What Had Happened Was
This type of hazard is produced in or by the earth's atmosphere...
What is atmospheric hazard?
These are public servants that help jurisdictions reduce the liabilities that lead to disasters. They also help build community disaster capabilities.
What are emergency managers?
What is NVOAD?
National Volunteer Organizations Active in Disasters
This individual works closely with reporters to ensure information is accurate and complete.
What is a Public Information Officer?
This document describes what the government and the whole communities will do in catastrophic disasters.
What is the National Response Framework?
This type of hazard consists of violent events with the potential to produce mass casualties?
What is civil/conflict?
These are public safety personnel, such as police, fire fighters, and emergency medical technicians.
What are first responders?
What does SOP stand for?
This is the process of the receipt, sorting, storing, and distribution of goods and monies for the benefit of victims.
What is Donations Management?
This describes what the whole community should do upon the discovery of intelligence or information regarding an imminent threat to the homeland.
What is the National Prevention Framework?
These hazards are related to industry, structures, hazardous materials, computers, and transportation systems.
What are technological hazards?
This sector includes all government entities at the local, state, and federal levels along with tribal nations.
What is the public sector?
What is an EOC?
What is an Emergency Operations Center?
This is the collection, sorting, storage, transportation, and disposal of debris.
What is Debris Management?
What is the National Disaster Recovery Framework?
These hazards originate from the physical environment, typically because of radiation from the sun, heat flow within the earth, or the force of gravity.
What are natural hazards?
This consists of networks of local and county governments that address collective problems in a large metroplex area.
What are regional governments?
What does DMAT stand for?
What are Disaster Medical Assistance Teams?
This is the process of including volunteers in post-disaster operations in a way that harnesses their contributions while avoiding a negative impact.
What is Volunteer Management?
This describes what the whole community should do to safeguard against acts of terrorism, natural disasters and other threats or hazards.
What is the National Protection Framework?
This type of hazard incorporates large disturbances where people engage in antisocial behavior?
What are riots?
This is a group of concerned citizens that receive some basic disaster training
What are Community Emergency Response Teams?
What is CIS?
Critical Incident Stress
This is the process of identifying the extent of destruction, including individual impact as well as overall economic losses in the community.
What is Damage Assessment?
This establishes a common platform and forum for coordinating and addressing how the nation manages risk through mitigation capabilities.