Prevention/Protection Mission Area Core Capabilities
Prevention/Protection Mission Area Core Capabilities
On Monday, January 17, 1994 at 4.31 a.m. an earthquake measuring a magnitude of 6.7 struck a densely populated area of San Fernando Valley. In spite of Los Angeles County considered as one of the greatest prepared regions for earthquakes, Northridge was one of the worse disasters financially. They were around 14,000 aftershocks reported in the magnitude of 4.0-5.0 range. Because of the earthquake people displaced from their homes are estimated to be around 80,000 to 125,000. Preliminary estimated damages were USD 15-17 billion dollars. The earthquake had occurred at the early morning hours, had it occurred at another time of day, there would have been more injuries and more fatalities. Gas, power, water, and sewer utilities were affected greatly along with structural damages to major bridges causing a nightmare to travel (Petak & Elahi, 2001). …show more content…
In case of earthquake emergency response plan it is very critical that that each and every member of the community can contribute to and benefit from national preparedness efforts to increase community resiliency and minimize the damage from the earthquake (FEMA, n. d.).The National Prevention Framework defines as to what the whole community should do upon the detection of information regarding a forthcoming danger to the homeland in order to obstruct or stop an original or follow-on terrorist attack. The seven Prevention core capabilities as listed in the National Prevention Framework are planning; public information and warning; operational coordination; forensics and attribution; intelligence and information sharing; interdiction and disruption; and screening, search, and detection (National Prevention Framework May 2013). These apply more towards a security threat or an imminent terrorist
On Monday, January 17, 1994 at 4.31 a.m. an earthquake measuring a magnitude of 6.7 struck a densely populated area of San Fernando Valley. In spite of Los Angeles County considered as one of the greatest prepared regions for earthquakes, Northridge was one of the worse disasters financially. They were around 14,000 aftershocks reported in the magnitude of 4.0-5.0 range. Because of the earthquake people displaced from their homes are estimated to be around 80,000 to 125,000. Preliminary estimated damages were USD 15-17 billion dollars. The earthquake had occurred at the early morning hours, had it occurred at another time of day, there would have been more injuries and more fatalities. Gas, power, water, and sewer utilities were affected greatly along with structural damages to major bridges causing a nightmare to travel (Petak & Elahi, 2001). …show more content…
In case of earthquake emergency response plan it is very critical that that each and every member of the community can contribute to and benefit from national preparedness efforts to increase community resiliency and minimize the damage from the earthquake (FEMA, n. d.).The National Prevention Framework defines as to what the whole community should do upon the detection of information regarding a forthcoming danger to the homeland in order to obstruct or stop an original or follow-on terrorist attack. The seven Prevention core capabilities as listed in the National Prevention Framework are planning; public information and warning; operational coordination; forensics and attribution; intelligence and information sharing; interdiction and disruption; and screening, search, and detection (National Prevention Framework May 2013). These apply more towards a security threat or an imminent terrorist