DEMS 2700 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Triage, Lightning, Lastminute.Com
24 Mar 2019
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Chapter 6 response: pages 321 to 405, page 321, section chapter summary. Hazard effect ongoing- this period begins when the first damaging effects begin and extends until all damaging effects related to the hazard and all secondary hazards cease to exist. It may be measured in seconds for some hazards such as lightning strikes or earthquakes. However for others, such as floods, cyclones, wildfires and droughts, this phase can extend for hours, days, weeks or years. Scope of the unfolding event is underestimated, insufficient response is mounted as a result. Hazard"s initial effects are unrecognizable such as the spraying of a biological weapon in the public area. Hazard"s initial effects are kept hidden from response officials. Disruptions of, inefficiencies in, or a lack of communications infrastructure prevents the affected from reporting an emergency in progress. Their only common trait is that they arrive unsolicited at the disaster scene.
