EADP 3010: Final Review

Preparedness Example: Household

-Pack Evacuation Kit

All of the following are tasks that VOADs typically undertake in disaster response and recovery, Except

Preliminary damage assessment

Backing up business documents and accounts

Preparedness

Making a disaster kit falls under which phase?

Preparedness

Place

a location & all its attendant meanings

4 Phrases of Housing Recovery

1. Emergency Shelter: public beds cross shelter 2. Temporary Shelter: hotel 3. Temporary Housing: FEMA trailer 4. Permanent Housing

4 phrases of Recovery (10-10-10 Model)

1. Emergency: Damaged or destroyed 2. Restoration: Patched or Repaired 3. Reconstruction I: Rebuilt or repaired 4. Reconstruction II: Commemoration & Betterment

Social Capital

ideas, energy, trust, & resources derived through interaction w/ others

World Bank

international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programs

Externality

side effect or consequences of an industrial or commercial activity that affects other parties involuntarily and is not factored into price

Cultural Relativism

that you have done your hw to understand what will work in the local disaster

Development

the process of social and economic transformation through which the poorer countries of the world achieve the standards of living experienced in wealthier countries

VGI

volunteered geographic information

Which source of financial assistance is used by local governments (i.e., cities and towns)?

Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR)

Which of the following is required before a presidential disaster declaration can be made

Conducting a preliminary damage assessment

Non-structural mitigation activity that puts limits on the location, type, density, or design of development:

Land use planning

According to the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (DMA 2000), local hazard mitigation plans should be updated regularly (every 5 years) to maintain eligibility for federal grants that help with:

Post-Disaster Recovery

All of the following are best practices for working in international disasters, EXCEPT:

Practice ethnocentrism

Which of these is a form of non-structural mitigation?

Purchasing insurance on a home

Refugee vs. IDP

Refugee: fear of being persecuted, outside of the country of their nationality IDP: someone forced to flee their homes and livelihood but still inside country of origin

Which is not a preparedness action?

Rescuing survivors trapped under earthquake rubble

Resilience: differences from sustainability?

Resilience: the ability to plan for, absorb, recover from, or more successfully adapt to adverse events (NRC) Sustainability: working w/ nature to minimize environmental risks, impacts, & losses (EM)

"Activating the EOC" is a part of which phase?

Response

Emergency medical technicians treating patients for burns after a large chemical spill is an example of a ___________ activity.

Response

Neighbors helping neighbors by administering first aid.

Response

Preparedness activities generally involve getting ready for

Response

The preparedness phrase of the emergency management cycle involves actions to get ready for?

Response

Which is NOT a response action?

Restoring critical utility services

Structural mitigation activity that involves adding a permanent structural component to existing construction in order to better withstand a hazard:

Retrofit

Which of these is NOT a goal of mitigation?

Save lives after disaster

Framework that guides United Nations' best practices and investments in disaster risk reduction from 2015 to 2030:

Sendai Framework

Place attachment

a congnitive function, & emotional bond to a physical location formed over time by repeated interactions, individual recollections, & collective social memory

Preliminary Damage Assessment: Purpose & 4 Categories

- a joint assessment conducted by state & locals jurisdictions to determine whether damages exceed state & local resources 4 Categories: -Affected: cosmetic damages, habitable -Minor -Major -Destroyed

International Committee of Red Cross

-A nongovernmental organization (NGO) that provides practical support, such as medical care, food, and letters from home, to civilians caught in wars and to prisoners of war (POWs). Exchanges of POWs are usually negotiated through the ICRC.

CHE

-Complex Humanitarian Emergency -a humanitarian crisis in a country where there is a breakdown of authority stemming form internal &/or external conflict which demands an international response that goes beyond the mandate or capacity of a single agency

4 Issues/Challenges in the International Disaster Response

-Coordination -Sovereignty -Equality -Capacity Building

Best Practices for Working Internationally

-Cultural Sensitivity -Appropriate Relief Efforts -Empowerment & Trust Building -Implement Bottom-Up Ideas

The Big Four (UN)

-Development Programme(UNDP) -Children's Fund(UNICEF) -High Commissioner on Refugees(UNHCR) -World Food Programme(WEP)

Connection to vulnerability in developing world

-Exposure -Sensitivity -Adaptive/"Coping" capacity

Preparedness Example: Individual

-Family Emergency plan/drill -Store water & food for 72 hours -Disaster Kit

HDI

-Human Development Index -is the standard measures development and is based on 3 sets of variables(life expectancy of birth, edu level in the society, GDP)

Recovery Aid Programs ( IA, PA, SBA, FEMA, CDBG, VOADs/FBOs)

-IA: FEMA Individual Assistance -PA: FEMA Public Assistance -SBA: Loans given requirement of 25+ homes and businesses major damage or destroyed -CDBG: HUD Community Development block Grant-Funds to Cities and Town -VOADS/FBOs: volunteer orgs

"R" words similar to Recovery...

-Reconstruction -Restoration -Rehabilitation -Restitution

Preparedness Example: Community

-Test Sirens/emer. alerts system -Distribute disaster info-Maintain an EOC -Mult-organizational drills

Efficacy

-The ability to produce the intended results, or the belief that you have the power to do so. -So when we talk about individual efficacy, it means that you have the power and the determination to make happen what you are trying to make happen. -With collective efficacy, it's that same notion--power/ability/determination--but it is felt among a community of people with a common interest.

USAID

-United States Agency for International Development -Govt entity

Capacity Building

-post disaster "Window of opportunity" -Infrastructure/Investment -policy changes

3 Types of Social Capital

1. Bonding Capital: horizon, local, same background 2. Bridging Capital: horizon, local, different background 3. Linking Capital: Vertical, institutional

5 Characteristics of a CHE

1. Civil Conflict 2. Deteriorated authority 3. Mass Movements of pop. 4. Dislocation of economic system 5. Decline in food security

6 Recovery support functions and framework

1. Economic 2. Health & Social Services 3. Housing 4. Infrastructure Systems 5. Natural & Cultural Resources 6. Community Planning & Capacity Building

Sustainability: Balance of 3 factors

1. Sustainable 2. Environment 3. Economic

All of the following are facets of all hazards approach, expect

Having many plans for one hazard

Which of the following is an example of structural mitigation?

Adding hurricane straps under a roof

Having one emergency plan for many different hazards is a major principle of the:

All-hazards approach

Altruism vs. Boosterism

Altruism: Everybody giving to one another, helping behavior Boosterism: We will rebuild, come back better, bigger, stronger ex. TX strong t-shirts

Ethnocentrism

Belief in the superiority of one's nation or ethnic group.

All of the following mitigation techniques reduce the risk of wildfires, Except:

Biowales

Type of social capital that is horizontal and local, but connects you to people outside your immediate neighborhood and social group:

Bridging capital

All of the following are commonly experienced in short-term recovery, EXCEPT:

Depression & anxiety

Diaspora vs. Displacement

Diaspora: a widespread scattering of a formerly concentrated population Displacement: temporary or permanent relocation due to loss of residence or business premises

Disaster of Consensus vs. Conflict

Disaster of Consensus: -Clear Who impacted -Worldwide compassion & generosity -Collective relief efforts by all or most nations -Most Natural Hazards Disaster of Conflict: -Unclear Who Impacted -Negligence/Blame -Restitution/Compensation -Relief efforts vary based on geopolitical -Most tech hazards

Which example below qualifies as mitigation rather than preparedness?

Educating the community about local hazards

Stage of housing recovery with the least amount of privacy where people stay for hours or days:

Emergency shelter

A side effect or negative consequence of an industrial activity that affects a third party and is not factored into the price:

Externality

In more developed countries (MDCs), the value of property losses and insured property losses from disasters tends to be lower than in less developed countries (LDCs).

False

Global North/Global South

Global North: developed world Global South: developing world

Which of the following is LEAST likely to be a disaster of conflict?

High magnitude earthquake

Losses in MDCs vs. LDCs

MDCs & LDCs: -Deaths: lower, higher -Inquires: lower, higher -Crop Losses: lower, higher -Property Losses: higher, lower -Insured Losses: higher, lower

Building spillways and preserving wetlands are examples of:

Mitigation

Clearing a 30-foot perimeter of defensible space around your home.

Mitigation

Project Impact focused primarily on what phase of the emergency management cycle?

Mitigation

Project Impact in the 1990s focused on what phase of emergency management

Mitigation

Mitigation vs. Preparedness

Mitigation -Sustained actions to reduce or eliminate long term risk from hazards & their effects Preparedness -Temporary or repeated actions to get ready for response when a disaster happens

Name one context in which the Protective Action Decision Model has been applied to understand individual and household decision making:

Mitigation, warning, evaluation, sheltering

MDC/LDC

More Developed Country/Less Developed Country

Property acquisition and relocation (also known as a "buyout") is a form of________.

Non-structural mitigation

Short-term vs. Long-term Recovery

Short Term: Emergency & Restoration Long-Term: Reconstruction I & II

Which of the following is not one of the components of an effective warning system?

Structural mitigation

TRUE OR FALSE: Mitigation is a sustained action to reduce or eliminate hazard impacts?

TRUE

TRUE OR FALSE: Using the "Window of Opportunity" is an approach used in the preparedness phase?

TRUE

TRUE or FALSE: Preparedness is a state of readiness to respond to any emergency or disaster?

TRUE

Remote Sensing

The acquisition of data about Earth's surface from a satellite orbiting the planet or other long-distance methods.

Therapeutic vs. Corrosive Community

Therapeutic Community: -"Natural" disaster -No party @ fault -Victims easily identified -speedy aid delivery & recovery Corrosive Community: -Natech/tech disasters -Responsibility blame -Litigation -Delayed restoration/recovery -Anger, stress, PTSD, depression

Land use planning is a type of non-structural mitigation.

True

Technological disasters often result in the formation of corrosive social communities during recovery.

True

All of the following are examples of warning sources, Expect:

UNT Eagle Alerts