Review of Emergency Management Principles – Hurricane Harvey Case Study (due 8/28)
Reviewing media coverage of Hurricane Harvey, what examples or evidence do you find of any of the following
Regarding the kinds of work emergency managers do, what examples did you find of…
a.Orchestration of services
b.Coordination of resource or information
c.Facilitation
d.Education
Regarding our discussion of the four phases of emergency management and the life cycle of a CEND event, what examples did you find of…
a.Preparedness measures.
b.Response measures
c.Mitigation measures
d.Recovery measures
Regarding hierarchy of stakeholder engagement, what are examples of cities, counties, and/or states that were affected by the hurricane?
Cities
Counties
States
Regarding the incident management complex, what examples do you find of…
Agencies that are typically involved in a command role because they conduct tactical operations
An agency that houses an Emergency Operations Center
A position that serves in an advisor capacity
Regarding the 4 levels of emergency management activation, what examples did you find of…
Level 1 – information being monitored and shared among agencies as necessary to maintain situational awareness
Level 2 – a proactive measure being taken based on information being monitored in Level 1
Level 3 – local resources engaged in the response
Level 4 – state or federal resource engaged in the response
Demobilization – response resources being released when done
What examples did you find of…
Hazard
Threat Regarding tiers of planning, what examples or evidence did you find of…
Strategic-level planning (policies)
Operational planning (plans that specify what agencies carry out emergency functions)
Tactical planning (plans that described response procedures)
Regarding types of planning, what evidence did you find of…
Scenario-based planning?
Function-based plans
Capabilities-based plans