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...Agency (FEMA) was established in 1979. Bumgarner explained that FEMA was a consequence of the growing clamor for sufficient and effective disaster preparedness and was created through a wide ranging reorganization that saw several existing federal agencies becoming part of the organization. (7)
FEMA has functioned as an independent agency that is responsible for the management and response in cases of disasters that overwhelms the state governments. An excellent investigation on FEMA’s responsibilities since its inception until about 2003 was provided by Cumming and Sylves (2005), who outlined the agency’s development, which included policy analysis, an outline of its jurisdiction, and...
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...?Running header: CHALLENGER ACCIDENT CASE STUDY Challenger Accident case study Challenger Accident case study When the space shuttle Challenger exploded over the Atlantic Ocean there was an immediate desire to understand the reasons for this disaster. By doing so it may have helped to prevent other mishaps over time with the space program, however, there are lingering questions as to causes, events leading up to and the actual day this occurred. The following paper is meant to dissect several questions surrounding this event. Initially asked is what could the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) management have done differently, was there anything the subordinates could have done differently? Additionally...
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...?Chernobyl Disaster The disaster of Chernobyl is the biggest nuclear disaster happened in the history of nuclear disasters. The incident happened in 26th April 1986. Chernobyl is a city in northern Ukraine. The city was evacuated due to the core meltdown of the nuclear reactor. The exposed radiation matter caused many hazards to the people of the city and became a problem to other habitat of the city. There is still a mutation in the habitat of the place. Manure which came from the disaster region has brought sissies which are mutated (Scott, 2006). The reason for the event is that the coolant pumps which are stopped to test the backup system have caused...
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...already been taken to bring the situation under control. He/ she is also responsible for organizing and integrating a team that aims at rescuing and preventing further damage and deaths of people and domestic animals by the calamity. The chain of command is as follows. At the top most is the disaster commander who is in charge and responsible for the whole situation. Immediately under the disaster commander are the public information officer and liaison officers. The public information officer should understand principles of risks in communication. He/she is responsible for giving accurate public health information to the public and collaborating agencies. His/her role is to ensure that the message is...
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...or structures (as opposed to purely natural phenomena such as floods) could actually be avoided with the right planning and management had yet to appear.
This analysis will consider what might have been done differently both before the disaster to avoid what occurred, and then after it to alleviate the suffering and effect of it upon survivors. Hindsight always gives us 20-20 vision, but it is clear that a number of mistakes were made which could have been regarded as rising to the level of negligent homicide if the inquiry had been orientated that way. Soon after the disaster a "Tribunal of Inquiry" was set up into the Aberfan disaster, and the National Coal Board was...
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...Bhopal Disaster Introduction The unfortunate incident that took place on December 2, 1984 in the Bhopal of India is the ic example of unethical practices by a corporation that resulted in loss of thousands of precious lives.
Causes of Disaster
The incident was attributed to water leakage into methyl isocyanide (MIC) holding tank, due to slip blind water isolation plates that were excluded from another tank's lack of maintenance procedures' application. The reaction resulted into a major increase in the temperature of the liquid inside the tank causing the toxic gas to explode.
Prior to the disaster, the company, Union Carbide was rated to have the best worker safety record (Browning,...
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...Katrina Disaster & Hospital Recovery The Industrial Hygiene Hazards for Hospitals and Hurricane Induced Hygiene Hazards Lecturer: Thispaper explores the guidance provided by an Industrial Hygienist of the hospital to the Incident Commander of a Large New Orleans Hospital on safe entry, safe clean up procedures, appropriate protective equipment for all rescue workers and hazard assessment after the building was hit by Hurricane Katrina and subsequent flooding caused by damaged levee. The paper is based on industrial hygiene hazards for the hospital as well as those induced by the hurricane, how the rescue teams detect, face and remove those hazards to make the environment safe and operational. The paper addresses planning...
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...Disaster Recovery Banks all over the world have been invaded by a cybercrime group being labeled ‘Carbanak gang’ which has been stealing millions of dollars in cash from banks and personal accounts and dispensing some of it through ATMs at different times of the day. The gang has used malware to infiltrate into the computers of bank employees and monitor through video feeds the activities of the bank and used this to steal the cash. Over $300 million dollars has been stolen so far. The incident was only discovered after an ATM in Ukraine was discovered through video monitoring to be dispensing money at random times even without anyone having inserted an ATM card or even being in the ATM booth at the time. The malware was...
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...Davenport disaster 1972
The Davenport disaster also often called the Davenport incident refers to an industrial lapse that resulted in the manufacture and circulation of non-sterilized bottles into the market. The hitch led to the circulation of substandard drugs thus exposing patients to varied side effects and the death of five people. The dextrose infusion bottles spread throughout the expansive region. Although the United Kingdom newspapers first reported the incident in 1972, the manufacture of the bottles took place in 1971 implying that for a period of more than a year the population used non-sterilized drug bottles without knowing until the death of five people in the city. Following public outcry, the government set... impair the...
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