Exam 1: Introduction to Emergency Management

_____________ use some of the same materials involved in technological disasters and are intended to cause many casualties and major damage.

The current National Response Plan states that local jurisdictions must be able to operate without external help for 48 hours after hazard impact.

People are choosing hazardous building designs and inadequate structural materials that fail under extreme stress.

One definition of emergency is an imminent event that will likely strike soon.

What are secondary impacts?

FEMA's practice of attempting to manage events locally whenever possible places very little burden on state and local government agencies.

Risks from technological disasters are decreasing because there are fewer people living close to technological hazards.

The ultimate goal of the recovery phase is to restore the community's infrastructure.

The term___________ refers to the potential for extreme events to affect people, property and the natural environment in a given location.

Most resources during disaster recovery come from:

Name and define two of the broad strategies emergency managers can use to mitigate hazards.

Historically, more emergency management resources are used for:

The term disaster is reserved for events that produce fewer losses than a community can handle.

When was FEMA created?

Local emergency responders dominate the response period, which is characterized by uncertainty and urgency.

The choice of whether to reduce technological hazards by controlling the hazard agent or by controlling the human use depends on political and economic decisions.

________________consists of plans, procedures, and resources that must be developed in advance.

Emergency managers respond to terrorist attacks using a completely different approach used in other disasters.

Name the three goals of emergency response and list three emergency response activities.

A disaster preparedness program needs to answer the question.