Comprehensive Response Plan: Rio de Janeiro Earthquake During Olympics

This assignment presents a comprehensive disaster management plan developed in response to a hypothetical earthquake scenario in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during the 2016 Olympic Games. The plan addresses the unique challenges posed by the event's context, including the presence of nume...Read More

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INTRODUCTION
During the time of an Emergency, the various actions those are taken during the first
few minutes of an emergency situation are very crucial. A prompt on time warning to all the
employees or staff saying them to evacuate, to shelter or to lockdown can be very helpful in
saving many life. A single small call for help to the public emergency services providing all
the correct and relevant information would help in dispatching of the correct responders
along with all the correct equipments. The employees who are able to give first aid or a
capable enough to provide the “Cardiopulmonary resuscitation” (CPR) could prove to be very
useful and life saving during the time of emergencies.
In the following assignment, a response plan needs to be created in response to the
earth quake that occurred in the Rio De Janeiro, Brazil in the year 2016 in the month of
August dated 17th. It occurred during the evening of the 17th August at about 10 km
underground, around 50km outside the main city of Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. There was a lot of
damage that happened due to the earth quake. There was lot of damage to various properties
and Human Being. Many building were collapsed and many people were killed during the
massive earth quake. Among the injured and deceased, there were many tourists from various
other parts around the world. However, a day before that dated 16th in the year 2016, the
whole city of Rio De Janeiro in the state of Brazil, was busy hosting the much aviated
Olympic games. As a result, there were hundreds and thousands of new tourists and athletes
in the city from all around the world. During that time, slight tremors below the earth were
felt over the past few days. However, since it was the time of Olympics and there were many
additional guests in the city, the involved government officials and authorities did not want to
create any panic and confusion in such situations. In order to maintain peace in the following
situation, the official kept on saying the official not to worry.

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DISCUSSION
SCENARIO
In the year, 2016 in the month of august dated 17th, a massive earth quake struck about
10 km underground, around 50km outside the main city of Rio De Janeiro in the city of
Brazil. There was a lot of damage that happened due to the earth quake. There was lot of
damage to various properties and Human Being. Many building were collapsed and many
people were killed during the massive earth quake. Among the injured and deceased, there
were many tourists from various other parts around the world.
However, a day before that dated 16th in the year 2016, the whole city of Rio De
Janeiro in the state of Brazil, was busy hosting the much aviated Olympic games. As a result,
there were hundreds and thousands of new tourists and athletes in the city from all around the
world. During that time, slight tremors below the earth were felt over the past few days.
However, since it was the time of Olympics and there were many additional guests in the
city, the involved government officials and authorities did not want to create any panic and
confusion in such situations. In order to maintain peace in the following situation, the official
kept on saying the official not to worry.
RELEVANT STAKEHOLDERS
The various stakeholders who all are involved in the disaster management plan will
include the various emergency service providers like the fire department, the police
department, the state emergency services (SES), the hospital and the ambulance service along
with the various recovery agencies. These prove to be very beneficial during the time of
emergency and disaster management. (Boon et al., 2013).

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Since the earth quake happened during the Olympics in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, the
event organizers and the management is also a part of the disaster management plan. Various
hospitals and medical personals are part of the disaster management team as a stakeholder.
They would be very beneficial to help people especially in the stadium where the events are
being held. Those may include all the participating athletes, the audiences present along with
people from the management of the whole event.
The Local government could also be part of the disaster management team as a
stakeholder. The local government bodies may include the elected representative, the shire
engineers and the community development officers. All of these local bodies would help in
better understanding of the local people and the overall the geographical location during time
of emergencies.
In addition, various print media and the audio visual media can also be the
stakeholder in the disaster management plan. The wide areas of coverage that are provided
by the different print media and the audio visual media have proved to be very useful at the
time of emergencies. They are very helpful in spreading of various important news and
information during the emergencies situations in Rio De Janeiro in the city of Brazil.
The various resources for the disaster management plan are being acquired with the
help of the Government of Brazil both at the local level and at the state level. Adequate
funding was provided to procure adequate amount of resources during the earth quake at Rio
De Janeiro in the city of Brazil. In addition, help and support was also provided by various
Non governmental organization`s (NGO) and community association, namely the Oiyakaha,
the Monte Azul Community Association and the SER Alzira de Aleluia which is a non-
governmental organization.

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VARIOUS FACTORS THAT HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE VARIOUS
DISASTER PLAN
The various factors that have an impact on the Disaster Responses Plan may include
the various Communities with strong political, social, and financial capitals tended to fare
better immediately following disasters, enabling longer-term processes of transformation or
recovery. The various animal welfare groups who work for the habitation and betterment for
all the animals in the area has an impact on the disaster responses plan. According to the
animal welfare organization, the animals should also be included in the Natural disaster plan.
In addition, the various environmental factors like rain, thunderstorms and along with various
other factors that has an influence on the welfare of the overall disaster management plan. In
addition, availability of the adequate amount of resources at the right time plays as an vital
influencing factor for the overall Disaster management plan (Leach & Mayo, 2013).
THE VARIOUS MANAGING THE PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESSORS OF
A DISASTER EVENT FOR THOSE AFFECTED, INCLUDING ANY
RESPONSE PERSONNEL
The various people involved in any disaster event which may include the various
victims involved and the different rescue officials. This has an strong influence on the
physiology of the various people. The various unfortunate disaster events tend to leave a
strong mark on the minds of the people. The various actions that may be provide in order to
reduce the various stresses caused due to the various disaster events mainly include providing
the essentials and important public health and the various safety management services,
restoration or rebuilding of the various utility and the various other essential services. All
these would help in providing a metal satisfaction because of the availability of the different
utility and essential services. In addition, the availability of the reestablished transportation

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routes and services in addition to the availability of the proper food, clothing and shelter for
all the people who are being affected by the natural disaster. The disaster management plan
helps in providing the providing the essential emotional and physical support in order to help
all the involved victims involved in the natural disaster. The various official involved in the
disaster management activities tend to remain “calm and orient emotionally overwhelmed or
distraught survivors” (Leach & Mayo, 2013).
VARIOUS STRATEGIES FOR THE EVALUATION OF THE
EFFECTIVENESS
Various strategies involved in the evaluation of the effectiveness of the various
disaster management plan after an disaster event mainly includes to see how many lives has
being saved due to the disaster management plan, to make sure that there is minimum
casualty of both life and property. The evaluation of the effectiveness of the various disaster
management plan can also be asserted by the fact as to how well the various resources are
being managed and organized in the disaster management plan so as to get the maximum
output (Leach & Mayo, 2013).
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Development of a proper Response plan helps in saving lots of life and physical
property during the time emergency and natural disaster. In the following assignment, a
proper response plan was created in response to the massive earth quake that happened in the
year, 2016 in the month of august dated 17th in the state of Rio De Janeiro in the city of
Brazil. The following response plan was aided or funded by the government at both local and
at the central level. In addition, the response plan was also aided by the various NGOs.

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The recommendation for the above mentioned respond plan would mainly include inclusion
of more women staff members in the response management team for the ease and comfort of
the women victims.

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Leach, L. S., & Mayo, A. M. (2013). Rapid response teams: qualitative analysis of their
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