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Category : Emergency management
Languages : en
Pages : 24
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Results of a Readership Study on Emergency Preparedness Digest
Author: Emergency Preparedness Digest
Author: Quantitative Analysis of Young Adults' Level of Emergency Preparedness in New England
Author: Todd C. KaplanPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 121
Book Description
Emergency preparedness is only effective when it efficiently reaches its audience. Otherwise, the communication is not only worthless, it is a waste of resources. In the New England region, threats vary from the severe winter weather incidents encountered every winter season to potential acts of terrorism. The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of predictor variables (i.e., perceived risk, motivators to action, age, location, presence of children, sex, employment status, income, method of learning, technology use, and motivation) on the outcome variable of emergency preparedness (i.e., preparedness engagement, preparedness activity, and preparedness supplies) for individuals 18–35 years of age in the New England region of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. An e-survey was administered to 271 individuals who participated in the e-survey with 201 completing the survey in its entirety. The findings showed that perceived risk of man-made hazards (the perceived severity of disaster, the belief that emergency services will quickly become overwhelmed) as well as motivation for becoming prepared (having a need to take individual responsibility to be prepared, feeling it is appropriate to be prepared, and having knowledge of previous disasters) all led to significant positive correlations with emergency preparedness. Additionally, the presence of children in the household and method of learning about preparedness—through conversations with others and by messaging from FEMA—had significant relationships positively correlated with emergency preparedness. Finally, the use of television as a technology was found to be a statistically significant positive correlation with emergency preparedness (a composite of preparedness engagement, preparedness activity, and preparedness supplies). Emergency management officials and educators can use this understanding and the conclusions made in this study to connect further with young adults effectively in the modern, whole-community environment of emergency management.
Facing Hazards and Disasters
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309101786
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 409
Book Description
Social science research conducted since the late 1970's has contributed greatly to society's ability to mitigate and adapt to natural, technological, and willful disasters. However, as evidenced by Hurricane Katrina, the Indian Ocean tsunami, the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, and other recent events, hazards and disaster research and its application could be improved greatly. In particular, more studies should be pursued that compare how the characteristics of different types of events-including predictability, forewarning, magnitude, and duration of impact-affect societal vulnerability and response. This book includes more than thirty recommendations for the hazards and disaster community.
Evaluating the Reliability of Emergency Response Systems for Large-scale Incident Operations
Author: Brian A. JacksonPublisher: Rand Corporation Monograph
ISBN: 9780833050052
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The ability to measure emergency preparedness is critical for policy analysis in homeland security. Yet it remains difficult to know how prepared a response system is to deal with large-scale incidents, whether it be a natural disaster, terrorist attack, or industrial or transportation accident. This volume describes a method, based on the concept of system reliability, for evaluating the preparedness of emergency response systems.
Emergency Preparedness Digest
Author: Compendium of Research Reports
Author: United States. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development. Office of Policy Development and ResearchPublisher:
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Category : Housing
Languages : en
Pages : 224
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Compendium of Research Reports
Author: United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Office of Policy Development and ResearchPublisher:
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Category : Housing
Languages : en
Pages : 1026
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Disaster Planning
Author: H. D. FosterPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461260930
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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