Unit V
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unit_v_national_preparedness.docxRUNNING HEAD: NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS 1
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NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS
In the National preparedness, changes in the Act required that the president establish a national preparedness goal as well as a national preparedness system and complete revise and update the goal to ensure that the nation was able to prevent respond and recover from, and mitigate against disasters of all kinds, (Bea et al. 2006). A national preparedness system was to compose of the following ; Targeting capabilities and preparedness priorities , Training and Exercise , Equipment and training standards , Comprehensive assessment systems , Remedial action management program, Inventory of federal response capability , reporting requirements and federal preparedness. However the existing documents , planning tools and guidelines were to be used by the administrator of FEMA in establishing National Preparedness System and Goals to the extent that is practicable. As a part of the system the NPS system was to contain performance and outcome measures;
National planning scenarios: The president through Administrator is authorized to include planning scenarios that reflect the risk impacted by all hazards in the NPS. If developed the scenarios were to provide foundation for development of capabilities to meet the goals and reflect the full range representative hazards that that require identification of tasks required to respond accordingly. Target capabilities and preparedness priorities: The post Katrina Act requires the FEMA administrator in coordination with others to complete and update guidelines that define risk-based target capabilities for federal, state, local, and tribal governments. Guidelines used to establish target capabilities are to include preparedness priorities that balance all hazard risk with resources, to prevent respond and recover and militate against all hazards and requires mutual aid agreements between states, (Roberts, 2006).
Federal preparedness: Post-Katrina Act requires that the president ensures that each federal agency with NRP responsibilities have capabilities to meet operational responsibilities of the national preparedness goal including retaining personnel, creating organizational structures , holding sufficient resources ,maintaining command and control communications, (Rubin, 2012). Develop, train and exercise response personnel, Comply with NIMS and develop operational plans and corresponding capabilities to deal with all hazards to ensure coordinated federal response. However the provision does not limit the authority of secretary of defense in command control and allocation of Department of Defense Resources.
According to Pierce (1988), changes in National Preparedness Act will improve FEMA’s capabilities in the following manner; the government will be able to plan on dealing with emergency due to proper planning of scenarios by early foundations and developments. Through prioritizing, FEMA will be able to know which areas are more vulnerable and hence proper attention will be provided. Through Federal grants to local governments disasters can be dealt with on time and effectively since funds provided will allow enhancement of FEMA activities in dealing with disasters.
In conclusion, preparedness itself is a phase prior to a disaster and hence these changes enacted will allow enough time during the phase to sensitize people about a slow onset disaster while on a rapid onset disaster measure put in place will reduce the impacts of the disaster.Hence we can make a conclusion that the Post-Katrina Act will go a long way in improving capabilities of FEMA on disaster management.
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Bea, K., Halchin, E., Hogue, H., Kaiser, F., Love, N., McCarthy, F. X., & Schwemle, B. (2006, December). Federal emergency management policy changes after Hurricane Katrina: a summary of statutory provisions. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE.
Pierce Jr, R. J. (1988). Chevron and Its Aftermath: Judicial Review of Agency Interpretations of Statutory Provisions. Vand. L. Rev., 41, 301.
Roberts, P. S. (2006). FEMA after Katrina. Policy Review, (137), 15.
Rubin, C. B. (Ed.). (2012). Emergency management: The American experience 1900-2010 (2nd ed.). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press
