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Lesson 3 - Emergency Management Key Components Flashcards

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What is an EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM?

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  1. Identifies threats/hazards and assesses risk posed by them.
  2. Plans for risks that cannot be eliminated.
  3. Develops/implements programs/capabilities for reducing impact of incidents.
  4. Prescribes actions for handling emergencies and recovering from them.
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What are the EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTIONS?

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  1. Pre-incident activities.
  2. Incident activities.
  3. Post-incident activities.
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What are the emergency management PRE-INCIDENT ACTIVITIES?

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  1. Threat and hazard identification.
  2. Planning.
  3. Information sharing.
  4. Training.
  5. Readiness exercises.
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What are the emergency management INCIDENT ACTIVITIES?

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  1. Lifesaving missions.
  2. Critical infrastructure protection.
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What are the emergency management POST-INCIDENT ACTIVITIES?

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Help people/community recover/ rebuild for a safer future.

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What is emergency management PREPAREDNESS?

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  1. Preparedness is a continuous process.
  2. Identify threats/vulnerabilities.
  3. Determine impacts on capabilities.
  4. Identify required resources.
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What are the Emergency Management PREPAREDNESS Mission Areas?

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  1. Prevention.
  2. Protection.
  3. Mitigation.
  4. Response.
  5. Recovery.
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When do MITIGATION activities take place?

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Prior to, during, and after an incident.

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What is FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Assistance?

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Grant programs that provide funding for mitigation activities that reduce impacts from disasters, and protect life/property aginst impacts from future disasters.

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What are the FEMA HMA grant programs?

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  1. The HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM, which provides funds for long-term hazard mitigation measures FOLLOWING presidential disaster declarations.
  2. The PRE-DISASTER MITIGATION program, which provides funds for hazard mitigation planning and projects PRIOR to a disaster.
  3. The FLOOD MITIGATION ASSISTANCE program, which provides funds for reducing risk of flood damage to buildings insured under the NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM.
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What factors are a sound MITIGATION STRATEGY based on?

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  1. Based on the jurisdiction’s THREAT AND HAZARD IDENTIFICATION AND RISK ASSESSMENT, THIRA.
  2. Mitigation measures are intended to keep existing vulnerabilities from becoming more significant, using new development within the community. i.e. road construction, building code changes, etc.
  3. Natural resource protection measures reduce the impacts of a hazard and improve quality of the environment.
  4. Emergency protective measures protect people before and after the incident occurs.
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When do RESPONSE activities begin?

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  1. Immediatedly prior to or immediately after an incident occurs.
  2. They address the short-term, direct effects of an incident.
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What is the local government’s role once an incident has occurred?

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  1. Emergency response.
  2. Rapid Assessment of the situation.
  3. Continuous assessment of its ability to protect life/property.
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What is the first thing that should be done after immediate life safety issues have been taken care of?

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Conduct a RAPID SITUATION ASSESSMENT.

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What is the purpose of a RAPID SITUATION ASSESSMENT?

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  1. Prioritize response activities.
  2. Allocate resources.
  3. Request assistance from mutual aid partners, and the state, quickly and accurately.
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What is the CRITICAL INFORMATION, I.E. ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF INFORMATION, for a Rapid Assessment?

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  1. LIFESAVING NEEDS, including evacuation, and search/rescue.
  2. CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE status and needs.
  3. CRITICAL FACILITIES status and needs.
  4. DAMAGE RISK from imminent hazards.
  5. DISPLACED INDIVIDUALS, number of individuals and extent of damage to their homes.
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When do RECOVERY activities begin?

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  1. Once an incident has occurred, recovery activities may occur simultaneously with response activities.
  2. The goal is to return the community’s systems and activities back to a new normal.
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What is PUBLIC ASSISTANCE under the Stafford Act?

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Federal assistance for use of repair to infrastructure, public facilities, and debris removal.

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What is INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE under the Stafford Act?

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Federal assistance used for damage to residences and businesses, or for personal property losses.

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What forms of INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE are available?

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  1. Grants to individuals and families for temporary housing, repairs, replacement of possessions, and medical and funeral expenses.
  2. Small Business Administration loans to individuals and businesses.
  3. Crisis counseling for survivors and responders.
  4. Legal services.
  5. Disaster unemployment benefits.
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What are the LONG-TERM RECOVERY CONSIDERATIONS?

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  1. Keep people informed and preventing unrealistic expectations.
  2. Implement mitigation measures while rebuilding infrastructure.
  3. Conduct donations management.
  4. Develop partnerships with private sector for resources.
  5. Consider competing interests of groups involved in the planning process.
  6. Identify environmental issues and public health measures.
  7. Identify the unmet needs of survivors.
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What are the CROSS-CUTTING CORE CAPABILITIES?

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  1. Planning.
  2. Public information and Warning.
  3. Operational Coordination.
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What is the PLANNING capability?

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Conducting a systematic process to engage the whole community in the development of strategic, operational, and tactical approaches to meet the objectives.

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What are the components of PLANNING?

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  1. A flexible process that builds on existing plans.
  2. Conducting training and exercises, and taking corrective actions.
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What does the PUBLIC INFORMATION AND WARNING capability address?

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  1. Delivering coordinated, prompt, reliable, and actionable information to the whole community.
  2. Using clear, consistent, accessible, and culturally appropriate methods to relay information.
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What are the components of OPERATIONAL COORDINATION?

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  1. Establish and maintain partnerships to support networking, planning, and coordination.
  2. Mobilize critical resources and establish command, control, and coordination structures.
  3. Establish leadership and coordinate with organizations for recovery operations.

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