This paper discusses the important role of the private sector in emergency management and explores the interaction of businesses with government agencies during times of disaster.
A series of tornadoes killed at least 605 persons in the districts of Jamalpur and Tangail in Bangladesh on the evening of 13 May 1996. The objective of this study is to understand the reason why so many fatalities occurred from the tornadoes.
There is an "official" process a presidential disaster declaration usually follows, but the official procedure is sometimes short-circuited by governors and presidents in the interest of political responsiveness. This study investigated factors that propel a disaster event to approval by the president in the absence of meeting full administrative requirements.
This case study developed as part of an investigation into the reassessment of state roles in disaster mitigation and management. This case study concentrates why the Utah legislature waited 13 years to re-establish a seismic safety commission.
The research questions were to what extent is the response to a disaster in a small town/rural area involving responders from multiple emergency response jurisdictional entities such as that of the downed United Flight 93 enhanced by: 1) serious exercising of existing emergency response plans and 2) personal knowledge of and trust in fellow emergency responders, especially those in charge.
The September 11 attack on the World Trade Center and the loss of New York City's EOC provided an opportunity to evaluate the use of geographic technologies in response to a catastrophic disaster event.
The clearest differences between the two communities are the result of activities organized at the local level. Yet, most respondents consider FEMA in a negative light.
Interagency communication in Oregon during emergency response and post-disaster recovery is largely facilitated by the Oregon Emergency Response System (OERS). The Oregon Emergency Management (OEM) Agency expressed an interest in evaluating how effective state agency communication is in responding to emergency response and disaster recovery situations.
As we enter the 21st century, we are facing new threats and risks, which may mean we will be dealing with new types of hazards and disasters. The disasters of the future may or may not be bigger or worse, but they are likely to be more complex and require more sophistication in response and recovery.
This research focuses on how residents took shelter from the F3 tornadoe, how their decisions affected their survival, how their sheltering behavior is changing over recent years, and what lessons they are learning and sharing.
Using material on a recent earthquake in Afghanistan as well as insights from theories of disaster management and organizational networks, this paper looks into the effects that network organizations have for disaster management.
Communities that implemented an effective public information plan, were effective in maintaining a good relationship between the media and emergency management.
