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| the needs made evident by the hazard (e.g. problems resulting from thedisaster agent itself) |
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| a hazard agent that is produced in or by the earth's atmosphere |
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| agents that spread disease or are otherwise poisonours |
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| violent events that have the potential to produce mass casualties |
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| a disruptive hazard associated with comptuer hardware and software |
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| deadly, destructive and disruptive events that occur when a hazard (or multiple hazards) interact(s) with human vultnerability |
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| public servants that help jurisdictions reduce the liabilities that lead to disasters; they also help build community disaster capabilities |
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| agents that involve the degradation of the environment, such as pollution, that pose a risk to people's health and well-being |
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| public safety personnel such as police, firefighters, and emergency medical technicians |
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| hazard agents associated with the earth's soil and rock |
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| a physical, technological, or intential agent such as an earthquake, industrial explosion, or terrorist bombing |
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| hazard agents that occur with the earth's water systems |
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| hazards produced by the extraction, creation, distribution, storage, use and disposal of chemicals |
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| a scale to measure earthquakes based on physical observation of damages that result from the movement of th eearth's crust (e.g., broken windows, cracked walls, and falling pictures) |
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| activites that attempt to prevent disasters or reduce potential for loss |
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| mitigation - generated demands |
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| the deisre to learn from the disaster and avoid making similar mistakes in the future |
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| events originating form the physical environment, typically because of radiation from the sun, heat flow from within the earth, or the force of gravity |
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| normalcy-generated demands |
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| the pressures to get things back to pre-disaster conditions |
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| a hazard resulting from the presence of radioactivit material |
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| organisms that spread disease and may include anthrax, small pox, plague, hemorrhagic fever, and rickettsiae |
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| eforts to increase readiness for disaster response and recover operations |
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| activity to return the affected community to predisaster or, preferably, improved conditions |
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| a measurement of the registered shaking amplitures of an earthquake |
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| the ability to respond to and recover form a disaster quickly, effectively, and efficiently |
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| activity in the immediate aftermath of a disaster to protect life and property |
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| response-generated demands |
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| the needs that are made evident as individuals, organizations, and communities attempt to meet agent-generated demands |
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| large disturbances where people engage in anti-social behavior |
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| a descriptive tool to explain the magnitude of a hurrican ein terms of wind and storm surge |
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| hazard agents produced by the movement of tectonic plates that float on magma |
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| structural collapse hazards |
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| hazards that occur when gravity and poor engineering result in the failure of buildings, roads, and other construction projects |
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| hazard agents related to industry, structures, hazardous materials, computers, and transportation systems |
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| the threat or use of violence to intimidate someone or a government |
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| poisons created by plants and animals |
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| an accident that occurs in the air, on roads or railways, or at sea |
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| proneness to disasters or the inability of individuals, organizations, and communities to prevent them or react effectively |
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| hazards that result form lightning strikes, which can quickly envelop hundreds of acres of forest and brush |
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| A disaster occurs when a hazard interacts with human vulnerability. True or false? |
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| An earthquake is an example of a geological hazard. True or false? |
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| Mass shootings and riots are civil/conflict hazards. True or false? |
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| Disasters are characterized by the disruption they cause to people's daily, routine activities. True or false? |
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| A normalcy-generated demand is a desire to prevent the recurrence of a disaster. True or false? |
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