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