scholarly journals System-focused risk identification and assessment for disaster preparedness: Dynamic threat analysis

2016 ◽  
Vol 254 (2) ◽  
pp. 550-564 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.H. Powell ◽  
N. Mustafee ◽  
A.S. Chen ◽  
M. Hammond
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
Risk Identification ◽  
Threat Analysis

scholarly journals Emerging Horizons of Clinical Engineering in Disaster Preparedness and Management

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-26
Author(s):  
Fred Hosea
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
Healthcare Systems ◽  
Federal Agencies ◽  
Leadership Role ◽  
Clinical Engineering ◽  
Political Decision ◽  
Threat Analysis ◽  
Healthcare Professions ◽  
The Many ◽  
Political Decision Making

GLOBAL DISASTER UNPREPAREDNESS - The global COVID-19 crisis of 2020 has thrown a disturbing spotlight on the many ways in which healthcare systems, governments, medical industries, markets, and healthcare professions have been dangerously fragmented, unprepared, under-resourced, tragically slow and uncoordinated in responding to the most disruptive medical disaster of our times.  Despite numerous threat-analysis studies, detailed pandemic scenarios and simulations by state and Federal agencies, despite billions of dollars spent on post-9/11 international disaster preparedness, and repeated top-levels warnings, the world’s governments, markets and healthcare systems have failed to prepare and prevent a health disaster from exploding into a multi-dimensional catastrophe.  The fragmentation of plans and competencies across sectors, complicated by political decision-making, clearly demand mission-critical re-organization among the institutional players, with more coordinated, integrated, and systems-oriented professional approaches worldwide, and active cultivation of public health intelligence.  For the reasons that follow, Clinical and Biomedical Engineers are among the best-suited health professionals to assume an expanded and comprehensive leadership role in this urgently needed transformation.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Effective Parameters in Disaster Risk Reduction Plans with Multi Criteria Decision Making Method: An Analysis on Selected Country Samples

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Şenay YILDIRIM ◽  
Burcu ERTAŞ DENİZ
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Risk Identification ◽  
Multi Criteria Decision Making ◽  
Effective Parameters ◽  
Response And Recovery ◽  
Hierarchy Process

Abstract This study includes an approach that addresses how the criteria included in the national Risk Reduction Plans (DRR) of countries are measured quantitatively. Within the scope of the study, disaster management systems and DRR plans of countries with high disaster risk such as Japan, Turkey, Philippines and New Zealand were examined. The main criteria that make up the content of the DRR plans were determined. Risk Identification, Risk Reduction, Response and Recovery, Economic Disaster Risk Management, Disaster Preparedness, Governance and Compliance with Policies and Plans are selected as main criteria. 36 important components completing the main criteria were selected as sub-criteria. Then, all these criteria were weighted using multi-criteria decision-making process called the "Analytical Hierarchy Process". After the experts evaluated the existence of the main criteria and sub-criteria weighted with the AHP, country performance rankings were made for these four countries. As a result of the analysis, Japan was determined as the country with the best DRR plan and implementation, while our country ranked 2nd, New Zealand 3rd and Philippines 4th.

Military Involvement in Disaster Preparedness, Organisation, and Disaster Relief — Civilian Military Co-Operation (CIMIC)

2002 ◽  
Vol 17 (S2) ◽  
pp. S25
Author(s):  
Rannveig Bremer Fjær ◽  
Knut Ole Sundnes
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Management ◽  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
Disaster Relief ◽  
Humanitarian Assistance ◽  
Humanitarian Emergencies ◽  
Military Involvement ◽  
Military Forces

In frequent humanitarian emergencies during the last decades, military forces increasingly have been engaged through provision of equipment and humanitarian assistance, and through peace-support operations. The objective of this study was to evaluate how military resources could be used in disaster preparedness as well as in disaster management and relief.

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