Exercise 2-1 Using a Web browser and a search engine, search the terms“I-35 brid

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Exercise 2-1 Using a Web browser and a search engine, search the terms“I-35 bridge collapse and response.” You will find many results. Select at least three articles to skim through for the impact on human life, then answer this question: Did contingency planning save lives in this disaster? Provide the articles used.

Exercise 2-2 Visit the article abstract at www.ncjrs.gov/App/publications/Abstract.aspx?id=246582. Read the abstract, and then answer this question: Do you think having a simulator for training and readiness would help or hinder the quality of response to contingencies? Why or why not? Provide the articles used.

Exercise 2-3 Using a Web browser and a search engine, search the terms“BP deepwater disaster plan failure.”You will find many results. Select one article and identify what that article considers a shortcoming in BP’s planning. What part of the contingency planning process came up short (IR, BP, or CP)? How could the shortcoming have been prevented? Provide the articles used.

Exercise 2-4 Using a Web browser and a search engine, search the terms“CitiBank backup tapes lost.” You will find many results. Select one article and identify what that article considers a shortcoming in CitiBank’s planning. What part of the contingency planning process came up short (IR, BP, or CP)? How could the shortcoming have been prevented? Provide the articles used.

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According to chegg's policy i am answering first two questions

Exercise 2-1
Question: Did contingency planning save lives in this disaster? Provide the articles used.

Answer : Yes , contingency planning save lives in this disaster.

According to arctile at
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2008/04/22/bridge

"The city's ability to respond had evolved over several years of investing heavily and widely in all the elements that make a crucial difference when disaster strikes," the federal agency said in a statement.

The U.S. Fire Administration, a branch of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, works to reduce the loss of life and economic losses caused by fires and related emergencies.

Kristi Rollwagen, the city's deputy director of emergency preparedness, said she was pleased with the report and proud of the city's response.

According to arctile at

http://www.govtech.com/transportation/Report-Released-on-I-35W-Bridge-Collapse.html

The local response to the bridge disaster -- and the coordination with metro, state, and federal partners -- demonstrated the extraordinary value of comprehensive disaster planning and training. The city's ability to respond had evolved over several years of investing heavily and widely in all the elements that make a crucial difference when disaster strikes. Their investment covered widespread training on the National Incident Management System (NIMS) that extended beyond city department heads and into all employee levels. Over half of the city's 4,000 employees have received NIMS training.

According to arctile at

https://www.emsworld.com/article/10320966/good-bad-i-35-collapse-response

What went right? Lots of things, authors conclude.

Cooperation among first responders and their metro, state and federal partners was judged to be outstanding. Local players had done ample joint training, including in NIMS, and were familiar with their colleagues, roles and procedures.
Local EMS plans worked well, including the Metro EMS Incident Response Plan and use of mutual aid.
Initial EMS response was rapid and of sufficient quantity. Multiple divisions were established, including operations on both sides of the river. EMS Dispatch also ramped up successfully.
EMS successfully utilized the Incident Command System.
A new 800 MHz radio system, implemented after a 2002 evaluation found the previous communications system lacking, worked as hoped and generally kept organizations linked.
Technology—including on-site video cameras, Web-based GIS and traffic management, and municipal Wi-Fi—enhanced response and recovery efforts.

Exercise 2-2
Question : Do you think having a simulator for training and readiness would help or hinder the quality of response to contingencies? Why or why not? Provide the articles used.

Answer: Yes,having a simulator for training and readiness would definitely help or hinder the quality of response to contingencies.

For this various points are given in the arctile like

"Among its numerous benefits for those who use it for incident response simulations are its ready accessibility for anyone with an Internet connection; its flexibility for training in simulating various types of emergency scenarios; its defining of the roles and responsibilities for incident command as defined by the NIMS/ICS; and its provision of “situational awareness” in the form of a master scenario event list. The latter contains essential scenario events in text, pictures, sound clips, or videos."

"This article describes what is involved in preparation for an ISEE exercise, along with the features of the real-life, real-time exercise. This article concludes with a description of a 2007 use of the ISEE by the Northwest Vermont Local Emergency Planning Committee in an incident command simulation in Enosburg, VT. The scenario involved a simulated commercial plane crash on a nearby mountain, which required a response from the United States and Canadian law enforcement, fire, rescue, and medical units."

"Prototype exercises like the Enosburg plane crash give both technologists and emergency responders a better understanding of what is required to reach the full capabilities of the NIMS vision"

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