- Assessing the state of knowledge about emergency management in other countries

2013 ◽  
pp. 644-659
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Management ◽  
The State

scholarly journals An Ethical investigation of State and the Management of Internally Displaced Persons: Nigeria as a case study

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ifeanyichukwu M. Abada ◽  
Nneka Ifeoma Okafor ◽  
Nkemjika C. Duru
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Management ◽  
The State ◽  
Internally Displaced Persons ◽  
Displaced Persons ◽  
Boko Haram ◽  
Population Displacement ◽  
Internally Displaced ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Rising Incidence

The decision among human beings to change their places of residence has remained an age-long strategy of survival practiced for a very long time. However, the migratory activities associated with internal population displacement are often propelled by forced migration occasioned by natural or anthropogenic forces or a combination of both. The upsurge of internal population displacement in the Nigerian state is incontrovertible given the maniacal campaign of the Boko Haram insurgency in the North-east region. The dilemma of internally displaced persons and the imperative management have proven a formidable challenge to the Nigerian state. The aim of this paper therefore is to ethically investigate whether the ineffective control of the Boko Haram insurgency by the state is implicated in the rising incidence of internally displaced persons and evident vulnerabilities. The study adopted qualitative research which relied heavily on the documentary method of data collection and, guided by the ‘Marxist theory of the post-colonial state’ as a theoretical underpinning. The findings of this paper showed that the ineffective control of Boko Haram insurgency by the state was implicated in the rising incidence of internal population displacement in the North-east. The paper critically observed that the state and its agencies like the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), State Emergency Management Agencies (SEMAs), National Commission for Refugees, Migration and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI), Presidential Initiative for the North East (PINE), Presidential Committee on the North-East Initiative (PCNI), among others have become the main instruments for the advancement of the interests of the dominant class. The study however recommends amongst other things that the state should ethically rethink its narrow strategy against Boko Haram insurgency through the adoption of a broader approach according to the dictates of Nigeria’s Countering Violent Extremism framework.

New Jersey's EMS Response to Superstorm Sandy: A Case Study of the Emergency Management Assistance Compact

2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 326-329 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terry Clancy ◽  
Kenneth Christensen ◽  
Henry P. Cortacans
Keyword(s):  
New Jersey ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Emergency Management ◽  
The United States ◽  
The State ◽  
Publication Type ◽  
Superstorm Sandy ◽  
Emergency Medical ◽  
Multiple Levels

AbstractIn the United States, understanding the Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) is critical to responding to a natural disaster or manmade event. Recently, the State of New Jersey responded to Superstorm Sandy and implemented the EMAC system by requesting ambulances to aid in the Emergency Medical Services response. New Jersey's response to Superstorm Sandy was unprecedented in that this storm affected the entire state and EMS community. New Jersey's EMS community and infrastructure were impacted greatly, despite years of planning and preparation for such an event. Once received, out-of-state EMS resources were integrated into New Jersey's emergency management and EMS systems. In this report, each phase of the EMAC in New Jersey is explored, from how the response was coordinated to how it ultimately was executed. The state coordinated its response on multiple levels and, as such, tested the practical applicability of the EMAC process and employed best practices and solutions to issues that arose. These best practices and solutions may prove invaluable for any state or territory that may activate the EMAC system for emergency medical service resources.ClancyT, ChristensenK, CortacansHP. New Jersey's EMS response to Superstorm Sandy: a case study of the Emergency Management Assistance Compact. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2014;29(3):1-4.

Tracking Deaths Related to Hurricane Ike, Texas, 2008

2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
David F. Zane ◽  
Tesfaye M. Bayleyegn ◽  
John Hellsten ◽  
Ryan Beal ◽  
Crystal Beasley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Carbon Monoxide ◽  
Emergency Management ◽  
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning ◽  
The State ◽  
Mortality Data ◽  
Hurricane Ike ◽  
Medical Examiners ◽  
Operation Center ◽  
Mortality Surveillance

ABSTRACTBackground: On September 13, 2008, Hurricane Ike, a category 2 storm with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph, made landfall near Galveston, Texas. Ike produced a damaging, destructive, and deadly storm surge across the upper Texas and southwestern Louisiana coasts. Thirty-four Texas counties were declared disaster areas by the Federal Emergency Management Agency; 15 counties were under mandatory evacuation orders. To describe causes of death associated with this hurricane and identify prevention strategies during the response and recovery phases, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) monitored mortality data in 44 counties throughout the state. This report summarizes Ike-related deaths reported by Texas medical examiners, justices of the peace (coroners), forensic centers, public health officials, and hospitals.Methods: Based on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) disaster-related mortality surveillance form, DSHS developed a state-specific 1-page form and collected (optimally daily) data on demographic, date and place of death, and cause and circumstance of deaths. A case was defined as any death that was directly or indirectly related to Ike among evacuees, residents, nonresidents, or rescue personnel in the declared disaster counties, counties along the Texas Gulf coast or counties known to have evacuation shelters occurring September 8, 2008, through October 13, 2008. Analyzed data were shared with the state emergency operation center and the CDC on a daily basis.Results: The surveillance identified 74 deaths in Texas as directly (10 [14%]), indirectly (49 [66%]), or possibly (15 [20%]) related to Ike. The majority of deaths (n = 57) were reported by medical examiners. Deaths occurred in 16 counties of the 44 counties covered by the surveillance. The majority of deaths occurred in Harris and Galveston (28 [38%] and 17 [23%]), respectively. The deceased ranged in age from younger than 1 year to 85 years, with an average age of 46 years (median 50 years); 70% were male. Of the 74 deaths, 47 (64%) resulted from injuries, 23 (31%) from illnesses, and 4 (5%) were undetermined. Among the injuries, carbon monoxide poisoning (13 [18%]) and drowning (8 [11%]) were the leading causes of injury-related deaths. Cardiovascular failure (12 [16%]) was the leading cause of illness-related deaths.Conclusions: Defining the relation of death to hurricane using an active mortality surveillance system is possible. The active mortality surveillance form used in Ike provided valuable daily information to DSHS, state emergency management officials, and the CDC regarding the characteristics of deaths in the state. Most of the Ike-related deaths were caused by injury (direct and indirectly related) such as carbon monoxide poisonings and drowning and may have been preventable by educating the public.(Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2011;5:23-28)

Maximize Existing Resources with Your Public-Private Partnerships

2015 ◽  
pp. 270-281
Author(s):  
Julie Kachgal
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Management ◽  
The State ◽  
Public Private Partnerships ◽  
Vital Resource

Public private partnerships in emergency management provide a vital resource. First, this chapter introduces information on the State of California's effort to support public private partnerships. Then, the chapter presents suggestions for selling participation in these partnerships and for maximizing their effectiveness. As California has found, public private partnerships save time and money while providing invaluable resources.

Into the Future

2020 ◽  
pp. 156-160
Author(s):  
Timothy W. Kneeland
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Management ◽  
Tropical Storm ◽  
The State ◽  
First Century ◽  
Natural State ◽  
Army Corps ◽  
Army Corps Of Engineers ◽  
Susquehanna River ◽  
Private Homes ◽  
The U.S

This epilogue highlights efforts to dissuade people from building or rebuilding in the vicinity of the Susquehanna River, as well as efforts to buy out private homes and businesses located in persistent flood zones. Changes in the policy toward the Susquehanna River began after the first decade of the twenty-first century. Following Tropical Storm Lee in 2011, neither the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers nor the state of Pennsylvania showed interest in adding to or creating new flood walls along the Susquehanna River, the policy that had been preferred in the twentieth century. Instead, the state obtained grants from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which it used to purchase houses and businesses in the Wyoming Valley. Hundreds of people, tired of the perpetual flooding, sold their homes to the local government, which then cleared them off the floodplain and began to restore the river and floodplain to a natural state. The chapter then considers the even more radical idea of removing existing levees and dams along the Susquehanna.

scholarly journals Analýza výjezdové činnosti jednotek požární ochrany na území okresu Cheb a v příhraniční oblasti

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-22
Author(s):  
Martin Tomášek
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Emergency Management ◽  
Fire Protection ◽  
The State ◽  
The Other ◽  
Financial Security ◽  
Considerable Part ◽  
Border Area ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Cross Border Cooperation

The article deals with the analysis of emergency incidents of fire protection units in the district of Cheb. The first part of the article deals with the organization of fire protection units and their firefighting areas within the district of Cheb. A considerable part of the article focuses also on the cross-border cooperation with the fire protection units on the other side of the state border. The practical part of the article deals with the statistics of emergency incidents of fire protection units. These emergency incidents have been furthermore analysed in detail according to their type. The following part analyses the emergency incidents of fire protection units in the border area on both sides of the state border. The final part of the article evaluates the results of the analysis of emergency incidents of fire protection units. On the basis of these results improvements in the field of human resources, financial security or technical means for more effective emergency management have been proposed.

scholarly journals Emergency Management and the State Compensation

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 771-801
Author(s):  
changgeun Hwang ◽  
김경석
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Management ◽  
The State ◽  
State Compensation

scholarly journals Emergency management in the Republic of Serbia during the Covid-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-80
Author(s):  
Katarina Štrbac ◽  
Duško Tomić
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Management ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
The State ◽  
Framework Analysis ◽  
State Of Emergency ◽  
Organizational Challenges ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Republic ◽  
First Time

For the first time in the history of humanity, the world encountered a global emergency that showed all the weaknesses of emergency management and the unwillingness of states to respond to that challenge adequately. Although it is evident that the governments in which the state-owned health care system adapted more quickly to the epidemic, it was also apparent that the emergency management was practically on local governments, but also that the states with a clearly defined legal framework and established management systems emergencies are easier to deal with such an emergency. In the Republic of Serbia, there is a legally prescribed procedure for acting in epidemics, which is a sufficient basis for engaging emergency management. The organizational challenges of the epidemic are practically the responsibility of local self-government units, and so far, although the epidemic is still ongoing, according to available data, it seems that they are adequately responding to that challenge. This paper is based on the legal framework analysis for introducing the state of emergency and the practical research of the engagement of local self-governments during the epidemic.

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