Chapter 1 - 5

Disaster relief fund

I'm main repository a federal post disaster spending often had effect of re- politicizing and implementation

national flood insurance program (NFIP) page 132

established by congress national goals and set strategies to shrink losses and to protect natural resources

The secretary Page 108

Homeland security act of 2002 authorize DHS formed by chance very Federal agencies into the new department

Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER)

federal grant program went into effect in late 2003 and this also advances local

National Response Plan

federal, state, and local authorities worked in unison or at least in more coordinated ways.

National Science Foundation (NSF)

funds a great variety of academic research endeavors, a portion pertinent to disaster studies

multi hazard approach pg 66

to disasters in which would manage all kinds of hazards rather than maintaining unique and separated capacities to deal with different types of disaster agents

tolerated disaster vulnerabilities

unintentionally hazard and disaster risk vulnerabilities which are thus tolerated

Individual and family grant program Page 65

Bridge the gap between public and individual assistance

The White House staff page's 106

Consisted of key aids the presidency daily chief of Staff liaison people the Press Secretary the national security arising

Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 pg 81

Establish a program technical and financial assistance for enhanced precision mitigation directed to state and local government

Crisis relocation plan Page 62

Evacuation planning was conducted at the state level with federal funds. Urban residents will be relocated to rural host counties

Stage one the pre-problem stage

Hasn't captured much public attention all though some experts and interest groups know

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Hazards US (HAZUS) an earthquake simulation applicable and adaptable to most of the nation.

Analytical approaches

Help public manages do with the messy reality

Job of emergency manager assigned to civil servants

1. civil defense coordinator or director 2. civil preparedness coordinator 3. a disaster services director 4. an emergency services director 5. police or fire cheif

FEMA formation

1979

Emergency declaration Page 66

A a measure triggered by the federal government during hurricane Agnes

Stage four gradual decline of intense public interest

A gradual decline in public interest people realize how much it costs

Disaster relief act of 1974

A measure that sought to remedy the bureaucratic confusion created a program the provided direct assistance to individuals and families following the disaster. Signaled the diminution of civil defense issues.

Emergency declaration Page 66

A measure triggered by the federal government 1972 experience with hurricane Agnes

The national special security events (NSSES) PG 98

Another category includes high-profile large-scale event the prison high probability target example meetings of world leaders

Catastrophic incidents Page 98

Any natural or man-made incident including terrorism high-level of mass casualties

emergency Page 92

Any occasion for instant where the president or federal assistance is needed

Dual use approach Page 61

Approach in which civil defense activities could also be used conjointly to Prepare for national disasters merges civil defense and natural disaster management. Under Pres. Nixon

Marginal disasters

Are those events that are far less than catastrophic within the responsive recovery capacity of the state

Principal agent theory

Assumes that managers function environment in which they can't observe others

Sarin nerve gas

Attal by aum shinrikyo cult killed 12 50 injured

Sandy recovery improvement act of 2013

Authorizes the chief executive of a tribal government to directly request for emergency declarations from the president example what a governor can do for State

Network theory Page 40

Is a field of computer science examines the message of characterizing and modeling complex networks

best practices approach pg 38

Is a method of producing knowledge by observing food experience

Issue attention cycle pg 11

Is rooted in the nature of certain domestic problems it has five stages

Fema Agency director Page 108

Is the politically appointed official who is selected was selected by Pres.

Federalism

Is the theory advocacy of federal political orders where final authority is divided between subunits and a center

Emergency management accreditation program

Maintains a voluntary assessment in accreditation process for state or territorial Government emergency management programs

National Incident Management Systems (NIMS)

Mandated the development of the concept of operations for disasters that would incorporate all levels of government as well as crisis and consequence management

Disaster research is certain fields

Meteorology, seismology, volcanology engineering and architecture

Phases of emergency management pg 21

Mitigation, preparedness, response, recovery

Social constructivism

My argue that is the action in persuasiveness of people defines what is a disaster

Vertical fragmentation pg 13

Occurs when federal state and local officials failed to coordinate their respective actions with one another

Community of interest (COI)

One individual's with common interests can emerge independently

Preliminary damage assessment

Our first conducted and analyzed because a major disaster occur too early to judge whether state Kim a cover on their own

Issue salience

Page 10 the importance of the issues to the public into into their elected leaders is a problem for emergency management

Roll of congress

Page 111

Everything about Fire

Page 136

Cyber security

Page 149

Nonstructural and structural hazard mitigation

Page 63

Emergency supplementals

Passed both houses in Senate Page 112

Fragmented Government responsibility p13

Political change for disaster managers

Technocrat

Possesses special knowledge and expertise most average citizens do not have it will works under norms of objectivity and political neutrality

Applied heuristics approach

Practice wisdom as a social Scientific approach

Stage V the post-problem stage

Problem moves to limbo

Federal Response Plan (FRP) pg 76

Promised more systematic coordinated and effective delivery of federal assistance to address the consequences of any major disaster

Public assistance program by FEMA

Provides grants to state and local governments to assist with the response and recovery from disasters specialized in debris removal and permanent restoration of infrastructure

Stage 2 alarmed Discovery and euphoric enthusiasm

Public suddenly becomes aware and I'm alarmed example Katrina and 9/11

Emergency alert system

Public warning operated by federal communications Commission in conjunction with FEMA and NOAA

Complexity Paradigm

Refers to how groups particularly go about determining and sanctioning what constitutes knowledge is subject to possible change over time

Policy windows

Represent the confluence of three separate streams; problem policy and politics

Japan making safer houses

Seismic building codes and earthquake retrofitting

Stage III realizing the cost of significant progress

Spreading realization solving the problem

Disaster management requires pg 17

Strong Corporation in coordination among public nonprofit and private organizations

EMAP standard pg 8

These are based on the national fire protection Association

Modern Emergency Managers

They are expected to manifest knowledge, skills and abilities that average citizens couldn't be expected to have.

Major disaster assistance

Under Stafford Act to supplement the efforts in available resources of the state local governments and disaster relief organizations in alleviating the damage

Federal disaster relief act of 1950 pg 60

Was the companion measure of the FCDA set forth a framework and process for the major federal disaster laws the act provided a continuing means of assistance by the federal government to alleviate suffering from major disasters

Congressional dominance model

Which predicts that nearly half of all disaster relief is motivated politically rather than by need

Decentralization

With sound coordination is how many authorities defined successful emergency management

Jeffersonian Public managers

educated and strictly accountable to the public and to their elected overseers

National Response Framework pg 84

established a comprehensive all hazards approach intended to strengthen and improve the ability of US to manage domestic

All- hazards emergency management pg.5

all levels of gov't had been in the business of preparing

Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act of 1988 PG 72

ameded fro 1974 act. We authorizes the president to issue major disaster and emergency declarations sets broad eligibility criteria is specify the type of assistance the president may authorize

Stakeholders pg 14

are persons, groups, or institutions with interests in a project program or policy

Hamiltonian Model Pg. 29

by alexander hamilton through the federalist papers

LIDAR (specialized side-looking radar technology)

can provide hyper accurate maps of how far and where storm surges may penetrate inland

Theories pg 35

concepts are engines of knowledge creation

Disaster Research

conducted by a broad array of experts,

White House package Page 115

contains documents prepared for the presidents actions or governors request

Social catastrophe

deeper forces of structural racism and social inequality caused the poor and people of color to suffer disproportionately

Tacit Knowledge

depends on sharing expectations and values through social relationships

compound disaster

disaster that triggered a secondary hazard

New Federalism

discouraged governors from requesting presidential declarations as frequently

Preparedness and response tot domestic natural disasters pg. 6

gradually supplanted and replaced a civil defense focused on national security

Abstract reasoning

helps produce testable propositions and knowledge that is generalizable and applicable in many contexts

Jacksonian approach p 31

highly populist advocates decentralization which grants local governments greater autonomy with direct governance, concentrates authority in elected executives

Rational actor model

in which president independently makes own decisions

Volkmar Amendment PG 79

increased FEMA funds dedicated to community assistance disaster funding for relocation

intergovernmental relations

involve the interactions and exchanges of public and private orgs across all layers of the gov't

organizational process model

largely rests with various lower level disaster management officials

National Academies

made up of the National Academy of Sciences

Certified Emergency Manager (CEM) pg 7

many to be the top certification in emergency management

Codified Knowledge

meaning written knowledge

Disaster recovery

most expensive involves a host of other scientific and engineering problems emergency managers and policy makers

Hamiltonian public managers

must be expert decision makers must be students of orgs and must possess executive talents

Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear power pg 142

nuclear accident

NA- Tech disasters

occurs when natural hazard result in dangerous technological spills or releases

Disaster recovery researchers

often overlook quality of life issues

Homeland Security Act 2002

pg 82

Bureaucratic politics

president follows the recommendation of senior of political appointees and other elites

National Recovery Framework (NDRF) pa 46

promotes management and consultation schemes

Assistance to Firefighters Grant

promotes mitigation and preparedness in fire departments across the United States

National earthquake hazards reduction program (NEHRP) pg 144

provided framework for a national earthquake policy

jeffersonian approach Pg. 28

requires that public managers possess not only skill in consultation, negotiation and communication

Jacksonian Public managers pg 32

self- reliant courages individualistic and entrepreneurial modern managers construct their own destiny.

Project Impact pg 80

sought to build disaster resistant communities through public private partnerships

National weather service (NWS) pg 145

strategic doppler radar facilities detecting air movement toward or away from radar

Public works

subsidy program for state and local government

Securitization

that authorities take extraordinary measures in national security, defense, and intelligence gathering on account of real or perceived threats