Post impact disaster management

Post impact disaster management Task Part A - Project Defin" rel="nofollow">inition (50%) Part A requires you to defin" rel="nofollow">ine your Major Project and focuses on the post-impact phase of your selected emergency event as well as the hypothetical assessment that you will undertake. You will be assessed on a clear and concise description of each of the followin" rel="nofollow">ing areas as they pertain" rel="nofollow">in to your Major Project - the post-impact phase analysis of your selected emergency event and the hypothetical assessment (Assignment 2). Mark weightin" rel="nofollow">ing for each section is identified in" rel="nofollow">in parenthesis beside each section. A copy of the assignment markin" rel="nofollow">ing sheet used for this assignment is contain" rel="nofollow">ined at the end of this assignment guide. • Project Aim (5%). Defin" rel="nofollow">ine the aim of your Major Project. • Project Objectives (10%). Identify the objectives that you will set for your major project to achieve your Aim. • Project Scope (10%). Describe the geographical, time, research and other parameters that you will set for your Major Project. • Project Authority (5%). Identify the authority (or authorities) under which you will undertake the post-impact phase study of your selected event. • Project Context (10%). Describe the context(s) that will in" rel="nofollow">influence your post-impact phase study. • Project Relevant History (10%). Briefly describe the event that you have been studyin" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">in your earlier Emergency Operations Management subject (206). This event should be the one you are studyin" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">in this subject also. Explain" rel="nofollow">in the relevant history pertain" rel="nofollow">inin" rel="nofollow">ing to your selected event and similar events that have occurred in" rel="nofollow">in the past (if any). Part B - Annotated Bibliography (40%) By now, havin" rel="nofollow">ing already examin" rel="nofollow">ined the pre-impact and impact phases of your selected emergency event, you will have amassed quite a bit of in" rel="nofollow">information on your event. Such in" rel="nofollow">information may be in" rel="nofollow">in the form of journal/magazin" rel="nofollow">ine articles, newspaper reports, books, book chapters, papers, reports, on-lin" rel="nofollow">ine web pages/publications etc. You must now develop an annotated bibliography for fifteen (15) of these references that relate to the topic areas requirin" rel="nofollow">ing discussion in" rel="nofollow">in Assignment 2, due later in" rel="nofollow">in the session. These topic areas are: • Search and rescue • Triage and casualty care • DVI and securin" rel="nofollow">ing of evidence and coronial in" rel="nofollow">inquiry • Critical in" rel="nofollow">incident stress management • Community services • Recovery and restoration • Warnin" rel="nofollow">ing systems • Legislation and regulation • People • Infrastructure • Buildin" rel="nofollow">ings • Emergency services • Cost An Annotated Bibliography is an organised list of citations to books, book chapters, articles, papers, which describes the source in" rel="nofollow">in a short, descriptive paragraph or two. An Annotated Bibliography can provide in" rel="nofollow">information regardin" rel="nofollow">ing: • The contents and form of the article, book, paper, etc. • Suggest the sources usefulness to your research • Evaluate its method, conclusions and reliability • Record your reactions to the source. An Annotated Bibliography: • Enables the reader to decide how useful the source is • Demonstrates the quality of the research • Informs the reader of the accuracy and relevance of the research In approximately half a page per reference you are required to specify: • Bibliographic details • The relationship between the reference article/publication and the discussion topics • Strengths and weaknesses of the reference article/publication with relevance to your hypothetical examin" rel="nofollow">ination. Your annotated bibliography will assist you in" rel="nofollow">in a number of ways. These in" rel="nofollow">include: • Identification of sources that you may wish to use and cite in" rel="nofollow">in support of your fin" rel="nofollow">inal hypothetical examin" rel="nofollow">ination for Assignment 2. • Identification of in" rel="nofollow">informational areas that are lackin" rel="nofollow">ing with regard to the discussion topics. • Identification of discussion topics where in" rel="nofollow">information is lackin" rel="nofollow">ing and whether further in" rel="nofollow">information needs to be obtain" rel="nofollow">ined. Presentation (10%) The way you present your work and ideas within" rel="nofollow">in the assignment will also be assessed and will be worth 10% of your assignment mark Rationale This assignment contin" rel="nofollow">inues on from your studies in" rel="nofollow">in 206 and enables you to develop direction and scope for your Major Project (Assignment 2). It also enables us to ensure that you are on the right track as far as the post-impact phase major project is concerned and provide feedback, advice and assistance where needed. This assignment will provide you with the basis of your Introduction for your Major Project Report (Assignment 2) and can be viewed as a draft of that first section in" rel="nofollow">in Assignment 2. Part A - Project Defin" rel="nofollow">inition - approximately 1500 words Part B - Annotated Bibliography - approximately 10 - 15 pages +++++for context only+++++ Assessment item 2 Major Project Report Value: 80% Task I want you to use the framework we have given you to critically analyse the management of the post-impact phase of your selected event and the hypothetical recurrence of that event today and report on those thin" rel="nofollow">ings that were done well and those thin" rel="nofollow">ings that could have been improved. If we learn from history we will be better able to manage similar events in" rel="nofollow">in the future. The framework below is a suggested layout for this assignment with markin" rel="nofollow">ing weightin" rel="nofollow">ings in" rel="nofollow">included. A copy of the assignment markin" rel="nofollow">ing sheet that will be used for this assignment is attached at the end of this assignment guide. Although you have studied a number of areas of emergency management pertin" rel="nofollow">inent to the impact and post-impact phase of emergency/ disaster operations management in" rel="nofollow">in your studies, in" rel="nofollow">in this assignment we only require you to critically analyse two of the post-impact areas (Part A) and two of the Hypothetical areas (Part B). Introduction (10%) Aim Objectives Authority Scope Relevant history Part A - Post Impact Phase Analysis (30%) Critically analyse two (2) of the followin" rel="nofollow">ing PLUS the Conclusions and Recommendations: Search and rescue - 10% Triage and casualty care - 10% Critical in" rel="nofollow">incident stress management - 10% Disaster victim identification and coronial in" rel="nofollow">inquiry - 10% Community services - 10% Recovery and restoration - 10% Conclusions and recommendations - 10% Part B - Hypothetical Assessment (30%) Critically analyse two (2) of the followin" rel="nofollow">ing PLUS the Conclusions and Recommendations: Warnin" rel="nofollow">ing systems - How would it function now compared to then? - 10% Legislation and regulation - How effective is the legislation and regulations now compared to then? - 10% People - What people would be affected today compared with when the event origin" rel="nofollow">inally occurred? What would the effects be on people? - 10% Infrastructure - What would be the damage and effect on in" rel="nofollow">infrastructure today compared to when the event origin" rel="nofollow">inally occurred? - 10% Buildin" rel="nofollow">ings - What are the expected effects on buildin" rel="nofollow">ings etc. today compared with when the event occurred? - 10% Emergency services - What emergency services would be in" rel="nofollow">involved today? What would their roles and functions be today? What are their capabilities today compared with then? - 10% Cost - What is the estimated cost of the event should it occur today compared with when it origin" rel="nofollow">inally occurred? - 10% Conclusions and recommendations. - 10% Part C - Critical Self Assessment (20%) Critically analyse and reflect on your performance durin" rel="nofollow">ing the subject and in" rel="nofollow">in production of your report. In this self assessment some of the questions you may wish to consider are: • What difficulties, if any, did you encounter in" rel="nofollow">in locatin" rel="nofollow">ing/accessin" rel="nofollow">ing data for your report? • If you had any difficulties, how did you overcome them? • What would you do differently next time? Rationale This assignment follows on from your studies in" rel="nofollow">in 206. The assignment completes your study of emergency operations management and focuses on the post-impact phase of your selected emergency event, but also in" rel="nofollow">includes a hypothetical assessment of your chosen event as if it occurred today. Your assignment comprises three parts: • Part A - in" rel="nofollow">investigate the post-impact phase of your selected event and identify strengths and weaknesses in" rel="nofollow">in the way the post-impact phase was managed. • Part B - examin" rel="nofollow">ine a hypothetical recurrence of your selected event today, identifyin" rel="nofollow">ing strengths and weaknesses in" rel="nofollow">in the way it might be managed today. • Part C - allows you to critically analyse and assess your own performance in" rel="nofollow">in the research and production of your report. By effectively analysin" rel="nofollow">ing the problems experienced and the way those problems were managed you will be better prepared to identify and manage future research problems that may arise. You will be able to draw conclusions from your research and make recommendations that will enable future emergency events to be more effectively managed. By successfully completin" rel="nofollow">ing the assignments within" rel="nofollow">in the emergency operations management component of this course you will be better able to understand potential problems that an emergency manager will face when managin" rel="nofollow">ing the pre-impact, impact and post-impact phases of an emergency event.