Historical Context of Emergency Management
What was the first legislative act of federal disaster relief in U.S history?
What does the acronym THIRA stand for?
What is Target Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment?
What major flood event occurred in Gays Mills in June 2008?
What is the highest recorded flood in its history.
What is Civilian Response to Active Shooter Events.
What was the primary reason for establishing FEMA's regional structure in 1979?
What is to ensure consistent field coordination.
Which disaster led to the creation of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968?
What is Hurricane Betsy?
How many significant tornado and strong wind events has Manitowoc County experienced from Jan 1, 2000, to October 1, 2018?
What is 100.
What was the cost of the improvements made to the Oakfield Middle School?
What is $207,260.
When did the Columbine Shooting occur?
What is April 20, 1999.
Why is personal preparedness important for emergency responders?
What is it helps them avoid using emergency resources.
What event highlighted the need for a coordinated emergency management agency in 1979?
What is the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station Meltdown.
Which two events are categorized as a high probability hazard for Manitowoc County?
What are Tornado/Strong Wind and Winter Storms>
What factor contributed to the catastrophic intensity of the Peshtigo Fire?
What critical component of managing an incident did not happen a the Uvalde incident at Robb Elementary?
What is no one established command.
What is one of the key roles of state, tribes, and territories in emergency management?
What is to coordinate planning, mitigation, and response activities.
What is the Federal Response Plan.
What is the definition of a "100-year flood" as mentioned in the text?
What is a flood with a 1% chance of occurring in any given year.
What is being the deadliest wildfire in history.
Besides the command failure what was the most significant failure in responding to the Uvalde incident?
What is not recognizing the incident as an active shooter event.
Name one of the three things that FEMA's ready campaign asks individuals to do?
What is :
get and emergency supply kit
make a family emergency plan
be informed about the different types of emergencies that could occur and appropriate responses
What Act was passed in response to the criticisms faced by FEMA after Hurricane Katrina?
What is the Post- Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006.
What was the costliest hazard event in Manitowoc County, according to the text?
What is Hail?
What did the Oakfield community do in response after the tornado in 1996?
What is they printed t-shirts and built a new school.
At the Aurora, Colorado incident, what kind of canisters did the attacker release?
What is the primary responsibility of local officials during a disaster?
What is understanding community needs.