Preparedness
What is the best practice with identification documents, bank account records, and insurance polices before a crisis?
Make an electronic and physical versions
How often should you check your smoke detectors?
Every month
Due to communication outages during and after disasters, what is the most reliable method of contact?
Text messaging
What is one of the first things you should do after a disaster?
Assess the situation
Where did the Eruption of Krakatoa take place?
Indonesia
What does CERT stand for?
Community Emergency Response Team
True or False: 100-year flood only happens every 100 year.
FALSE
Local officials may order you to do this if a disaster is sufficiently dangerous
Evacuate
Where should you shelter during a severe thunderstorm?
Your car
What happened in Japan on March 11th, 2011?
The Fukushima nuclear disaster/Tohoku earthquake and tsunami
What is the number one cause of floods?
Rain
What is the definition of mitigation?
The reduction of loss of life and property and the lessening of the impact of disaster
During this hazard you should avoid bridges, low-lying roads, and bottom floors
Flooding
When was FEMA established?
April 1st, 1979
When did the eruption of mount Vesuvius happen?
79 C.E.
Whether trying to reduce snow and ice buildup during a winter storm or keep out water during a flood or hurricane, this small substance can play a large role in mitigation damage from hazards
Sand
What is the mission FEMA?
Helping people before, during, and after disasters
According to FEMA guidelines, in this amount of time a fire can become life-threatening?
2 minutes
How many FEMA community lifelines are there?
7
(Food, water, shelter, law enforcement, medical care, power grid, fuel, infrastruture responder, highway/roadway, HAZMAT, contaminants, facilities)
When did hurricane flora happen?
September 26th - October 13th, 1963
What does NIMS stand for?
National Incident Management System
Which one of these divisions or offices is not a part of FEMA's organizational structure?
1. Office of the Administrator
2. Resilience
3. Program Management
4. Mission Support
Program Management
What is the first thing you do before approaching a disaster victim?
Assess the area for risk factors
When issuing an "Emergency Declaration" over what monetary threshold is the President required to report to congress?
$5M
Which state has the highest relative risk of casualties in a fire?
Mississippi