Deck 1: Introduction to Emergency Planning: The Contexts of Emergency Planning

Question 1

Emergency planners assemble strategies for reducing vulnerabilities that can be implemented for all types of hazards.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Disasters are predictable events that regularly occur.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Recovery activities are measures that seek to establish an acceptable quality of life.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Operations focuses on the performance of plan-based decision guidelines.

Question 5

In emergency planning, local governments usually take the lead in developing plans.

Question 6

Public safety needs and lobbying from interest groups may influence hazard policies.

Question 7

It is not the job of emergency planners to interpret and implement hazard policy.

Question 8

Although all disasters are local, the planning process should be at least regional, because of the potential regional effects.

Question 9

When a disaster or event is detected, what phase of emergency management begins?

A) Mitigation
B) Preparedness
C) Response
D) Recovery

Question 10

Which phase of emergency planning reduces the likelihood or limits the magnitude of negative events?

A) Mitigation
B) Preparedness
C) Response
D) Feedback

Question 11

Which phase of emergency planning protects lives and property when threats can't be controlled?

A) Mitigation
B) Preparedness
C) Response
D) Feedback

Question 12

Which is not true of the response phase?

A) Protecting people is a priority.
B) It begins with event detection.
C) It is the optimal time to begin stockpiling resources.
D) It is critical to have good communication between all responding agencies.

Question 13

Making and implementing public policies are grouped into the following categories, except:

A) Policy formulation
B) Policy adoption
C) Policy funding
D) Policy implementation

Question 14

One of the advantages of developing a plan locally is:

A) It can identify needs for federal assistance
B) It federalizes the management
C) Usually helps to form federal policies
D) Is always adopted by state agencies

Question 15

The LEMA's primary characteristics are the following, except:

A) Serves as a center for emergency management activities
B) Directly involved in developing local policies
C) During response they focus on collection of information and resources
D) After a disaster, they take a lead role in recovery planning

Question 16

__________________ have large scopes of impact that cross multiple communities producing high levels of damage.

Question 17

________ generated demands are imposed by the hazard.

Question 18

Effective planning focuses on the ___________ and devises options for responses.

Question 19

Most cities assign a ______ priority to emergency management.

Question 20

What is the purpose of policy evaluation?

Question 21

What are the stages of policy making? Provide one emergency management related example for each.

Question 22

What is a LEMA and what is its role?