HURRICANE IKE RECOVERY RESPONSE Hurricane Ike was the third most destructive hurricane to make landfall in U.S. history with an estimated $22 billion in damages to Texas. Ike’s damage started September 12‚ 2008 with a 12 foot storm surge flooding 75% of Galveston Island and made landfall September 13. Hurricane Ike sustained winds (110mph) were considered a Category Two‚ only being one mile per hour from a Category Three (111mph). Ike’s storm surge was considered that of a Category Five. Texas
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Disaster Preparedness and Response Measures and Actions for Specific Disasters Preparing for Emergencies (General) Prepare For Disaster * Set up a place to meet after a disaster. Choose an out-of-state emergency contact person. * Know different ways to get out of your home. * Be ready to help your neighbors. Ask them to make sure you are alerted in a disaster. * Have disaster plans for work‚ school and child care. * Keep emergency supplies in your house and car. Check
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The psychological and psychiatric impact of great natural disasters are beginning to be understood leading to new methods of prevention‚ intervention and mitigation. There is limited data from the Asian continent‚ however‚ which has been the location of some of the greatest disasters of recent times. In this paper‚ we outline the psychosocial intervention efforts from nine Asian nations when confronted with large-scale natural catastrophic events. These include reports from situations where local
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them‚ typically felt in the wrists or neck. Your resting heart rate occurs when you become relaxed or comfortable. These are shown when sitting or lying down. The ability to return to a normal pulse after an activity is called recovery heart rate. Fast heart rate recovery from exercise indicates an improved fitness level. This is measured by how much the heart rate falls after the first minute of peak exercise. Adults
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Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response Crystal Lusk Walden University Family‚ Community‚ and Population-Based Care 4011-12 March 19‚ 2014 Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response A disaster is an event that is a natural or man-made occurrence that can disrupt or destroy the lives of those it affects (Stanhope & Lancaster‚ 2014). Management of a disaster includes four phases; prevention‚ preparedness‚ response and recovery (Stanhope & Lancaster‚ 2014). Hawaii’s isolation in the
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT CYCLE The disaster cycle or the disaster life cycle consists of the steps that emergency managers take in planning for and responding to disasters. Each step in the disaster cycle correlates to part of the ongoing cycle that is emergency management. This disaster cycle is used throughout the emergency management community‚ from the local to the national and international levels. Preparedness The first step of the disaster cycle is usually considered to be preparedness although
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www.hbrreprints.org B E S T O F H BR Leaders who successfully transform businesses do eight things right (and they do them in the right order). Leading Change Why Transformation Efforts Fail by John P Kotter . • Included with this full-text Harvard Business Review article: 1 Article Summary The Idea in Brief—the core idea The Idea in Practice—putting the idea to work 2 Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail 10 Further Reading A list of related materials‚ with annotations
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Recovery What is recovery? I think recovery means hope which leads a person to cure. Principles The principles of recovery-oriented mental health practice ensure that mental health services are delivered in a way that supports the recovery of mental health consumers. They are: 1. Uniqueness of the individual recognises that recovery is not necessarily about cure but is about having opportunities for choices and living a meaningful‚ satisfying and purposeful life‚ and being a valued member of
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church every Sunday with brother‚ and brother’s family. On October 1 2013 Taylor was arrested for possession of a controlled substance methamphetamine‚ and court order to complete a program by Bellflower Justice Center. First interviewed on 11/15/2013 client admitted to using methamphetamine‚ but blame her husband for recent arrest. Client said she started using when her father died in January 2011‚ and has continued until her arrest on 10/1/2013. Client denied having any prior arrest. Client stated that
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Disaster recovery plan (DRP) is the process an organization uses to recover access to their software‚ data‚ and/or hardware that are needed to resume the performance of normal‚ critical business functions after the event of either a natural disaster or a disaster caused by humans. While Disaster Recovery plans‚ or DRPs‚ often focus on bridging the gap where data‚ software‚ or hardware have been damaged or lost‚ one cannot forget the vital element of manpower that composes much of any organization
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