Fire Corps is one of five partner programs under Citizen Corps‚ the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s grassroots strategy to bring together government and community leaders to involve citizens in all-hazards emergency preparedness and resilience. Citizen Corps partner programs share the common goal of helping communities prevent‚ prepare for‚ and respond to emergencies of all kinds. Launched in 2004‚ Fire Corps is managed by the National Volunteer Fire Council and works with various organizations
Premium Emergency management Emergency service Nationality
the mass evacuation of English‚ French‚ Dutch and Belgian soldiers between 25th May and June 4th 1940. Multi – nationality soldiers were trapped between the German forces‚ and the English Channel‚ evacuation was decided upon as the soldiers were just not strong enough‚ or ready to fight. The port of Calais had been destroyed by the invading German army‚ leaving the port of Dunkirk as the best evacuation route. Many different sources suggest that Operation Dynamo (the Dunkirk evacuations) was a great
Premium Emergency evacuation Military
FIRE DRILL & EMERGENCY EVACUATION PROCEDURE 1. Introduction • Every department has to conduct a fire drill and emergency evacuation for their respective building. • Fire drill must be conducted at least once a year for all departments‚ and at least once every quarter for the cash centre • The fire drill has to be planned and conducted by the Security Department assisted by the other departments within the branch. • The Safety and Health Officer will organize and provide safety
Premium Emergency evacuation Emergency management Safety
Responding to emergency service incident P3 - identify the statutory and voluntary agencies who may work together at the scene of an emergency incident Statutory and voluntary agencies: Statutory agencies are services like the police‚ fire and ambulance. These will always join an emergency incident. However at some incidents they will be helped by voluntary agencies like: St John Ambulance - St John Ambulance is a charitable organisation staffed by trained volunteers. The organisation
Free First aid Ambulance Lifeguard
3. Creating Awareness about School Safety 4. Conducting Mock Drills 5. Emergency Evacuation Plan 6. Mock Drill Calendar 7. Emergency Mock Drills & Exercises a) School Fire Drill Procedure b) School Earthquake Drill Procedure 8. First Aid Kit Annexure-1 Key Contacts for More Information Annexure-2 Response Teams: Composition‚ Roles & Responsibilities 1 2 3 4-5 6 7 8 8-9 9-10 11 12 13-14 15 16-18 19-20 Fire & Evacuation Drill Reporting Format Details of the Team Members Annexure-3 Details
Premium Emergency management Emergency evacuation
Health and Safety 4.1 Explain the policies and procedures of the setting or service in response to accidents‚ incidents‚ emergencies and illness. The nursery has a legal responsibility to keep all children and staff safe and healthy at all times whilst in the setting. The policies explains that the nursery will provide appropriate treatment and First Aid if an accident or emergency situation occurs or if a child is taken ill. The nursery will seek medical treatment if necessary. The nursery is also
Premium Safety Emergency evacuation Accident
Facilities & Property Management Assignment 2 Table of Contents Page 1 * 1. Identifying Elements and Evacuation Plans Page 2 * 2. Disaster Management Framework * 2.1 Pre-Event * 2.2 Prodromal * 2.3 Emergency Page 3 * 2.4 Intermediate * 2.5 Long Term Recovery * Conclusion Page 4 * Referencing A hotel property is constructed to meet the needs of a growing community. With increasing disasters affecting properties in the world caused naturally
Premium Emergency evacuation Earthquake Emergency management
Emergency Department An "emergency medical condition" is a condition manifesting itself by acute symptoms of sufficient severity‚ such as severe pain‚ for which the lack of immediate medical attention could reasonably be expected to result in placing the patient in serious jeopardy‚ serious impairment to bodily functions‚ or serious dysfunction of any bodily organ or part (Smith 2002‚ page 427) According to Pozgar (2012). The Emergency Department is a critical area among hospitals and a target
Premium Hospital Emergency department Emergency medicine
The Hazard Mitigation Plan for Douglas County‚ Minnesota lists tornadoes as being the highest risk for a disaster in the county (Douglas County‚ 2015). According to the Tornado History Project‚ the largest tornado in the Douglas County area was an F4 in 2010 that caused 5 injuries and 1 death (n.d.). Tornadoes have the potential to create widespread damage and destruction as well as physical injuries and death as a result of high winds‚ flying debris‚ and compromised infrastructure. The Fujita Damage
Premium Emergency management Tornado Emergency evacuation
A bill to ban emergency contraceptives in the United States of America. Section 1. The prescribing‚ use and sale of any emergency contraceptive by anyone in the United States shall be deemed illegal. Section 2. Definitions: The term "emergency contraceptive" shall be defined as: (1) Any pill‚ drug or device that is intended to prevent or terminate a pregnancy. (2) Any such pill‚ drug or device in (1) that is used post-coitally. ------------------------------------------------
Premium Birth control