Foundations of Emergency Management
Final Exam
Three aspects of an effective local community recovery - correct answer-Ensuring more
productive intergovernmental relationships
Competing effectively for scarce resources
Managing community-level decision making during the post disaster period.
Three aspects to community recovery - correct answer-Household recovery
Business recovery
Infrastructure restoration/repair
Household Recovery Process - correct answer-Emergency Shelter
Temporary Shelter
Temporary Housing
Permanent Housing
Variables that can impact the rate of recovery for households and businesses. - correct
answer-Economic Disparity
Housing Availability
Saving rate
Autonomous recovery of households - correct answer-households recovery without direct
outside assistance
Factors that can determine the success of autonomous recovery of households - correct
answer-• Continued income
• Adequate insurance compensation
• Degree and diversity of damage to the household
• Ability to reduce consumption
• Availability of material resources
• Flexibility of creditors
A PIO is a.. - correct answer-• Central contact
• Planner (pro-active and crisis)
• Writer
, • Coordinator
• Agency/Community representative
What are the five big questions the public is looking to answer during a disaster? - correct
answer-o Are my family and I safe?
o What can I do to protect my family and myself?
o Who is in charge here?
o What can I expect?
o What should we do?
Myth: Telling the public about a risk is more likely to unduly alarm people than keeping quiet.
- correct answer-Reality: Decrease potential for alarm by giving people a chance to express
their concerns.
Myth: We shouldn't go to the public until we have solutions to threats. - correct
answer-Reality: Release and discuss information about risk management options and
involve communities in strategies in which they have a stake.
Myth: Technical decisions should be left in the hands of technical people. - correct
answer-Reality: Provide the public with information. Listen to community concerns. Involve
staff with diverse backgrounds in developing policy.
Myth: Risk communication is not my job. - correct answer-Reality: As a public servant, you
have a responsibility to the public. Learn to integrate communication into your job and help
others do the same.
Role of Spokesperson - correct answer-A spokesperson is an individual representing the
organization who has, Knowledge, Authority, Community and Trust with the media and the
public
The basic information you should always be able to give the media; the 5W's and 1H. -
correct answer-Who, What, When, Where, Why and How
STARCC - correct answer-The EM message in a crisis must be
• Simple
• Timely
• Accurate
• Relevant
• Credible
• Consistent
The seven (7) types of exercises and examples of each - correct answer-Seminars:
Orientations
These are informal and delivers new information/awareness
Workshops:Collecting and sharing information, testing new ideas/processes/procedures
Games: Hypothetical situations steered by player actions
Final Exam
Three aspects of an effective local community recovery - correct answer-Ensuring more
productive intergovernmental relationships
Competing effectively for scarce resources
Managing community-level decision making during the post disaster period.
Three aspects to community recovery - correct answer-Household recovery
Business recovery
Infrastructure restoration/repair
Household Recovery Process - correct answer-Emergency Shelter
Temporary Shelter
Temporary Housing
Permanent Housing
Variables that can impact the rate of recovery for households and businesses. - correct
answer-Economic Disparity
Housing Availability
Saving rate
Autonomous recovery of households - correct answer-households recovery without direct
outside assistance
Factors that can determine the success of autonomous recovery of households - correct
answer-• Continued income
• Adequate insurance compensation
• Degree and diversity of damage to the household
• Ability to reduce consumption
• Availability of material resources
• Flexibility of creditors
A PIO is a.. - correct answer-• Central contact
• Planner (pro-active and crisis)
• Writer
, • Coordinator
• Agency/Community representative
What are the five big questions the public is looking to answer during a disaster? - correct
answer-o Are my family and I safe?
o What can I do to protect my family and myself?
o Who is in charge here?
o What can I expect?
o What should we do?
Myth: Telling the public about a risk is more likely to unduly alarm people than keeping quiet.
- correct answer-Reality: Decrease potential for alarm by giving people a chance to express
their concerns.
Myth: We shouldn't go to the public until we have solutions to threats. - correct
answer-Reality: Release and discuss information about risk management options and
involve communities in strategies in which they have a stake.
Myth: Technical decisions should be left in the hands of technical people. - correct
answer-Reality: Provide the public with information. Listen to community concerns. Involve
staff with diverse backgrounds in developing policy.
Myth: Risk communication is not my job. - correct answer-Reality: As a public servant, you
have a responsibility to the public. Learn to integrate communication into your job and help
others do the same.
Role of Spokesperson - correct answer-A spokesperson is an individual representing the
organization who has, Knowledge, Authority, Community and Trust with the media and the
public
The basic information you should always be able to give the media; the 5W's and 1H. -
correct answer-Who, What, When, Where, Why and How
STARCC - correct answer-The EM message in a crisis must be
• Simple
• Timely
• Accurate
• Relevant
• Credible
• Consistent
The seven (7) types of exercises and examples of each - correct answer-Seminars:
Orientations
These are informal and delivers new information/awareness
Workshops:Collecting and sharing information, testing new ideas/processes/procedures
Games: Hypothetical situations steered by player actions
