considered as earthquakes‚ as they are not naturally triggered (Coffey‚ 2010). The earthquake can be grouped into three stages. There is the foreshock‚ which come first. These can be termed as tremors that are slight and may‚ or may not cause a lot of effects on the ground. The foreshocks are then followed by the mainshock. The mainshock is the most disastrous. The main shock is later followed by the aftershock. Aftershocks are smaller compared to the foreshock and mainshocks. The magnitude of the earthquake
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essay on the following problem: “Your County Manager has just gone to a federally sponsored program on getting volunteers to support the management and administrative side of disaster and recovery portions of emergency management. The Manager attended a seminar on a program called ‘Professional Volunteer Disaster Survey Team (PRO-V-DST)’ which had been developed in Texas in the mid-1990’s. She was quite enthusiastic about the program as it provides: A network of professional building
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a wide range of natural disaster. The Philippines archipelago‚ located near the western edge of the Pacific Ocean‚ is in the direct path of seasonal typhoons and monsoon rains which bring floods‚ storms‚ storm surges‚ and their attendant landslides and other forms of devastation. The Philippines also sits on the "ring of fire" where the continental plates collide and thus experience periodic earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. The Philippine exposure to natural disasters may be characterized as frequent
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On 11 March 2011‚ disaster struck Fukushima‚ Japan when an immense tsunami hit and caused massive equipment failure to the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant‚ which led to vast radioactive leaks and consequences. The Fukushima disaster is one of the worst nuclear disasters to ever take place‚ comparable to Chernobyl. Some energy specialists believe that the detriments of nuclear energy far outweigh the benefits due to the consequences it has caused in history and what it will cause in the future because
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Document 1 of 1 Haiti Disaster Relief: Logistics is the Operation Author: Vohr‚ James A‚ Colonel Publication info: Military Review 91.4 (Jul/Aug 2011): 76-82. ProQuest document link Abstract: [...] any U.S. military common operational picture must include the activities of the interagency‚ the international community‚ and nongovernmental organizations. A focus on preventing an environmental tragedy from devolving into political violence and chaos accounted for early decisions to deploy the
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Media Madness Disaster Recovery Plan Overview By Loki Consulting‚ Inc. Iris Morgan Heather German Gwen Northrup EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Loki Consulting‚ Inc. was established in 1997 as a result of Hurricane Fran. Many businesses were devastated by the storm due to the absence of a disaster recovery plan. Realizing the need for disaster recovery consultation‚ Loki Consulting‚ Inc. was created to provide businesses with expert knowledge on implementing a critical component of any organization
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THE HILLSBOROUGH DISASTER Name: Affiliation: PART 1 Critically discuss the role of defamation law as guardian of the truth‚ focussing on the inaccurate reporting‚ which led to The Sun newspaper publishing a front-page article‚ headlined “The Truth‟ on 19th April 1989. Defamation law safeguards an individual’s rights against a defamatory statement that cause public contempt‚ hatred‚ or ridicule[1]
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affected by natural disasters. These may be caused by climate change such as drought‚ flood‚ and cyclone‚ the environment such as pollution‚ deforestation‚ desertification‚ pest infestation or combinations of these‚ or the destroy of ozone layer will contribute to the green house effect. People’s homes are wiped out and livelihoods are destroyed. Poverty‚ population pressures and environmental degradation mean that increasing numbers of people are vulnerable to natural disasters. In Australia‚ natural
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The April 1986 disaster at the Chernobyla nuclear power plant in Ukraine was the product of a flawed Soviet reactor design coupled with serious mistakes made by the plant operatorsb. It was a direct consequence of Cold War isolation and the resulting lack of any safety culture. The accident destroyed the Chernobyl 4 reactor‚ killing 30 operators and firemen within three months and several further deaths later. One person was killed immediately and a second died in hospital soon after as a result of
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