Essays on Disaster Relief

Introduction

The government, among other duties, protects citizens in the nation and promotes their well-being. In many occasions, the government works together with the private sector groups with the aim of managing emergencies. The private sector plays a major role before and after the incident (Sylves & Clark, 2015). Before the incident, the sector provides protection to the welfare of the employees in the workplace. The private sector is also involved in the decision-making process on how to thwart emergency. The non-governmental organizations play a major role before, during and after the incident. For instance, many NGO’s provide shelter, food ...

Abstract

Mitigation emphases on decreasing damages of life and property while the recovery empowers the community to regain its normalcy and cope with the situation to continue with their lives. From that avowal, it is without a doubt that they are both central and fundamental phases in the management of adversities that might arise. The two play an essential role in helping the society members to respond and bounce back despite the loss of life and damage to properties. An attempt will be made to expound the mitigation and recovery disciplines of the disaster management plan as well as the ...

ABSTRACT

Hurricane Katrina proved to be one the largest natural disasters to occur in the United States. This storm devastated parts of the south, particularly Louisiana. High winds, rains and the breaking of levees left mass flooding and the drowning of entire neighborhoods. The emergency response from the government proved to be highly disorganized, inefficient and lacked the needed supplies to meet the needs of those requiring medical attention, food, water and shelter. In fact, some argue that the disaster lasted longer because of organizations like FEMA whose efforts many call a great failure. Since then many suggestions have been ...

Overview

Chengdu is one of China’s largest cities. In people’s perception, it is favorable and in 2006 China Daily named it the 4th-most livable city in the country. It is also one of the oldest cities in the world, founded 2,000 years ago. Most recently it was in the national spotlight for earthquakes, which led to thousands in the city and surrounding area to lose their lives or homes. The major religion of the area is Buddhism and Daoism.

Geography

Chengdu is one of China’s most important cities. It is located on a large plain area that varies ...

Question 1

The Stafford Act provides the authority to the federal government to offer assistance to the States during major emergencies and crises (Farber, Daniel & Jim 5). The Act governs the country’s response to disasters, and outlines the level of response that the government should take. That is by dividing the costs among the local, federal and states governments. Additionally, the government deals with the economic losses that result from a disaster. The Act articulates the need for the government to come up with a budget and be prepared for any disaster (Farber, Daniel & Jim 13). Proper mechanisms are also supposed to ...

Organizations have different sizes and forms. An organization is refers to a body that has a mission that it must achieve. The organization must achieve the mission it has for the society and the community at large. Charity organizations, schools, businesses, hospitals and many others are different types of organizations. The community and the society in America and all the other parts of the world depend on organizations for the provision of goods and services required to preserve and sustain lives of the citizens. In the current society, the nations of the world are becoming connected because of much advancement in ...

Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast States in late 2005 and within weeks Hurricanes Wilma and Rita struck bringing about a lot of destruction. The hurricanes disrupted and ended many lives forcing the government to institute major reforms in emergency response for all people and especially for vulnerable and special populations such as the aged and the disabled (Macdonald, Dixon & Zakaras, 2010). The post-Katrina reforms in emergency management policy effectively address emergency and disaster relief for special populations. The government through the Department of Homeland Security instituted the Post-Katrina Emergency management Reform Act of 2006. This act outlines the ...

Part 1: Profile of USAID

USAID is an acronym that stands for United States Agency for International Development. It is a non-profit organization that carries out interventions in hard hit areas, primarily in third world developing countries. It is a federal agency of the government of the United States of America primarily tasked with delivering civilian foreign aid. - Areas of Interest USAID has interest in many areas around the globe. Firstly, it is important to identify the areas of operational interest for the organization. USAID seeks to help overseas people who are struggling to live a better life, live in the reins of democracy ...

I would like to use the American Red Cross for the course project. The firm is a non- profit making organization that offers emergency assistance, education, and disaster relief to people in the United States of America. The agency was founded in 1881, following the American civil war, and it has its administrative headquarters in Washington, DC. The organization has a complex of about 650 chapters and 36 blood services regions committed to saving lives in America. The principle aim of the Red Cross is to provide disaster relief to the citizens of the United States. A strong organizational culture develops ...

Introduction

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is one of the United State agency mandated with the responsibility of coordinating and offering disaster relief services to the local and federal governments. The organization works under the department of home security and it is assigned the role of offering disaster management services and responding to emergencies that superseded local government resources. In most cases, FEMA need to respond to disasters that overwhelm state resources and disasters that directly affects federal government property. An excellent example of a disaster that targeted federal property is 11 September 2001 terrorism attack that destroyed Twin Towers ...

Statement of Purpose

Political appointments are used to make full various federal positions of our government. These designations are employed to give a description of a scheme of picking out candidates in which the decision is made by an individual or board rather than by a poll of the populace generally, or through haphazard selection as used to select juries. The appointments may be in two ways, appointments made directly by the president which do not require senate confirmation and appointments which require senate confirmation. The president assigns duty to several levels of cabinet and agency officers. The appointments in most cases are normally ...

Deploying Wi-Fi Hook-Ups in Disaster Relief - what are the Considerations?

Wi-Fi networks constructed for disaster relief and administered either in affiliation with a private firm or by a city have surfaced in the last few years, in spite of strong resistance and persistent lobbying by cable operators and phone companies, which dispute that municipalities would rival unjustly against their personal broadband services. Following the devastating Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans infrastructure became totally destroyed. This meant implied that cellular networks and conventional wireline phone service became dysfunctional. Therefore, the notion of WiFi network for the city surfaced, and 3 months after the disaster, there was the deployment of a free city owned wireless internet ...