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Book Synopsis The Federal Response to Hurricane Katrina by :
Download or read book The Federal Response to Hurricane Katrina written by and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2006 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The objective of this report is to identify and establish a roadmap on how to do that, and lay the groundwork for transforming how this Nation- from every level of government to the private sector to individual citizens and communities - pursues a real and lasting vision of preparedness. To get there will require significant change to the status quo, to include adjustments to policy, structure, and mindset"--P. 2.
Book Synopsis The Federal Response to Hurricane Katrina by :
Download or read book The Federal Response to Hurricane Katrina written by and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2006 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The objective of this report is to identify and establish a roadmap on how to do that, and lay the groundwork for transforming how this Nation- from every level of government to the private sector to individual citizens and communities - pursues a real and lasting vision of preparedness. To get there will require significant change to the status quo, to include adjustments to policy, structure, and mindset"--P. 2.
Book Synopsis 'Unacceptable' by : Walter M. Brasch
Download or read book 'Unacceptable' written by Walter M. Brasch and published by Spectrum Publishers. This book was released on 2005-10-24 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The emergency management response to Hurricane Katrina revealed more than just a failure of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, but systemic problems in all levels of government. In 'Unacceptable, ' award-winning journalist Walter M. Brasch explores not only the facts of the disaster, but WHY the federal response was inefficient
Book Synopsis Hurricane Katrina by : David M. Walker (au)
Download or read book Hurricane Katrina written by David M. Walker (au) and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2006-08 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Testimony of David Walker, Comptroller Gen. of the U.S., before the Comm. on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate. The size & strength of Hurricane Katrina resulted in one of the largest natural disasters in our nation's history. Hurricane Katrina raised major questions about our nation's readiness & ability to respond to catastrophic disasters. Hurricane Rita increased demands on an already stressed response & recovery effort by all levels of government. The two hurricanes provided a sobering picture of the overwhelming strains on response & recovery if there are back-to-back catastrophic disasters in the same area. Includes recommendations.
Book Synopsis LESSONS LEARNED by : Dept of Homeland Security
Download or read book LESSONS LEARNED written by Dept of Homeland Security and published by Claitor's Pub Division. This book was released on 2006-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As part of the review, we visited the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast during mid November 2005. We met with government officials, business and community leaders, and volunteers amidst the rubble of what had been their homes, schools, and places of worship. Their courage and fortitude in the face of tragedy was inspirational. And while we were determined to learn the lessons to improve our future disaster response, it was clear that for residents of the Gulf Coast, survival and hope still came a day at a time. We were struck by the decency and compassion of those we met and moved by their continuing emotion and pain. As you know, it is hard for those who have not witnessed first hand the hurricane's destruction and its human toll to fully comprehend the importance of your charge that we prepare to respond more effectively to our fellow citizens in their times of greatest need. This Report then is a tribute to those who have served and those who have suffered. We remember those who lost their lives and all still affected by this tragedy. Though we can never replace their unfathomable losses, we have an obligation to continue helping those still suffering to recover and rebuild their lives.
Book Synopsis GAO's Preliminary Observations Regarding Preparedness and Response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita by : David M. Walker
Download or read book GAO's Preliminary Observations Regarding Preparedness and Response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita written by David M. Walker and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2008-09 with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GAO has undertaken a body of work to address federal, state, and local preparations for, response to, and recovery from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. This report provides a statement for the record by David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the U.S., of GAO¿s preliminary findings as of Feb. 1, 2006.
Book Synopsis Environmental Public Health Impacts of Disasters by : Institute of Medicine
Download or read book Environmental Public Health Impacts of Disasters written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2007-06-13 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public health officials have the traditional responsibilities of protecting the food supply, safeguarding against communicable disease, and ensuring safe and healthful conditions for the population. Beyond this, public health today is challenged in a way that it has never been before. Starting with the 9/11 terrorist attacks, public health officers have had to spend significant amounts of time addressing the threat of terrorism to human health. Hurricane Katrina was an unprecedented disaster for the United States. During the first weeks, the enormity of the event and the sheer response needs for public health became apparent. The tragic loss of human life overshadowed the ongoing social and economic disruption in a region that was already economically depressed. Hurricane Katrina reemphasized to the public and to policy makers the importance of addressing long-term needs after a disaster. On October 20, 2005, the Institute of Medicine's Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine held a workshop which convened members of the scientific community to highlight the status of the recovery effort, consider the ongoing challenges in the midst of a disaster, and facilitate scientific dialogue about the impacts of Hurricane Katrina on people's health. Environmental Public Health Impacts of Disasters: Hurricane Katrina is the summary of this workshop. This report will inform the public health, first responder, and scientific communities on how the affected community can be helped in both the midterm and the near future. In addition, the report can provide guidance on how to use the information gathered about environmental health during a disaster to prepare for future events.
Author :United States. Congress. House. Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :588 pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (319 download)
Book Synopsis A Failure of Initiative by : United States. Congress. House. Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina
Download or read book A Failure of Initiative written by United States. Congress. House. Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Hurricane Katrina GAO's preliminary observations regarding preparedness, response, and recovery : testimony before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee / by :
Download or read book Hurricane Katrina GAO's preliminary observations regarding preparedness, response, and recovery : testimony before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee / written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :United States. Department of Homeland Security. Office of Inspector General Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :220 pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (319 download)
Book Synopsis A Performance Review of FEMA's Disaster Management Activities in Response to Hurricane Katrina by : United States. Department of Homeland Security. Office of Inspector General
Download or read book A Performance Review of FEMA's Disaster Management Activities in Response to Hurricane Katrina written by United States. Department of Homeland Security. Office of Inspector General and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[The report reviews] FEMA's activities in response to Hurricane Katrina, which details FEMA's responsibilities for three of the four major phases of disaster management - preparedness, response, and recovery - during the first five weeks of the federal response. In addition, [the contributors] evaluated FEMA's preparedness and readiness efforts over the past ten years to determine its organizational capability and posture prior to Hurricane Katrina"--Executive summary.
Book Synopsis The Federal Response to Hurricane Katrina by : Frances Fragos Townsend
Download or read book The Federal Response to Hurricane Katrina written by Frances Fragos Townsend and published by . This book was released on 2006-04 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Aug. Ô05, Hurricane Katrina (HK) wreaked staggering physical destruction, flooded New Orleans, killed 1,300 people, & became the most destructive natural disaster in Amer. history. This report stems from a comprehensive review of the Fed. response to HK. Provides a historical comparison both of HK & the resultant flood. There was fundamental confusion in the Fed. planning, potential shortcomings in the applicability of plans, & catastrophic widespread incidents. Includes a detailed, analytical, narrative chronology of HK. Describes the 17 most critical challenges that were problematic before, during, & after HK's landfall. Describes the remedies for fixing the problems that HK exposed. Includes 125 specific recommendations distilled from a 4-month review.
Author :United States. Congress. House. Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina Publisher :Government Printing Office ISBN 13 : Total Pages :588 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis A Failure of Initiative by : United States. Congress. House. Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina
Download or read book A Failure of Initiative written by United States. Congress. House. Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2006 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The results of the official Congressional investigation into the government's preparation for and response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Book Synopsis The Politics of Disaster by : Marvin Olasky
Download or read book The Politics of Disaster written by Marvin Olasky and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2006-07-29 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why was the government not capable of responding to human need in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina? How will the "Katrina failure" impact the next presidential election? And just what should we expect--and not expect--from the government in times of crisis? "Big government didn't work," says veteran journalist and political analyst Marvin Olasky. "And it is clear that a new paradigm for responding to national crisis has emerged. Private and faith-based organizations have stepped in and politics will never be the same."
Download or read book Disaster written by Christopher Cooper and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on exclusive interviews, the inside story of how America's emergency response system failed and how it remains dangerously broken When Hurricane Katrina roared ashore on the morning of August 29, 2005, federal and state officials were not prepared for the devastation it would bring—despite all the drills, exercises, and warnings. In this troubling exposé of what went wrong, Christopher Cooper and Robert Block of The Wall Street Journal show that the flaws go much deeper than out-of-touch federal bureaucrats or overwhelmed local politicians. Drawing on exclusive interviews with federal, state, and local officials, Cooper and Block take readers inside the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Homeland Security to reveal the inexcusable mismanagement during Hurricane Katrina—the bad decisions that were made, the facts that were ignored, the individuals who saw that the system was broken but were unable to fix it. America's top emergency response officials had long known that a calamitous hurricane was likely to hit New Orleans, but that seems to have had little effect on planning or execution. Disaster demonstrates that the incompetent response to Hurricane Katrina is a wake-up call to all Americans, wherever they live, about how distressingly vulnerable we remain. Washington is ill equipped to handle large-scale emergencies, be they floods or fires, natural events or terrorist attacks, and Cooper and Block make a strong case for overhauling of the nation's emergency response system. This is a book that no American can afford to ignore.
Download or read book Disaster written by Christopher Cooper and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2006-08-08 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this troubling expose of what went wrong with America's emergency response system after Hurricane Katrina, Christopher Cooper and Robert Block draw on exclusive interviews with federal, state, and local officials to reveal the inexcusable mismanagement and how America is ill-equipped to handle large-scale emergencies, be they floods or fires, natural events or terrorist attacks.
Book Synopsis Managing Hurricane Katrina by : Arjen Boin
Download or read book Managing Hurricane Katrina written by Arjen Boin and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The government’s response to Hurricane Katrina, one of the most devastating natural disasters in U.S. history, suffered numerous criticisms. Nearly every assessment pointed to failure, from evaluations of President George W. Bush, FEMA, and the Department of Homeland Security to the state of Louisiana and the city administration of New Orleans. In Managing Hurricane Katrina: Lessons from a Megacrisis, Arjen Boin, Christer Brown, and James A. Richardson deliver a more nuanced examination of the storm’s aftermath than the ones anchored in public memory, and identify aspects of management that offer more positive examples of leadership than bureaucratic and media reports indicated. Katrina may be the most extensively studied disaster to date, but the authors argue that many academic conclusions are inaccurate or contradictory when examined in concert. Drawing on insights from crisis and disaster management studies, Boin, Brown, and Richardson apply a clear framework to objectively analyze the actions of various officials and organizations during and after Katrina. They specify critical factors that determine the successes and failures of a societal response to catastrophes and demonstrate how to utilize their framework in future superdisasters. Going beyond previous assessments, Managing Hurricane Katrina reconsiders the role of government in both preparing for a megacrisis and building an effective response network at a time when citizens need it most.
Book Synopsis Hurricane Katrina by : Davi M. D'Agostino
Download or read book Hurricane Katrina written by Davi M. D'Agostino and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the amount and use of internationally donated cash for Hurricane Katrina relief, and the extent to which federal agencies have adequate policies and procedures to ensure proper accountability for the acceptance and distribution of that assistance.
