Essay Questions: 1. The use of information technology in
emergency management is relatively new.
Describe one example from recent years, preferably from within your own
world (as much as possible), where technology positively played an instrumental
role in disaster management? What would have happened if that particular
technology had not been available?[INSERT ANSWE
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Essay Questions:
1. The use of information technology in
emergency management is relatively new.
Describe one example from recent years, preferably from within your own
world (as much as possible), where technology positively played an instrumental
role in disaster management? What would have happened if that particular
technology had not been available?
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2. You are the Emergency Manager of Disney World in Florida. At 1 P.M.
on Saturday, June 1st 2017. You are in
the Operations Center when a message comes in from local Law Enforcement. The
message states that a credible threat to the park has been received and it
needs to be completely evacuated immediately. At the moment that the order to
evacuate is about to be sent out to all staff via the 4G cell network, it goes
down. After a few minutes it is determined that the cell network, and land-line
Internet is not functioning whatsoever and wont be back anytime soon. Fearing a
massive loss of life, you decide to go ahead with the evacuation and pull out
your backup plan.
A) Problem Analysis:
Conduct research into Disney World to get an understanding of the scope of the
problem ( i.e size of the facility, the # of staff and # of guests that would
typically be there at that time, geographical and business concerns etc….) Use
this to describe and analyze the
problem at hand. Your analysis will include a) restatement of the problem b)
the scope of the problem c) what are the specific challenges due to geography, communications, business
concerns and perception.
B) Write a simple (bulleted) action plan (aka The backup plan) to conduct the
evacuation. I am most concerned about the communications part of this. I want
to know the overall steps. How does the message get sent out? To whom? What
equipment is used? Provide an estimate on how long it would take you to fully
evacuate the facility. Also discuss potential pitfalls.
C) What is required
for your plan above to work in terms of training, exercises, equipment testing
etc.… I want to know how you would Prepare
the staff for this scenario.
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3. You are the new Emergency Manager
of Typical County USA. You have separate Fire, EMS, Police, Health, Housing and
Public Works agencies that need to work together when responding to a disaster.
The problem is that there has never been a disaster in your county before so
nobody has prepared for one. On day one of your job, you decide that this has
to change. Pick the top three things you would do that could be accomplished in
the first 3 months. Don’t worry about $ here. You have an unlimited budget. “Actions”
can include: policy, announcements, meetings, formation of committees,
development of plans, trainings, exercises etc.. Again, be creative but
realistic.
a) Clearly state what those 3 actions
would be
b) Explain why each of those has been
chose to be in the top 3
c) For each action, clearly state
what the goal or end state would be of each selection.
d) Briefly describe what each action
would entail.
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