Emergency preparedness remains one of the most crucial aspects of emergency management. All areas of the country must prepare in case of a disaster. This includes hospitals, which must not only be able to continuing caring for their current patients, but also must be able to provide care for those...

Network outage problems experienced during the natural or human-made disasters, such as the 9/11 attacks, Hurricane Katrina, or Hurricane Sandy had severe consequences that could have been avoided with proper planning and proactive management. For instance, the Hurricane Katrina showed the extreme importance of re-establishing power networks and communication channels...

The experience one gets during a natural disaster is one of the most horrifying ones a person can ever get in their life. On the one hand, a person should somehow summon up, cope with their fears and stress, and act wisely and quickly. Taking into consideration the fact that...

The Chernobyl disaster occurred on April 26 of 1986, when “a sudden surge of power during a reactor systems test destroyed Unit 4 of the nuclear power station at Chernobyl, Ukraine” (“Backgrounder on Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident”). The accident led to a fire; huge amounts of radioactive material were...

The crucial aspects of a disaster include three elements that are scope, intensity, and duration (Halpern & Vermeulen, 2017). Knowing what each means, helps churches determine how to prepare in the event of a disaster. Scope represents the number of people affected by a disaster. It can be as little...