exam 4 chapter 17 Flashcards
2 broad kinds of disasters
Natural or man-made
Natural disaster
hurricanes, tornados, fires, earth quakes
man-made disaster
bombings & mass shootings
The disaster preparedness depends on
the disaster
Scope
range of effect; geographic or number of victims
Intensity
level of destruction
casualties
number of humans injured or killed
multiple-casualty incident
more than 2 but less than 100 casualties
mass-casualty incident
more than 100 casualties
those directly impacted include
survivors, decreased, displaced, refugees
survivors
survived
deceased
dead (black colored tag)
refugees
people who were forced to leave their home land bc of war or prosecution
those indirectly impacted
relatives & friends
epidemiological triad
host
agent
environment
host
individual experiencing disaster
host factors
age, health, mobility, psychological & socioeconomic factors,
agent
cause of the disaster
agent factors
natural or man made
environment
factors that contribute to the disaster
environmental factors
ocean, rivers, weather, temperature
FEMA stands for
Federal Emergency Management Agency