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Real Time Flood Modeling Due to the Severe Rainfall During a Hurricane: The West Fork of the Calcasieu River, Calcasieu and Beauregard Parishes, Louisiana
"Flooding resulting from hurricanes is a major cause of loss of life and property. A new tool in understanding the nature and extent of flooding is now available to local emergency management and other personnel. This tool links hydrologic and hydraulic modeling programs, geographic information systems, and real time weather data. The tool provides local officials information to be used in selecting evacuation routes, buildings to be used as shelters, and areas to be impacted by rising flood waters. In addition, the technology provides local officials with information to mitigate flooding damage including the examination of alternate strategies for identifying drainage area, adding pumping stations, levees, and land use. For the private sector, the flood modeling programs can provide chemical process operations with accurate flood inundation areas, the level of water and flow rate for these areas. For chemical processors who produce, store, transport hazardous substances, this tool provides information on the potential impact for potential or historical storms. [...] The demonstration project makes use of National Weather Service forecast information including volume and intensity of rainfall. Flood inundation maps created in the demonstration project will be provided in paper and digital form to State and local officials so that the nature and extent of flooded areas may be understood. Local officials can then use the maps to identify critical building, structures, and transportation routes inside the flood zones. Such a system enables local officials to quickly identify at-risk structures, homes, and organizations. Specific Flood elevation levels for the study area may be used to calculate the most efficient use of pumps, evacuations, or selection of evacuation routes."
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Operations
Mashriqu, Hassan S.; Pine, John C., 1946-; Albert, Doug
1999-06?
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Contributions of Management Theory and Practice to Emergency Management [Chapter 14]
From the Abstract: "This chapter takes a look at the impact that management theory and how the basic functions and practice of management as well as the role of the manager and approaches to management have contributed to the practice of emergency management. Current views of management theory stress the changing nature of the external environment and the need to understand and address these external forces for change. The contribution and role of systems theory and contingency theory to the emergency management process is stressed. Although some might view that we do not manage disasters, there is an overlap between the contribution of management theory and emergency management. Management theory stresses the need for effective planning to ensure that organizational goals are obtained. Emergency and crisis management emphasize that effective emergency response and recovery is based on good planning. Building sustainable organizations and communities is a common goal of both management and emergency management. Management and disaster-related issues and concerns along with strategies to improve emergency management practice from the field of management are provided. Finally, recommendations are provided for including emergency and crisis management in management curriculums."
Emergency Management Institute (U.S.)
Pine, John C., 1946-
2006?
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