Questions and Answers of Introduction to Emergency Management

Explain why myths about disasters can be dangers.
What evokes panic flight?
Explain the similarities and differences between creating an EOP in a small city and a large city.
Describe the therapeutic community.
Name five warning methods.
What four factors define evacuees’ destination/route choice?
Describe the different disaster response organizations produced as a result of contingencies.
What contingencies affect the level of compliance?
What are the three distinct patterns of expected citizen response to disasters?
As an emergency manager, you have been asked to describe adaptive behavior of people responding to disaster. Your audience assumes that the average person will evacuate from the disaster area before
As part of an initiative to educate the public about the dangers of myths that are related to disasters, you are writing an article for a website. Outline the key points you would make in the article.
You live in the Midwest and are watching national news coverage of a hurricane disaster off the coast of Florida. The media predicts major damage and casualties. What kind of response can you expect
You need to warn people of an approaching hurricane? What types of warning systems do you use and why?
You are evacuating a city; what factors do you consider when estimating evacuation times?
Is the rate of compliance likely to be higher with a threat of flooding or with a threat of a nuclear power plant release of radioactive materials? How about the rate of spontaneous evacuation? Why?
You are tasked with organizing volunteers who have shown up to help after a tornado has destroyed a community. How would you organize the volunteers?
As an emergency manager, you need to understand the effects of stress factors on people who survive disasters in which they lost loved ones or in which they experienced guilt from survival. Research
Name three disaster impact zones.
Describe how drivers choose the routes they take when evacuating a city.
Define evacuation trip generation.
Identify the major sources of information that people rely on in disasters.
Name three ways that warning methods differ.
Describe the advantages and disadvantages of socially integrative responses.
Explain the importance of developing donation management plans?
Explain how population segments differ in their willingness and ability to evacuate.
Explain why an emergency managers’ belief in the panic myth can lead to fewer people taking protective action.
Describe three conclusions about shock that Melick’s study shows.
Define panic.
A group of community leaders has asked you to describe the mitigation strategies that local government could implement without any outside assistance. What do you say to your audience?
What are two hazards that can be mitigated by source control?
You are building inspector in your local community. The emergency manager has asked you to create a report on building construction practices. What should you include in the report?
The federal government cannot intervene directly in local land use or building construction practices. However, it wants to change these practices because it pays for much of the high cost of
What types of mitigation strategies can people use to protect against storm surge and tsunamis?
What are the four types of flood control?
Describe the difference between dry floodproofing and wet floodproofing.
Describe what a capital improvement program is used for.
Name the four types of levee failure mechanisms. (a) Wave action(b) Over-topping(c) Piping(d) Seepage erosion
What are the five categories of mitigation strategies?
Describe the role of the FHMO.
Define eminent domain and describe why it is debated in federal court.
Explain the concept of sustainable development.
Explain how having insurance is a recovery preparedness measure.
Describe how local governments can devise their own hazard mitigation programs.
Define RTK and list its legal provisions.
Describe the difference between elevating on continuous foundation walls and elevating on open foundation walls.
Define industrial hazard controls.
Describe the difference between a dam and a levee.
Define channelization.
Define eminent domain and identify who has this power.
Identify the IBHS program that provides materials for disaster planning and promoting business continuity.
Describe what FHMO stands for.
What are some tools/resources for a Hazard Vulnerability Analysis?
Give an example of a secondary hazard for an earthquake.
Give three examples of facilities with special needs.
Name five vulnerable groups and indicators of the vulnerabilities.
Name 5 reasons people put themselves at risk.
What levels of analysis does HAZUS-MH support?
Name three of the practices or protections of hazard mitigation.
What are five psychological effects of disasters?
How do you measure the physical impact of a disaster?
Why is it important to monitor social impacts of disasters?
Once there is no longer a threat to lives or property, communities must begin the long process of disaster recovery. What are three immediate tasks community members should take?
What are the characteristics of a hazard (name all 6)?
What is social vulnerability?
What are the three types of physical vulnerability?
What are three event-specific conditions that determine the impact of a disaster?
What three pre-impact conditions determine the impact of a disaster?
List five recommendations for designing a hazard analysis website.
Define vulnerable zones and explain how they can be calculated. Vulnerable zones (VZs) are more likely to be affected by chemical releases.
Describe what HAZUS-MH is used for.
Describe the Multi Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment.
Outline the key steps of a preimpact recovery plan.
Explain why hazard mitigation practices and emergency preparedness are important.
Define emergency preparedness practices.
Define hazard mitigation practices.
Describe the political impacts a disaster can have in a community.
Name three reasons why people leave a town after a disaster strikes.
Describe the economic impact a disaster can have in a community.
Describe the demographic impacts a disaster can have in a community.
Name the steps a community must take immediately to recover from a disaster.
Name three sources of funding for disaster recovery.
Name four characteristics of a hazard.
Define normalcy bias.
Define social vulnerability.
You are an emergency manager for an East coast city. You have been asked to produce a report on the advantages and disadvantages of different hazard/vulnerability analysis tools. What do you include
You are working with a Web site developer to create a hazard analysis Web site for a suburb of Chicago. The designer needs your input on what content to place on the Web site. Create a presentation
There are chemical facilities located just outside your community. You need to create a chemical inventory and develop a plan in case there is a release from one of the facilities. How do you
You are the emergency manager for a small Midwestern town, and you have been asked to describe the impact a disaster could have on the community. You are putting together a presentation on the types
You are the emergency manager for New Orleans and you now have people who have lost their homes and their jobs. People who have lost almost everything are coming to you and asking where they can
You are an emergency manager for a large Midwestern city and a new high-rise office building is going to be built. What types of hazards might its occupants be exposed to? Which of these hazards is
Define vapor.
Define carcinogen.
Define radionuclides.
Define Hazmat.
What are the threats of a severe storm?
What are three heat-related illnesses?
What are three physical cues of a tornado?
What are three threats of hurricanes?
Name 5 of the 7 flooding types.
What are the three distinct geological components of the earth?

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