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Disaster-Midterms-M3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| implies the systematic process of using administrative decisions, organization, operational skills, and capacities to implement policies, strategies and coping capacities of the society and communities | Disaster Risk Management |
| The ultimate purpose of emergency management is to save lives, preserve the environment and protect property and the economy. | 1.Prevention / Mitigation |
| is a global blueprint for disaster risk reduction efforts during the next decade | The Hyogo Framework |
| When does hyogo framework established? | January 2005 with 168 governments adopted a 10 year plan |
| These are sources of potential harm, or situations with a potential for causing harm, in terms of human injury; damage to health, property, the environment, and other things of value; or some combination of these. | Hazards |
| This refers to the likelihood that a hazard will occur, as well as the severity of possible impacts to health, property, the environment, or other things of value. | Risk |
| This refers to the people, property, infrastructure, industry, resources, or environments that are particularly exposed to adverse impact from a hazardous event. | Vulnerability |
| HRVA | Hazard, Risk and Vulnerability Analysis |
| is the foundation document for community emergency programs and should inform both strategic and emergency plans | HRVA report |
| identifies “understanding disaster risk” as the number one priority for global action | The United Nations Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction |
| The goal of emergency preparedness programs is to achieve a satisfactory level of readiness to respond to any emergency situation through programs | Preparedness |
| refers to planning and infrastructure design aimed at reducing the risk of fire or impeding the spread of a fire when one does break out. | Fire Preparedness |
| OSHA's fire industry standard for general industry is | 29 CFR 1910 |
| generally considered being the most destructive and frightening of all forces of nature, is a sudden, rapid shaking of the Earth caused by the breaking and shifting of rock beneath the Earth’s surface | earthquake |
| is a mountain that serves as a vent through which molten rock and other gases escape | volcano |
| When pressure from the gas and molten rock becomes too great, | Volcanic eruption |
| Global statistics show that _____ are the most frequently recorded destructive events, accounting for about 30% of the world’s disasters each year. | Floods |
| is an organized system of clouds and thunderstorms that rotates around a well-defined center and originates over warm tropical waters. | A hurricane, or tropical cyclone |
| is a document that provides guidelines, contact information and procedures for how information should be shared during all phases of an unexpected occurrence that requires immediate action. | emergency communications plan |
| Code Red | Fire |
| Code Blue | Medical Emergency |
| Code Silver | Active Shooter Armed Intruder |
| Code Pink | Infant-Child Abduction |
| Code White | Combative Individual |
| Code Green | Utility Failure |
| Code Orange | External Hazardous Materials |
| Code Black | Tornado Warning |
| Tornado Watch | Tornado Watch |
| Code Zodiac | Bomb Threat |
| Code Triage | Mass Casualty |
| Code MTP | Mass Transfusion Protocol |
| Code Level Trauma 1 | Level Trauma 1 Patient |
| Code Cardiac | Heart Attack |
| Stroke Alert | Stroke |
| Code OB | OB Emergent Situation |
| Code R | Immediate Medical Assistance |
| Code H | Care Concerns |
| HIS Status | Unexpected is Downtime |
| Code Purple | Evacuation |
| Preventing emergencies and minimizing the effects if an event occurs. | Mitigation |
| • Identified efforts to prepare for the event. | Preparedness |
| •Plans and efforts to respond safely to the event. | Response |
| •Actions needed to return the facility to normal operations. | Recovery |
| is a great way to get noticed in the dark. | Fire |
| signals are a great way to call for help. | Smoke |
| could save your life in case of an accident. | Mirror |
| is universally accepted as a rescue signal. | SOS Save Our Ship |
| This hand signal can get you rescued. | Body Signal (X Shaped) |
| can be defined as the process or activity of accurately ascertaining one’s position, then planning and following a route or course either by land, sea or air to your objective. | Navigation |
| will enable you to plan the safest and most appropriate route, locate water, shelter and areas that will allow you to use your signalling aids properly | map and compass |
| is a global satellite-based navigation system consisting of 24 orbiting satellites that provide location, velocity and time synchronisation to a GPS receiver anywhere on or near the earth | GPS (Global Positioning System) |
| Three Norths | True North Magnetic North Grid North |
| is the direction of the geographic north pole. Lines of longitude converge towards each other at the North and South Poles and are known as meridians. These lines are not parallel. | True North |
| indicates the direction the compass needle points when it is affected by the earth’s magnetic field. | Magnetic North |
| is the direction in which the north/south grid lines point towards the top of a map. They are parallel, unlike the lines of longitude using true north which are not. | Grid North |
| is the art of finding your way by using nature. It is a process of observation and deduction involving the rare skill of being able to determine direction without the aid of instruments or tools | Natural Navigation |
| used to build a communication plan. The method requires the author to determine the different parties that need to communicate and then determine, if possible, the best four forms of communication between each of those parties. | Primary, Alternate Contingency, Emergency |
| designates the order in which an element will move through available communications systems until contact can be established with the desired distant element. | Per the US Army, a PACE Communication plan |
| is a twist on the phrase “bugging out,” which has its origins in the military | bugging in |
| requires you to compile within a container (a backpack is preferable in case you need to travel long distances on foot) everything you need to survive outside of your home for at least 72 hours. | bugging out |
| This refers to the first stage response to any calamity | Impact Response |
| A process for sorting injured people into groups based on their need for or likely benefit from immediate medical treatment. | 1.Disaster Triage Categories |
| was developed in 1983 by the Newport Beach (Calif.) Fire Department and Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach, California. It is designed to identify problems that could cause death to the patient within one hour | Simple Triage and Rapid Transport (START) |
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