Emergency Response Plan

Term Paper # 103119

Medical and Health > First Aid and Safety
Medical and Health > Public Health Issues
Public Administration

A look at the emergency plans set up in North Carolina in the case of an emergency situation.

1,176 words () | 6 sources | APA | 2008 United States

Paper Summary:

This paper discusses the National Response Plan in North Carolina, set up to provide structures, resources, and capabilities to aid in the coordination of federal support to state, local, and tribal response managers. The author looks at the situation in the four counties of Chatham, Harnett, Lee and Wake.

Outline:
Chatham County, NC
Harnett County, NC
Lee County, NC
Wake County, NC

From the Paper:

"If any incident occurs in North Carolina, the state has primary authority unless the incident falls under federal jurisdiction. Different levels of federal assistance can be made available, but the state always has jurisdiction for state and local government workers within the state, including state and local emergency responders (North Carolina Department of Labor, 2005, p. 2).
"Chatham County is a major retirement community in central North Carolina, and the area includes a number of health professionals who are potential volunteers. However, their knowledge of and participation in county health and emergency response operations is limited, given that their primary orientation is to the cultural/social attractions of Durham, Raleigh and Chapel Hill, which border Chatham. Chatham County is also largely rural, which also reduces the ability of health professionals to have participated in many emergency operations on a large scale. The County states that the local volunteer fire departments, and other volunteer emergency responders, tend to be long-time local residents and face increasing costs and regulations that make services difficult to maintain. These responders have no time and little motivation to open up to "outside" volunteers, and this could affect long-term sustainability for the volunteer emergency base (Chatham County MRC - In the Beginning, 2003, para. 5)."

Sample of Sources Used:

Chatham County MRC - In the Beginning (2003). Chatham Medical Reserve Corps. Retrieved April 5, 2007 from http://www.chathammrc.org/structure.htm.
Emergency Management (2007). Wake County Departments & Divisions. Retrieved April 5, 2007 from http://www.wakegov.com/departments/emergency.htm.
Fire Marshal/Emergency Management (2007). Harnett County. Retrieved April 5, 2007 from http://www.harnett.org/fire/emergency-management.asp.
North Carolina Department of Labor (2005). State Emergency Plan. Retrieved April 5, 2007 from http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:whzEXMEDD3QJ:www.dem.dcc.state.nc.us/ARCHIVES/NCDOLplan.pdf+chatham+county+north+carolina+%22Emergency+Management+Plan%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us.
North Carolina Gov. Praises Response to Chemical Fire (2006). Emergency Management. Retrieved April 5, 2007 from http://www.emergencymgmt.com/story.php?id=101561.