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Study on Emergency Response Plan

   

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Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION.........................................................................................................................2SCENARIO....................................................................................................................................2RELEVANT STAKEHOLDERS IN THE RESPONSE............................................................3LOGISTICS OF THE SCENARIO.............................................................................................6SPECIAL CONSIDERATION.....................................................................................................7CHALLENGES..............................................................................................................................7LIKELY OUTCOMES.................................................................................................................8CONCLUSIONS............................................................................................................................8RECMMENDATIONS..................................................................................................................9REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTIONIn a disaster management plan, developing a response plan is the second phase of the whole plan,it is sometimes referred to as emergency response (Abbott, 2012). A response plan includes conducting actions like warnings/ evacuation plans, search and rescue operations, assessing the damage caused and providing immediate help for as long as needed (Crane et al., 2014). A response plan is simply used to maintain order, save lives and offer assistance and support to the affected parties. It is mostly involved in scenarios where human lives are said to be in danger or situations that can cause great loss of human life, e.g., earthquakes or tremors, floods, volcanic eruptions disasters, tornadoes, tsunamis, airplane crashes to name a few (Hayes et al., 2009 and Sharma, 2015). In other words, a response plan acts as a tool for enabling the provision of basic human needs up until a permanent solution can be found or rather identified (Greer, 2012). In this assignment, I am going to discuss the response plan that I will use in a scenario where there is an earthquake occurrence, and there is a lot of lives already in danger while other lives have already been lost.SCENARIOAn earthquake is a natural but sudden and rapid shaking of the ground which is caused by breaking and dismantling of the rocks beneath the earth’s surface. Being a natural disaster, it can cause a lot of damage to properties, e.g., buildings, bridges, infrastructures like roads and human life. Besides these, earthquakes can cause other problems like disruption of the electric and telephone services, cause floods, landslides, fires to name a few. In this case study, the earthquake has occurred in Rio City which is one of the largest city in Brazil. Additionally, the city-country has planned to host its Olympics games in that same city which means that there is alot of people living in the city at that very moment. From the case study information, there are

large numbers of tourists and athletes in the city already. The earthquake has already occurred, and many lives have already been lost, and others are in grave danger.RELEVANT STAKEHOLDERS IN THE RESPONSEGenerally, in an emergency response team, certain members or stakeholders are supposed to be involved in making the process a successful one. These parties should always be rich and high with expertise, experience, knowledge, and skills to deal with any scenario that seems to target and destroy human lives (Paganini et al., 2016). The stakeholders in any disaster should always be ready to save human life. In other words, these stakeholders are responsible for ensuring that property and human life is safeguarded and if in danger, responds effectively and efficiently to reduce the suffering and pain experienced especially by the people involved (Lennquist, 2012). In the case study, the stakeholders that will be involved in the situation include the following parties:CATEGORYDESCRIPTIONLOCATION OF OPERATIONROLE AND RESPONSIBILITYEmergency managers, e.g. transportation servicecompaniesLocal, state and transportation staffsOn-scene, emergencyoperations stations, specific shelters, hospitalsGathering key playerstogether and offering them supportGathering information together to come up with the best problem solutionpossible

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