disaster preparedness Articles

Local government involvement in disaster preparedness in the USA

The federal government's role in community disaster preparedness in the USA has historically been limited to assisting communities after a disaster has occurred. Recent years, however, have seen an increase in the complexity of disasters, making it more difficult to manage the response. Local organisations often do not have the resources or the training to effectively react to the needs created ...

Nov. 13, 2007

By Inderscience Publishers
Agency coordination and the role of the media in disaster management in Hawaii

This study utilises survey research to describe and explain the role of the primary agencies, emergency managers and media reporters in agency coordination in disaster preparedness and response in Hawaii. An administrative case study is also utilised, based on an extensive review of Hawaii government documents and interviews with key personnel of the Hawaii Emergency Preparedness Committee (EPC), ...

Jan. 23, 2006

By Inderscience Publishers
A review of emergency organisations: the need for a theoretical framework

Disaster preparedness in emergency organisations has a heritage born out of civil defence and military traditions, but response to large-scale emergency invariably involves cross-agencies, often involving civilian organisations and resources. Changes to emergency organisations are taking place, and the complexity that has evolved in organisational features is discussed in this paper, drawing upon ...

Jun. 16, 2010

By Inderscience Publishers
After the disaster: the first things that wastewater system managers should do after disasters

ABSTRACT Hurricane Katrina in 2005 served as a wake-up call for many agencies, including local wastewater systems. That event provided some new lessons in utility disaster preparedness, but primarily provided reminders of previously-known lessons. That event and others have dramatized the potential impact of natural and man-made disasters on utility infrastructure. Wastewater systems have proven ...

Oct. 13, 2007

By Water Environment Federation (WEF)
Recovery of new orleans sewerage system: two years post-katrina

ABSTRACT Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath damaged the sewerage collection system in the City of New Orleans, creating health and safety issues for both the general public and emergency and recovery personnel working in the city. The efforts by the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans (S&WB) in restoring these systems has been critical in making the city safe and functional for the ...

Oct. 13, 2007

By Water Environment Federation (WEF)
Enabling the disabled: media use and communication needs of people with disabilities during and after the Sichuan earthquake in China

The importance of effective communications in extreme emergency situations, such as earthquakes, is widely recognised (Lee, 2008), whether the communications relate to disaster preparedness, response or recovery. More problematic is the connection between disaster communications and the situation of people with disabilities in emergency situations. In times of crisis, do the communication needs ...

Mar. 8, 2010

By Inderscience Publishers
Emergency logistics and risk mitigation in Thailand following the Asian tsunami

A series of recent natural disasters (earthquakes, floods, droughts) and man-made crises (civil unrest, war, political disturbance) have highlighted the vulnerability of communities to unstable conditions. Reaching displaced people in crisis conditions is heavily dependent on the effectiveness of the supply chain and its management systems. Disaster responses have been modelled into, for example, ...

Jun. 10, 2009

By Inderscience Publishers
Exploring older adults' personal and social vulnerability in a disaster

Older adults are a demographic group that is more likely to experience negative impacts resulting from a disaster than other age groups. Age-related disabilities and the impact of social conditions can influence vulnerability to a disaster event. This paper explores the concept of personal and social vulnerability based on case studies of older adults who experienced a flood disaster. It ...

May 26, 2011

By Inderscience Publishers
Emergency preparedness and management from national to local levels in Pakistan

This paper has made an attempt to analyse the emergency management and preparedness practices of Pakistan with focus on Baluchistan both at the community and organisational levels using key informant interviews, focused group discussions and discussions with organisations involved in disaster management process. It is revealed that disaster-related issues are handled at the provincial level ...

Jan. 1, 2012

By Inderscience Publishers
Documenting damage, disruption, interdependencies and the emergency response of power and communication systems after earthquakes

This paper describes the organisation and operation of the Earthquake Investigation Committee of the Technical Council on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering. The committee performs post-earthquake investigations of lifelines and the lifeline facilities of emergency responders, such as hospitals and public service answering points. The objectives of these investigations are identified along with the ...

Feb. 24, 2004

By Inderscience Publishers
Emergency management international: Improving national and international disaster preparedness and response

Since 1998, the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has been responsible for managing activities of the Civil Military Emergency Preparedness (CMEP) programme, in Europe and Central Asia. CMEP supports international partner nations' national and regional strategies related to disaster preparedness and consequence management for all hazards including the development and exercise of national and ...

Jul. 20, 2009

By Inderscience Publishers
Coping with earthquakes in Romania: advanced concepts and learning tools using a training platform and facility

Earthquake preparedness of citizens is recognised as an efficient means for better coping with shaking impact and making easier the emergency management. Romania represents a specific case where the unique Vrancea intermediate seismic source, at the curvature of Carpathian Mountains, causes intense shaking and losses at several decades interval, but, after that, many generations do not have an ...

Dec. 23, 2014

By Inderscience Publishers
Women, information technology and disaster management: tsunami affected districts of Tamil Nadu

Women tend to be more affected by natural disasters and are also a key to managing the aftermath of disasters and promoting disaster prevention as shown in this case study of Tamil Nadu in the southern part of India after the 2004 tsunami. Utilising information technology in innovative approaches, a network of 3,500 women's self help groups actively addressed the practical needs of the population ...

Sep. 4, 2009

By Inderscience Publishers
Disaster preparedness and response: a challenge for hospitals in earthquake-prone countries

An effective and immediate response from hospital personnel is critical to meet the needs of affected populations at the time of an earthquake disaster. Hospitals need to develop, practise and continuously update an effective disaster/emergency medical response plan. Communities and impacted regions cannot depend on immediate medical and humanitarian aid from other outside sources to meet medical ...

Nov. 22, 2010

By Inderscience Publishers
A framework of business recovery in the aftermath of a disaster

The issue of business recovery in the aftermath of a disaster has attracted the interest of many pundits. There is a general scarcity of models and frameworks for evaluating organisational recovery efforts. This paper proposes a framework to predict organisation's performance following a disaster. Based on the disaster life cycle, a five concept model is proposed. The cycle consists of three ...

Nov. 28, 2012

By Inderscience Publishers
Disaster response: Community mental health service capacity in the USA

Following a natural disaster such as a major hurricane or flood, the ability of community mental health facilities to respond during the recovery stage of the disaster with adequate resources and capacity to meet community needs is critical to the recovery process. Community mental health agencies have a critical role to play in preparing for and responding to large-scale disasters, such as ...

Jul. 20, 2009

By Inderscience Publishers
Modelling of cascading effects and efficient response to disaster spreading in complex networks

In order to assess cascading effects in directed networks, we present a model for the dynamics of failure spreading. The model combines network nodes as active, bistable elements and delayed interactions along directed links. Through simulations, we study the dynamics behaviour of generic sample networks. Besides evaluating the failure cascades, for which we observe a critical threshold for the ...

Jan. 14, 2008

By Inderscience Publishers
Weather Philippines - Weather warning service with Lufft WS502-UMB - Case Study

WeatherPhilippines Foundation, Inc. (WPF) aims to deliver critical and accurate weather information to aid local governments, communities, and individuals in disaster preparedness and timely response to variable weather conditions. WPF has deployed more than 400 Automated Weather Stations (AWS) across the country, and intends to install 600 more with the help of private sponsors and site ...

Nov. 9, 2017

By OTT HydroMet
When natural disasters strike: managing individual and organisational needs with web–based systems

Increased impacts and frequency of recent natural disasters have given rise to the need for finding new ways to enhance disaster preparedness, planning and management. Web–based information systems have demonstrated the usefulness of websites in recent disasters. However, little is known about the contents of web–based information management for disaster management and the needs and ...

Apr. 5, 2013

By Inderscience Publishers
This remote region of India is becoming a model of climate resilience

Climate change is inherently a global phenomenon, but changing weather patterns are more often felt at the regional and local level. And as the United Nations and others have reported, the impacts of global warming will disproportionately impact those living in developing countries with adaptation costs in the range of US$70 billion to US$100 billion per year by 2050. The video above by Chintan ...

Jul. 16, 2015

By Ensia

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