Major disaster planning.

Disaster planning. A major accident exercise.

Social Issues in Post Disaster Reconstruction Planning

Post disaster reconstruction in the destructed zones entails the social aspects in addition to the physical and urban aspects, because of the presence of affected people in the very location. The presented research aims to assess the social aspects of the post disaster conditions in the course of reconstruction, which take into consideration the related social factors in the affected community....

Disaster planning for pediatrics.

Natural and man-made disasters are inevitable and appear to be more common in the current age. Substantial time and effort have been invested and millions of dollars spent on disaster prevention and management. An important oversight in this planning has been the special needs of children. The vulnerability of children and their physiologic characteristics place them at increased risk during a...

Disaster Planning and Management

Recent events such as hurricanes, tsunamis, earthquakes, power outages, and the threat of pandemics have highlighted our vulnerability to natural disasters. This vulnerability is exacerbated by many organizations’ increasing dependence on computer, telecommunications, and other technologies, and trends toward integrating suppliers and business partners into everyday business operations. In resp...

Disaster planning: managing the media.

During several recent disasters hospital routines have been severely disrupted as a result of invasions by representatives of the media. Reporters, photographers, and crews from television and radio stations have all vied with each other to be the first with detailed reports, pictures, and exclusive interviews. The problems arising from the "clamour for information from relatives, press, televi...