Questions and Answers of Introduction to Emergency Management

Define structural vulnerability.
What is the difference between shield volcanoes and stratovolcanoes?
Define agricultural vulnerability.
Define human vulnerability.
List three types of conditions that determine social impacts of a disaster.
What are the three different types of waves in earthquake energy?
List the variables that determine the physical impacts of disasters.
Describe emergency management interventions according to the disaster impacts model.
Describe pre-impact conditions according to the disaster impacts model.
What is the distinction between gases and liquids?
Name the three important temperatures of a liquid substance.
You are the emergency manager for a small Midwestern town that is prone to tornadoes. One of your jobs is to create a public safety campaign that lets residents know about the physical signs of an
If there is a biological hazard outbreak, what two actions must take place?
You are the emergency manager for a small Midwestern town. One of your jobs is to create a public safety campaign that lets residents know about biological hazards and how to deal with biological
You are the emergency manager for a coastal town that has seen hurricane activity in the past. You have been asked to prepare a presentation on flooding. What would you include in your plan? What
Before Hurricane Katrina struck, local officials issued evacuation orders for parts of Louisiana and Mississippi. Millions left, but thousands of people chose to stay. Some did not believe the
What are the health effects of exposure to radiation?
What could your jurisdiction do to reduce damage and casualties from earthquakes?
What is the severity of any toxic effect determined by?
Why is gasoline a more dangerous flammable substance than peanut oil?
How does terrorism differ from a natural or technological hazard?
Define landslide.
What physical cues signal approaching earthquakes?
Define epicenter.
Define pyroclastic flow.
What is the difference between magnitude and intensity?
Define volcanoes.
How often do tsunamis occur?
Define storm surge.
What factors affect flooding?
Define discharge and stage.
Define flood.
Define apparent temperature.
Define technological hazards.
Define severe storms.
How are hurricanes categorized?
Under what conditions do tornadoes form?
What elements are required for a fire?
Define natural hazards.
You have been asked by your city manager to evaluate the community’s risk communication program. The city council doesn’t think it’s necessary to spend money evaluating the program. How would
Your county health department has found some traces of a toxic chemical in wells located near a pesticide factory. The chemical plant manager, who has been very cooperative with local government in
Local residents have ignored your community’s tornado hazard because they think they are protected by a large hill west of town. What information sources can you use to tell community residents the
One of the most important incident management actions is risk communication. What are the tasks of risk communication?
What are three things you must do to develop specific messages for different groups?
What are the five tasks to complete when performing an operational analysis?
When analyzing the community, what do you need to know about the community?
What are the five basic risk communication functions to address in the continuing hazard phase?
Name the eight warning stages and actions of a Communication Action Implementation plan.
Name the possible outcomes of communication action implementation.
What are the components of a good, detailed adaptive plan?
What are three of the perceived implementation barriers inhibiting residents from taking protections action?
What three things need to happen after people receive a warning, but before they start the stages of information processing that lead them to take protective action?
A CAO has asked the agencies in your community to provide a report that outlines the steps they are taking to provide an emergency plan. What would you provide to the CAO to show what your LEMC is
You are responsible for emergency planning in Miami, an area that is vulnerable to hurricanes. You come up with a plan that will limit damage from a hurricane. How can you get the money to fund the
You have recently taken over an LEMA that has a staff of 8. Morale among the staff is low because the staff doesn’t feel it has accomplished anything. You feel you can improve morale by showing the
Define adaptive plan and information search plan. List the reasons for needing each.
Define protection motivation.
Define risk and risk assessment.
Define warning.
What are the three possible outcomes of a communication action implementation?
Why is it important to set goals for the Risk Communication Program?
What are the key message factors in a risk communication program?
What are the tasks in the program development step?
What are the five tasks you must complete to implement the risk communication program?
Define escalating crisis.
When there is an emergency and authorities act, what are some of the actions they should take?
Why are television anchors generally trusted?
When evaluating performance through post-incident critiques, members of the crisis communication team should review what?
What is a risk perception and why is it important?
What affects people's perception of risks?
What is a protective action?
You head up an LEMA in a small community, and you are the only person on the staff. What do you include your budget?
What are some ways you can ensure you provide an effective response to a disaster? Name three ways.
Name three LEMC subcommittees and list their responsibilities.
What are the five steps in the planning process?
How is the effectiveness of an emergency management organization measured?
What does the organizational chart for state and local agencies look like? Draw a diagram of the chart.
What are four things you must do to write the plans?
Name three LEMC subcommittees.
Describe the three sections of the planning directive.
Name the eight steps of developing an emergency operation plan.
Compare individual outcomes to organizational outcomes. How do they differ? How are they the same?
Name six strategies you can use to deal with a disaster.
Describe how to run an effective meeting.
Name the five major functions of the emergency planning process.
How does a LEMA’s staffing effect its success?
Name three extra-community resources.
Define disaster subculture.
What makes a LEMA effective?
Explain how you get funding for a LEMA.
Define capability assessment and capability shortfall.
Define an LEMC.
Describe the reporting structure of LEMA.
What is the function of state and federal government in disasters?
What are three national stakeholders?
What are three regional stakeholders?
Name some businesses that are active supporters of emergency management.
What role does the media play in disasters?
What are utility stakeholders (name three)?
Define business interruption.

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