Emergency Management

Emergency Management

Textbook:
Introduction to Emergency Management, 6th Edition
by George Haddow, Jane Bullock, and Damon P. Coppola
Butterworth-Heinemann; 6th edition (January 11, 2017)
ISBN-10: 012803064X
ISBN-13: 978-0128030646Textbook:
In chapter 1, Haddow reviews emergency management history and the current structure of emergency management administration. McKinney’s book takes a more personal consideration of implications of catastrophic disasters on populations. He implores us in chapter 1, to consider that those catastrophic disasters can really happen.
What elements of the response to COVID-19 are represented in Haddow’s Chapter 1? Please cite examples of news, situational reports, or other items reporting on actions that occurred in COVID-19 response and how they related to the textbook.
Does the magnitude of the danger to millions of persons impacted y COVID-19 help to make McKinney’s point that catastrophic disasters are a realistic possibility?
In your field what is the catastrophic event that realistically could happen and we should be prepared for? (Other than pandemic) What actions, materials, policies, or other methods demonstrate how ready is your field to prepare, respond, and recover from it?
What evidence do you have of the preparations? Examples could be; training, brochures, signs, plans, job aids or any other evidence of effort in preparations.
Is there more that should be done in your field to prepare for that likely catastrophic disaster?
What preparations would you recommend?
Your reply to the forum should be at least 500 words to receive full credit (not including restatement of the question and your bibliography). You may use articles from the media that you choose. However, please include one peer-reviewed article addressing in some manner, the catastrophe you have identified for this forum.