts relationship with DHS secretary; how many coordination offices - Answer- purpose: address Katrina prep and response issues
impacts with DHS Secretary: FEMA exempt from DHS Secretary reorganization authority
# coord. offices: must establish 10 regional coordination offices
· National Response Plan issues before Katrina - Answer- FEMA didn't have direct access to control the NRP
- hindered response
· What is the Billion Dollar Club - Answer- - weather disasters where total cost $1b
- All states have experienced at least one
- Total of all 338 = $2.3 trillion
· Four types of "Cyber Threats" - Answer- 1. Cyber Attack
2. Cyber Terrorism
3. Cyber Espionage
4. Cyber Crime
· Key attribute of cyber attack/cyber war - Answer- state-sponsored
· What is the most targeted state for cyber attacks - Answer- US
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