Read Chapter 1 (Understanding Public Response to Alerts and Warnings) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (2018) book Emergency Alert and Warning Systems: Current Knowledge and Future Research.
After reading, answer the questions below:
1.) Warnings
Using specific citations from the reading, describe some of the activities that people generally engage in after receiving warning information and before initiating protective actions.
Is it a stimulus/response relationship (immediate compliance with information) or a process that results in action or inaction? Explain.
Explain how these processes likely worked in an event such as the mistaken Hawaii Missile warning ( Article Attached in PDF file)
2.) Evacuations
Must Read the following to answer all questions:
-The National Governors Association (NGA) Guide to Mass Evacuations. (Attached in PDF file)
-Pinellas County, FL (2018) Hurricane Irma After-Action Report (Read the Executive summary, Event overview, Warning and evacuation. (Attached in PDF file)
-Healthcare facilities and Sheltering section of the Hurricane Irma After-Action Report: pages 1-16. (Attached in PDF file)
-The article by Damonoske (2017) Why Didn’t Officials Order the Evacuation of Houston? https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/08/28/546721363/why-didn-t-officials- order-the-evacuation-of-houston to address the following:
Use evidence from all the Required readings above to Discuss the key aspects of evacuation (National
Governors Association Report) for critical incident response.
Use the Learning from Catastrophe: Hurricane Katrina document, the Hurricane Irma After Action Report, and the Hurricane Harvey After action Report readings to discuss some of the real-world issues in ordering evacuations. What are the lessons learned?
(3 related documents attached in PDF form)
Thoroughly read all Attached articles to effectively respond to questions.
Absolutely NO APA-7 style errors.
Present sufficient information from all topics to demonstrate a significant understanding of the topics and questions.
Demonstrate excellent critical thinking skills.
Writing quality in terms of grammar, punctuation, usage, structure, spacing, etc. must be exemplary.
Every document referenced is attached to help you answer the questions.
