Emergency evacuation

CHAPTER EMERGENCY PROCEDURE TEAM RESPONSIBILITIES 1. Emergency Procedure Team: President (in charge) Vice President-Standards House Chairman Chapter Council Adviser 2. Emergency phone numbers for police, fire, emergency medical service/ambulance and campus security should be posted by all phones in the chapter facility. 3. Chapter member immediately contacts the appropriate emergency service and a member of the Emergency Procedure Team. 4. Chapter President • Ensures appropriate…

Jacqueline Adams and Ken Kostel's "The Super Disasters of the 21st century" and Sebastian Junger's "The Perfect Storm" describe the causes and effects of natural disasters. Both authors use similar and different strategies and techniques to describe the causes and effects of super disasters. Each author used text structure, choice of vocabulary, and the use of data and details to help the readers better understand the causes and effects of natural disasters. Jacqueline Adams and Ken Kostel…

Emergency Managers are faced with the responsibility of managing many different situations. These situations can range from hazards, to emergencies, to even disasters. Therefore, it is imperative to understand the difference of each situation. A hazard is defined as “a source of danger or an extreme event that has a potential to affect people, property, and natural environment in a given situation.” (Lindell, Prater, & Perry, 2007) In short, hazards are the risks that are likely to occur in a…

PROMULGATION STATEMENT/LETTER To All Recipients: This letter is written to convey the Emergency Operations Plan for the County of Okaloosa in the northwest region of Florida. It will provide a foundation for the use in performing emergency functions during a major disaster or an emergency in the county. This Emergency Operations Plan includes the four phases of emergency management. The four phases are: Prevention – the activities that help reduce or eliminate the probability of an incident,…

These devices are wired into a central control panel. When smoke or fire is detected, the control panel sets off alarms to alert anyone in the building. The building is divided into zones for the purpose of making it easier to determine where the emergency is occurring. One can see for example, if there is smoke in zone three. There are several different types of ways that alarms alert people to danger. Sound is one way, loud sounds are emitted. Audio alarms are not the only type, there are…

with the worst consequences for humans, goods, properties and the environment. The Hurricane Katrina effects led to its calling as a mega disaster or the costliest natural disaster in American history. In disaster prone areas like in New Orleans, emergency managers can be successful by checking and correcting all mitigation…

Introduction: The book “Would You Kill the Fat Man?” by David Edmonds, presents a philosophical discussion on the ethical dilemma called the trolley problem. The situation that is proposed is that a runaway train is headed towards a group of five people who are tied to the track. Unless the train is stopped, it will inevitably kill all five of the people. You are standing nearby and have the option to pull a lever to to redirect the train to a different route, which has one man tied to the track…

exit safely during and emergency. The design of new buildings is influenced as a result of human behaviors during past fire emergency. For many years, engineers and architects have believed that when an alarm sounds occupants will immediately leave the building in an orderly fashion. Under this assumption, the location and quantity of fire exits were determined based on the occupancy load. But what psychologist…

a. I am a member of the South Carolina Department of Public Safety’s (SCDPS) Emergency Management Unit. The main issue I have as a team leader is developing emergency plans for “Hurricane Operations” while integrating multiple agencies and functions to effectively evacuate the coast. I need to develop a team who can serve multiple purposes and capabilities. Specifically, the ability to supply personnel to support more than 1200 traffic control points off of the coast and inland 90 miles. This…

Facilities were also required to collaborate with other outside LTC facilities and form written agreements called mutual aid agreements with them that identified them as a possible evacuation site if needed in a disaster. It was required that at least one of the facilities that they form an agreement with be fifty miles or more away. Although plans needed to include a mechanism to evacuate supplies during these events, similar agreements were also made with vendors of companies that sell…