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⩥ Integrated Management System. Answer: Integrated emergency
management is a key concept adopted by emergency managers in the early
1980s. It embodies an all-threats/hazards approach to the direction,
control, and coordination of disasters regardless of their location, size, or
complexity, and it goes hand-in-hand with the concept of whole
community preparedness.
⩥ Emergency management is the managerial function charged with
creating the framework within which communities reduce
________________ threats/hazards and cope with disasters.. Answer:
vulnerability to
⩥ Emergency Management Principles. Answer: Comprehensive;
Progressive;
Risk-Driven
Integrated;
Collaborative
,⩥ Comprehensive. Answer: Emergency managers consider and take into
account all threats/hazards, all phases, all stakeholders, and all impacts
relevant to disasters.
⩥ Integrated. Answer: Emergency managers ensure unity of effort among
all levels of government and all elements of a community.
⩥ Collaborative. Answer: Emergency managers create and sustain broad
and sincere relationships among individuals and organizations to
encourage trust, advocate a team atmosphere, build consensus, and
facilitate communication.
⩥ Progressive. Answer: Emergency managers anticipate future disasters
and take protective, preventive, and preparatory measures to build
disaster-resistant and disaster-resilient communities.
⩥ Risk-Driven. Answer: Emergency managers use sound risk
management principles (threat/hazard identification, risk analysis, and
impact analysis) in assigning priorities and resources.
⩥ Coordinated. Answer: Emergency managers synchronize the activities
of all relevant stakeholders to achieve a common purpose.
, ⩥ Flexible. Answer: Emergency managers use creative and innovative
approaches in solving disaster challenges.
⩥ Disaster Relief Act of 1969 and of 1974. Answer: Created a Federal
Coordinating Officer to represent the President in the relief effort. The
law was extended as the Disaster Relief Act of 1974, which established
the process of Presidential disaster declarations.
⩥ Federal Emergency Management Agency. Answer: Created by
President Carter's 1979 Executive Order
⩥ Stafford Act (Public Law 100-707). Answer: Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, often referred to simply
as the Stafford Act. In November 1988, the Stafford Act created the
system in place today by which a Presidential disaster declaration
triggers financial and physical assistance through FEMA.
Designed to supplement the efforts and available resources of States,
tribes, local governments, and disaster relief organizations.
⩥ Congressional Act of 1803. Answer: The earliest effort to provide
disaster relief on a Federal level after a fire devastated a New Hampshire
town. From that point forward, assorted legislation provided disaster
support. Between 1803 and 1950, the Federal Government intervened in
approximately 100 incidents (earthquakes, fires, floods, and tornadoes).