Across
- 3. When a natural hazard takes place where humans live
- 6. Involves actions that begin after a disaster such as bridge repairs and restoration of power
- 8. Approach used to deal with natural hazards
- 10. A state of readiness to any emergency
- 12. Phase in the emergency management cycle that involves activities to meet urgent needs of victims during or immediately following a disaster
- 13. Inevitable occurrences such as floods, hurricanes, and earthquakes
- 14. development that meets the need of the present
- 15. A community or region developed or redeveloped to minimize the human, environmental, and property losses and social and economic disruption caused by disasters
- 17. The earths natural systems maintained at a balanced state
- 18. All the potential hazards that could cause harm to a community
- 19. the cycle of the four phases of emergency management
Down
- 1. A document that presents policies and strategies to reduce vulnerability to hazards
- 2. Typically includes 5 steps to evaluate a risk( identify hazards, profile hazard event,inventory assets and populations, estimate losses, determine future development and population trends)
- 4. Educational messages such as teaching kids about emergencies
- 5. Exercises that involve detailed disaster scenarios
- 7. Emergency alert systems such as sirens and other notification methods
- 9. Intentional or accidential occurences caused by human activity
- 11. Sustained action to reduce or eliminate long-term risk to people
- 16. emergency managers, first responders, and public officials take classes in emergency planning disaster management, hazardous materials response, fire service management and so on