Across
- 2. processes and procedures which reduce or avoid losses, minimize fear, maintain order, ensure victims and survivors receive prompt and appropriate assistance and achieve effective recovery as quickly as possible; four stages are mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery
- 4. actions which prevent or reduce the likelihood of an event or reduce the potential for damaging effects of an event
- 5. empathetic relationship in which parties understand each other and communicate well
- 10. technique used to communicate with individuals who are threatening violence
- 11. natural disaster caused by short-term weather conditions
- 14. natural disaster caused by long-term atmospheric processes
- 15. short concrete post designed to protect from damage caused by a vehicle
- 16. process of locating, assisting and extracting people in distress or imminent danger
- 18. crisis negotiation model– developed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to help change behavior of suspects in high-stress, high-risk situations
- 19. event in which an individual commits a violent crime, putting a large number of people in danger
- 20. process of removing occupants from a dangerous area
Down
- 1. natural disaster caused by movement of solid earth
- 3. isolation and restriction of movement due to exposure to hazardous conditions
- 6. natural disaster caused by movement or distribution of surface water
- 7. unstable, difficult or dangerous event which is unexpected, causes uncertainty and requires immediate action
- 8. process of removing, destroying or neutralizing dangerous substances
- 9. event or condition which puts the health of a population at risk
- 12. basic physical and organizational frameworks and facilities serving in the operation of a community or organization
- 13. state in which air can flow into the space, but not escape from the space
- 17. adverse event caused by natural processes