Within other professions Emergency management

a disaster plan book @ rockefeller university in biochemistry research laboratory.

practitioners in emergency management come increasing variety of backgrounds. professionals memory institutions (e.g., museums, historical societies, etc.) dedicated preserving cultural heritage—objects , records. has been increasingly major component within field result of heightened awareness following september 11 attacks in 2001, hurricanes in 2005, , collapse of cologne archives.

to increase potential successful recovery of valuable records, well-established , thoroughly tested plan must developed. plan should emphasize simplicity in order aid in response , recovery: employees should perform similar tasks in response , recovery phase perform under normal conditions. should include mitigation strategies such installation of sprinklers within institution. professional associations hold regular workshops keep individuals date tools , resources in order minimize risk , maximize recovery.

other tools

in 2008, u.s. agency international development created web-based tool estimating populations impacted disasters. called population explorer tool uses land scan population data, developed oak ridge national laboratory, distribute population @ resolution 1 km countries in world. used usaid s fews net project estimate populations vulnerable , or imd food insecurity, population explorer gaining wide use in range of emergency analysis , response actions, including estimating populations impacted floods in central america , pacific ocean tsunami event in 2009.

in 2007, checklist veterinarians published in journal of american veterinary medical association, had 2 sets of questions professional ask before assisting emergency:

absolute requirements participation:

have chosen participate?
have taken ics training?
have taken other required background courses?
have made arrangements practice deploy?
have made arrangements family?

incident participation:

have been invited participate?
are skill sets match mission?
can access just-in-time training refresh skills or acquire needed new skills?
is self-support mission?
do have supplies needed 3 5 days of self-support?

while written veterinarians, checklist applicable professional consider before assisting emergency.