Is it necessary for government to maintain full control during disasters?

INSTRUCTIONS:

A substantive comment should be approximately 400 words or more.

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Discussion: Full Government Control in an Emergency?

It is characteristic in all major disasters that many regard their role to assess survivors’ needs. There may be confusion within government departments about where this responsibility lies.

Health, housing and emergency planning officials have often regarded it as their particular task. In addition, groups such as the military frequently make their own assessments—as do voluntary organizations, and representatives of international agencies. They often do so either to suit their own views and operational policies, or as verification of official assessments which they may be inclined to distrust, or which may not be sufficiently detailed for their purposes.

• Given this situation, if the government is to maintain full control during disasters can it enter into a close working relationship with all assisting agencies and groups, and still maintain full control?
• Is it necessary for government to maintain full control during disasters?

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Module 4 – Background

INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM; PRINCIPLES AND FEATURES PART II; DISASTER PREPAREDNESS 

REQUIRED READING

EOC organizations structures and staffing: Management and operations (2012, December). Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. Retrieved from https://www.msema.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/03_sm_structures_dec2012.pdf
Ignore Discussion Questions after each section.

FEMA and federal partners continue to support areas affected by the aftermath of Sandy (2012). FEMA. Retrieved from https://www.govloop.com/community/blog/fema-and-federal-partners-continue-steadfast-support-for-areas-affected-by-superstorm/ [Review the various federal agencies that are coordinated with FEMA.]

FEMA overview of federal efforts to prepare for and respond to Hurricane Maria (2018). Retrieved from https://www.fema.gov/blog/overview-federal-efforts-prepare-and-respond-hurricane-maria

FEMA provides update on federal support to Hurricane Irma response (2018). Retrieved from https://www.fema.gov/news-release/20200220/fema-provides-update-federal-support-hurricane-irma-response

How to address equity as part of COVID-19 incident command (2020, May 6). Institute for Healthcare Improvement. Retrieved from http://www.ihi.org/communities/blogs/how-to-address-equity-as-part-of-covid-19-incident-command

National Preparedness Resource Library, FEMA http://www.fema.gov/national-preparedness-resource-library

REQUIRED WEBSITE

Coronavirus Emergency Management Best Practices. FEMA. https://www.fema.gov/coronavirus/best-practices

FEMA. https://www.fema.gov/

Incident Command System Resources. FEMA. https://training.fema.gov/emiweb/is/icsresource/