Jennifer Chapter 11 Chapter 11 of the Hazard Mitigation in Emergency Management textbook is all about Hazard Mitigation tools and map products. A few takeaways, thoughts, or questions I had are: The two-second tidbit of each program was okay. I wish there was a 30-second or slightly longer video (almost like a promo) on each of these. None of the descriptions provided made me jump up and down, want to look further into them, or to try and learn them. Which is sad, because outside of this book, I have tried a couple GIS tools and do what to learn more about this topic. In case you got to this chapter and also were underwhelmed, here are a few things (not mitigation specific) an emergency manager may want to ask their GIS people to make a map of: o Events where are emergency personnel, decontamination areas, and major agency command locations. What roads are open and which hospitals are at what level support. o Incident where did the incident happen, what roads are closed, where are emergency personnel and the command post(s) staged, what are the hot/cold zones, where are the shelters, etc. o Recovery what are the damage assessments of the area overlaid with the clients who have come in for casework (this helps to see where more personalized outreach may need to be conducted) Overall, this book really did an underwhelming job in this chapter. It felt more like a last minute (hey we forgot to include this!) section, than a well-thought out chapter. Chapter 12 Chapter 12 of the Hazard Mitigation in Emergency Management textbook is all about mitigation best practices in the United States, putting the best practices into a plan, and the best practices in other countries, A few takeaways, thoughts, or questions I had are: Is anyone else having a difficult time writing something nice about this chapter? I was hoping to see best practices, not pats on the pack. This chapter feels very much like FEMA wrote it. Canadas portion was interesting. I like how they are working with aborigines leaders. Australias incorporation of animal protection during disasters is fascinating. Im really curious as to what or how they incorporate this type of animal measures into their training, drills, and plans. The available resources is a very thorough list. I hope to make time to review a few of them before I return this book. Overall, Chapter 12 did not meet the mark on what it said it would accomplish: best practices and putting them into place, nationally and internationally. References Islam, T., & Ryan, J. (2015). Hazard Mitigation in Emergency Management. Oxford, England: Butterworth-Heinemann.
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