Module 4 Pre-Assessment

Module 4 Pre-Assessment

In your first journal entry for this week, address the following questions in 1-2 short paragraphs:

When a disaster event such as a flood, earthquake or hurricane occurs, the first responders to this event are always local police, fire and emergency medical personnel. Their job is to rescue and attend to those injured, suppress fires, secure and police the disaster area and to begin the process of restoring order. Who can these local responders call for help?

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Whenever a disaster event (whether natural or human-made) occurs, the first people to respond to the victims’ call for help in most cases are usually the local police, or the fire personnel, or the emergency medical personnel. Because they have the expertise to handle the disaster at hand, they are best suited at restoring order.

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