EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND MITIGATION

Emergency Management and Mitigation

Emergency Management and Mitigation

Pre-drawn hazard maps play an important role in emergency management and Mitigation cases. As far as they are current they prove to be invaluable but at time when pre-drawn maps are to dated they can cause a lot of ambiguity. The U.S. Federal agencies depend a lot on the accuracy of the map and the information it provides as inaccuracy will lead to deviation and such maps can prove to be counter productive. Pre-drawn maps are also used when researching for potential earthquake hazard areas and for other sensitive projects. Crime scene ...