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Chapter 12
- 1. CHAPTER 12 DISCUSSIONQUESTIONS 1) What does FEMA stand for? 2) How does FEMA define "emergency management?" 3) Often, what is the first human response to an emergency? 4) What should be the overriding principle that every sport facility manager tasked with developing & implementing an emergency management plan remember? 5) What does EMP stand for? 6) An emergency can be defined by what 2 things? 7) Explain the differences between: local, major, & catastrophic emergencies. 8) What does "EPT" stand for? 9) To ensure an emergency management plan's integration into a sport facility's organizational culture, what 2 questions need to be answered "yes?" 10) What increases the likelihood that sport event or facility managers can rapidly & effectively respond to life-threatening & non-life-threatening medical situations? 11) What is the focal point that coordinates all emergency medical personnel at a larger sport facility or event? 12) What provide a primary response mechanism to medical incidents until the patient can be cared for at the first aid location or base station, or transportation to another medical facility can be arranged? 13) What is an AED? 14) The American Heart Association notes that at least how many lives could be saved annually by prompt use of AEDs?
- 2. FEMA FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENTAGENCY •AN AGENCY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY •FORMED APRIL 1, 1979 •ANNUAL BUDGET: $5.8 BILLION •PRIMARY PURPOSE: COORDINATE RESPONSE TO A DISASTER IN US THAT OVERWHELMS RESOURCES OF LOCAL & STATE AUTHORITIES •GOVERNOR OF STATE MUST DECLARE STATE OF EMERGENCY & FORMALLY REQUEST FROM PRESIDENT THAT FEMA RESPOND
- 3. OFTEN, WHAT ISTHE 1ST HUMAN RESPONSE TO AN EMERGENCY? NO RESPONSE AT ALL “PARALYSIS BY ANALYSIS” •INSTEAD… •STOP, BREATHE, THINK, & ACT.
- 4. WHAT SHOULD BETHE OVERRIDING PRINCIPLE THAT EVERY SPORT MANAGER TASKED WITH DEVELOPING & IMPLEMENTING AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN REMEMBER? PEOPLE WILL MORE LIKELY OVERCOME THEIR FEAR THROUGH PROPER TRAINING
- 5. FEMA & EMERGENCYMANAGEMENT “THE PROCESS OF PREPARING FOR, MITIGATING, REPONDING TO, & RECOVERING FROM AN EMERGENCY”
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- 7. MITIGATION •ATTEMPTS TO PREVENTHAZARDS FROM DEVELOPING INTO DISASTERS •EFFORTS TO REDUCE LOSS OF LIFE & PROPERTY BY LESSENING THE IMPACT OF DISASTERS •ACHIEVED THROUGH RISK ANALYSIS •DIFFERS FROM OTHER PHASES IN THAT IT FOCUSES ON LONG-TERM MEASURES FOR REDUCING/ELIMINATING RISK
- 8. PREPAREDNESS •HOW WE CHANGEBEHAVIOR TO LIMIT THE IMPACT OF DISASTER EVENTS •A CONTINUOUS CYCLE OF ACTIVITIES (PLANNING, TRAINING, MONITORING, ETC.) TO PREVENT, PROTECT AGAINST, RESPOND TO, & RECOVER FROM DISASTERS •DURING THIS PHASE EMERGENCY MANAGERS: 1) DEVELOP PLANS OF ACTION TO MANAGE & COUNTER RISKS 2) BUILD NECESSARY CAPABILITIES NEEDED TO IMPLEMENT PLANS
- 9. RESPONSE •INCLUDES MOBILIZATION OFNECESSARY EMERGENCY SERVICES & 1ST RESPONDERS (FIREFIGHTERS, POLICE, & AMBULANCE) IN DISASTER AREA •RESPONSE TO DISASTER (NATURAL OR TERRORIST) IS BASED ON EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS & PROCESSES
- 10. RECOVERY •GOAL: RESTORE AFFECTEDAREA TO ITS PREVIOUS STATE •“BUILD BACK BETTER” •PRIMARILY CONCERNED WITH ACTIONS THAT INVOLVE: •REBUILDING DESTROYED PROPERTY •RE-EMPLOYMENT •REPAIR OF ESSENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
- 11. TYPE & SCOPE TYPE: •FIRE,NATURAL DISASTERS, TECHNICAL DISASTERS, & MEDICAL EMERGENCIES SCOPE: •LOCAL, MAJOR, & CATASTROPHIC
- 12. LOCAL DISASTER A TYPEOF EMERGENCY THAT IS CONFINED TO A SINGLE SETTING -CHARACTERIZED AS THE LOWEST IN SCOPE OF ALL EMERGENCIES.
- 13. MAJOR DISASTER REQUIRES THEINVOLVEMENT OF SEVERAL GROUPS OUTSIDE THE ORGANIZATION/EVENT TO HANDLE
- 14. CATASTROPHIC DISASTER MAY INVOLVETHE ENTIRE COMMUNITY IN WHICH AN EVENT TAKES PLACE