Essays on Evacuations

Healthcare centers and facilities play a significant role in disaster and emergency preparedness efforts for all types of events such as natural, man-made events, terrorist attacks and pandemic outbreaks. Healthcare facilities are required to have emergency and disaster operations plan which apparently gives an outline of how the hospital is prepared to respond and recover from all types of hazards. The preparation process requires the healthcare facility to include a number of six critical components including communications, resources and assets, safety and security, staff responsibilities, utilities and clinical and support activities (Wee 241). The approach of being prepared to ...

Introduction

The case study oscillates around a decision by the then Israel prime minister, Ariel Sharon, to undertake a disengagement of Israelites from Palestine in December 2003. The project would involve evacuating Jews from the Gaza strip, a project that would entail a combination of skills and the use of force at some point to force the evacuatees out of the Gaza. Colonel Yaron was requested to volunteer as the project manager, and his main job was to find suitable troops and offer them adequate training so as to carry out the project successfully. Particularly, he was supposed to familiarize ...

Corporates have a primary ethical and moral obligation to protect employee health and safety during occupation as well as emergencies. An emergency situation has to be anticipated, and the corporate management has to ensure there is an emergency evacuation plan in place, and all employees are trained to adopt safe emergency exit procedures. Emergency preparedness is not a stand-alone objective, and corporates have to adopt a safety-first culture to minimize human as well as property losses. Thus, management commitment, appropriate corporate culture and environment, employee training and participation, are all essential for proper emergency evacuation.

Regulations Governing Emergency Evacuation

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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 ...