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Comparative Emergency Management

This session discusses the difference between hazards and disasters, and categorizes different types of hazards. It also explores the measurement of disasters and examines various natural, technological, and intentional hazards.

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Comparative Emergency Management

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  1. Comparative Emergency Management Session 7 Slide Deck Session 7

  2. Session Objectives • Understand the difference between a hazard and a disaster, and the various methods of categorizing hazards • Discuss the Natural Hazard Category • Discuss the Technological Hazard Category • Discuss the Intentional Hazard Category Session 7

  3. Hazards Events or physical conditions that have the potential to cause fatalities, injuries, property damage, infrastructure damage, agricultural loss, damage to the environment, interruption of business, or other types of harm or loss Session 7

  4. Disasters Occur when a hazard risk is realized To be considered disastrous, the realized hazard must overwhelm the response capability of the organizational-level for which the disaster is defined Session 7

  5. Disasters Measured By: • Lives Lost • Injuries Sustained • Property Damaged or Lost • Environmental Degredation Session 7

  6. Natural Hazards Tectonic Hazards • Earthquakes • Volcanoes • Tsunamis • Mass Movement Hazards • Landslides • Rock Falls • Debris Flows • Avalanches • Land Subsidence • Expansive Soils Session 7

  7. Natural Hazards Hydrologic Hazards • Floods • Drought Session 7

  8. Extreme Cold Extreme Heat Wind Storms Sand Storms Wild Fire Thunder Storms Fog El Niño / La Niña Climate Change Meteorological Hazards Tropical Cyclones Monsoons Tornadoes Ice Storms Severe Winter Storms Hail Storms Frost Natural Hazards Session 7

  9. Natural Hazards Biological / Health Related Hazards • Human Epidemics • Livestock Epidemics • Plant / Agricultural Epidemics Session 7

  10. Technological Hazards Transportation Hazards • Transportation Infrastructure Disasters • Airline Accidents • Rail Accidents • Maritime Accidents • Roadway Accidents Session 7

  11. Technological Hazards Infrastructure Hazards • Power Failures • Telecommunications System Failures • Critical Water or Sewer System Failures • Major Gas Distribution Line Breaks • Dam Failure • Food Shortage • Overburdened Public Health Facilities • Economic Failure Session 7

  12. Technological Hazards Industrial Hazards • Hazardous Materials Processing and Storage Accidents • Raw Materials Extraction Accidents • Structural Fires and Failures Session 7

  13. Intentional Hazards • Terrorism • Civil Unrest • Stampedes • Crime • War Session 7

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