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Piper Alpha Oil Platform Catastrophe of 1988

some of the fire walls and soon the stored oil was burning. In addition, the automatic deluge system which was supposed to spray w...

The Unthinkable - Surviving a Disaster

she was in the building in 1993 when another attack took place; and despite the fact that the building actually rocked from the fo...

NASA, COLUMBIA AND RESISTANCE TO CHANGE

For example, right after the CAIB issued its report, Sean OKeefe, the NASA administrator at the time, publically accepted all reco...

Emergency Preparedness and Governmental Crisis Protection

state, local and personal levels for survival during, and recovery after, a hurricane has passed through an area. On the federal l...

Natural Disaster Aftermath and Transporting Clean Water to Those in Need

dependent they are on easy access to clean water until something prevents that access. The Impact of Natural Disasters Informati...

Disaster Recovery Planning and Information Technology

II. Five Elements of Disaster Recovery Planning IIa. Preparedness and Training In general, a great deal of planning is directe...

Vulnerable Population/Frail Elders

complex situations. One of the main problems will be elderly people and providing transport to shelter. However, once at an Amer...

CULLMAN ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE

This 3-page paper, based on organizational structures during a crisis situation, discusses how Cullman Electric can prepare for di...

Process of Grief Recovery After a Disaster

In five pages disaster and the need for grief counseling afterwards are discussed with a consideration of the Oklahoma City bombin...

Continental Airlines: Demonstrating a Link Between Ethics and Human Resource Management

was a role for Human Resources in this scenario. One technique used by Continental was to hire friends (Brenneman, 1998). This mig...

DISASTER PREPARATION AND THINGS TO CONSIDER

the other family members (U.S. Government, 2008). Other suggestions include ensuring that every family member has the phone number...

Distracted Driving

distractions are indeed rampant in our high-tech world. We feel the need to be in constant contact with others and consequently t...

IT Security Disaster Planning

Solutions to the Problem While the problem goes more to a lack of proper communication and decision-making, the truth is that t...

Natural Disasters

atmosphere and at the same time, it releases drier and cooler air into the atmosphere (The American National Red Cross, 2001). The...

Notification Services

take out the trash ("Memo to Me," 2007). Of course, many computers are equipped with remainder features that exist on software suc...

Cause and Effect Used to Justify More Helicopter Services to a Pacific Island Prone to Natural Disasters

days, whereas for a flood or tsunami their may not be a warning at all. The immediate effects of a disaster can be mixed. If there...

Hurricane Katrina and the Pakistan Earthquake Compared

building, there were 200 children killed as a result ("Pakistan puts quake toll at 18,000," 2005). One hospital collapsed as well ...

An Exploration of Tsunamis

caused by seismic activity, by earthquakes and volcanic eruptions (Regulatory Intelligence Data, 1998). Tsunamis can also be caus...

Decision Making In Kava

prescriptive because the focus is "on how decisions ought to be made" (Lahti, 2003). There are a number of assumptions underlying ...

California's Emergency Services and its Relationship with the Federal Government

and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the South Pacific Division of the US Army Corps of E...

Aspects of Stress

3). It is when stress exceeds the individuals ability to cope that it becomes destructive. These destructive effects can be modera...

Article Analysis Related to Environmental Psychology

she was pushing mud off the porch and wiping furniture. More volunteers followed helping all the people who lived on that street. ...

Disaster Preparedness and Environmental Psychology

certain cultural movements have made it such that the nature of risk management and disaster prevention in societies is now given ...

The Leadership Problems of BP in the Context of the Deepwater Horizon Disaster

well, which was located 41 miles from the Louisiana coast (Hoffman and Jennings, 2010). The disaster struck on 20 April 2010 durin...

Vulnerability and Disaster Response

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at disaster response. Hurricane Katrina provides an example of the role of community v...

Oil Prices

The writer looks at the different events or influences that could result in oil prices increasing. Events such as war, natural di...

IT System Contingency Planning Process

The paper presents a process which may be used for disaster recovery and contingency planning, focusing on IT assets and systems. ...

The Elderly and their Needs

This research paper provides an overview of the various needs that society should address in order to order to provide comprehensi...

Dynamic Cybernetic Team Model

A scenario of disaster plan at a hospital is used as the basis for this essay. The scenario is described briefly, including commen...

The Japan Earthquake - Disaster Response Review

In a paper of four pages, the writer looks at disaster response tactics. The 2011 Japan earthquake is examined as an example. Pape...