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  2. Hotwash - Wikipedia

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    These events are usually used to create the after action review/improvement plan. Hotwash is a term picked up in recent years by the Emergency Preparedness Community, likely as a result of Homeland Security and other government agencies' involvement in disaster planning. It serves as a form of after-disaster briefing for all parties involved to ...

  3. Emergency Responder Health Monitoring and Surveillance

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    The framework includes different backgrounds such as emergency management, fire service, law enforcement, emergency medical services, public health, mental health, disaster relief, and volunteer organizations, as well as construction and other skilled support who may be participating in a broad range of activities including assessment, search ...

  4. After action report - Wikipedia

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    The After Action Review Process is critical to forming an After Action Report. Notes from the review often find themselves in the report. [2] Another example of an After Action Report is the global status reported on road safety. Studies are conducted in order to determine how severe road safety concerns are in a particular area.

  5. Incident Command System - Wikipedia

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    Emergency operations center (EOC): An emergency operations center is a central command and control facility responsible for carrying out the principles of emergency preparedness and emergency management, or disaster management functions at a strategic level during an emergency, and ensuring the continuity of operation of a company, political ...

  6. Emergency management software - Wikipedia

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    Emergency management software is the software used by local, state and federal emergency management personnel to deal with a wide range of disasters (including natural or human-made hazards) and can take many forms.

  7. Emergency management - Wikipedia

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    New Zealand uses unique terminology for emergency management. Emergency management is rarely used, many government publications retaining the use of the term civil defence. [115] [116] [117] For example, the Minister of Civil Defence is responsible for the MCDEM. Civil Defence Emergency Management is a term in its own right, defined by statute ...

  8. Emergency Management Assistance Compact - Wikipedia

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    The main contact for agencies, organizations, and the private sector to learn more about EMAC is the state emergency management agencies. [2] EMAC works as follows: When a disaster occurs, the governor of the affected state or territory declares a state of emergency. The impacted state assesses its resource needs and identifies shortfalls for ...

  9. Gerardo Hernandez Airport Security Act of 2014 - Wikipedia

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    An after-action report evaluating the events of the 2013 LAX shooting found that "there was a lack of communication among airport officials, police, EMS and federal authorities" and that some of the airport's emergency equipment (such as panic buttons) did not work. [11] [2]