Deck 2: Emergency Management Stakeholders

Question 1

When developing any public policy, stakeholders must be included. This is especially important for hazard policies, because these policies often require a certain present investment. True or False?

Answer 1

10. True

Question 2

A quality of an emergency manager that is needed to successfully pursue an agenda is. a) Expertise in surviving natural disasters
B) Navigation of the FEMA regulations
C) Developing relationships with Homeland Security officials
D) Personal commitment because it can take years to overcome opposition to new policies

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Governmental stakeholders include the town or city, the county, the state, and the federal level. True or False?

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The most important stakeholders are the state emergency management agencies, because they a) Set-up the technology networks
B) Provide the largest amount of funding
C) Link local governments with FEMA
D) Hire the first responders for a disaster

Question 5

A critical business stakeholder is: a) Public utilities
B) Airlines
C) Car dealerships
D) Home builders

Question 6

The ______________________ is the time immediately following a focusing event during which local emergency managers are most likely to be able to influence policy.

Question 7

A simple way to get the community involved in hazard prevention is to form citizen committees to help advise on the emergency management plans and to get volunteers for carrying out the plans. True or False?

Question 8

Adoption of a policy is not the end of the story, all policies must be implemented to be effective. True or False?

Question 9

Much of an emergency managers skill in dealing with stakeholders will depend on power, how it plays in your relationships with stakeholders, and how it influences policies. True or False?

Question 10

Community Emergency Response Teams (CERTs)) solely help businesses organize as groups to develop emergency management policy. True or False?

Question 11

Small businesses are the most at risk, but they are more likely to respond to appeals for assistance. True or False?

Question 12

Community stakeholders include social groups, economic groups, or political groups. True or False?

Question 13

The emergency manager's first task is to put hazards on the __________________.

Question 14

The local emergency manager does not have to involve relevant stakeholders in the process. True or False?

Question 15

What is a business interruption?

Question 16

The basic social group unit that suffers economic losses is the__________.

Question 17

What type of power is often referred to as the "carrot and stick" approach? a) Legitimate power
B) Reward and coercive power
C) Information power
D) Referent power

Question 18

The power within the emergency management process operates in the upward and downward directions, along a chain between households and the federal government. True or False?

Question 19

A natural or technological disaster is a ___________________ that draws public attention to the need for local disaster planning and hazard mitigation.

Question 20

Businesses tend to focus on mitigation and preparedness. True or False?

Question 21

Name the six bases of power and define three of them.

Question 22

Discuss the purpose of policy formulation and list three items that should be on an emergency manager's formulation checklist.