EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

Emergency Management



Emergency management for earthquakes

A natural hazard can be defined as the probability of a territory and the society that inhabits it, are affected by natural episodes of extraordinary range (in short, risk = hazard x exposure x vulnerability). By contrast, the risks are man-made hazards caused by the action of humans on nature, such as pollution in the water, air, land, overexploitation of resources, deforestation, fires, among others. In the last 20 years natural disasters have killed 3 million people worldwide, causing damage to about another 800 million. This paper will address emergency management in Canada. More specifically, the emergency that will be considered for the purpose of this paper is earthquakes. The discussion will highlight the role of volunteer groups and the business sector during the response phase of earthquakes.

The economic losses caused by earthquakes are enormous. The number of natural disasters has increased in recent years but as they grow the population, the number of people who are affected by being more time. Moreover, the transfer of many inhabitants to the cities means that when any incident in the vicinity of a large city the consequences are dramatic.

In this paper, the earthquake emergency going to be discussed, Southern California, in particular San Diego has always been one of the most desirable areas in California to live creating an extremely densely populated city. The last earthquake made the whole city in a horrible situation; major damage was occurred and left many people helpless. The effects of earthquakes can be staggering, especially in the Southern California area because of its extremely large populations and relatively old infrastructures. The primary effected area would be the damage of infrastructure, loss of power, fires and other potentially catastrophic hazards. The objective of my paper is to explain San Diego is prone to having natural disasters, how Volunteer Groups and Business Sector help to prevent them.

Emergency management for earthquakes (or earthquake management) is the rules dealing with and avoiding risks. The rules that include preparing for earthquakes before they occur, responding top them (for example, emergency evacuation, quarantine, and removal of cross-contamination, etc), supporting and rebuilding the society after the occurrence of natural or human earthquakes (Blanshan, 2004).

They are many and require proactive solutions by the volunteers and business sector. In general, emergency management for earthquakes is an ongoing process through which all individuals, groups and communities manage hazards in an ...