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الجمعية الكويتيه لحماية البيئة
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to managing large wildland
and forest fires in California.
ICS is a standardized approach
to the command, control, and
coordination of emergency
response to incidents that
provides a common process
and under whose guidance
responders from multiple
agencies can work together
effectively. All response to
incidents in the United States
is required to follow ICS
tenets, and it has been accepted
as a best practice around the
world, including in various
forms throughout the GCC.
The Planning Section is the
component of ICS that is
responsible for collecting
and analyzing information,
which is instrumental for
properly managing an incident.
Analysis performed by the
Planning Section assists senior
leadership to make informed
decisions that translate into
plans of action to be used by
all responders. The Planning
Section works to establish
communications with local
governments to acquire
damage assessments within
their community, including the
extent of damage to residences,
commercial properties, and
critical infrastructure. Using
GIS technologies such as
standardized information
collection tools on tablets
and smart phones provides
uniformity and adds speed to
the data-collection process. In
addition, Global Positioning
Systems (GPS) can identify the
exact location of the damage
assessment, which enables the
capability to map locations and
determine extent of damage.
This then translates into an
understanding of the mass care
needs of the population and the
type of resources and recovery
required.
The State of New Jersey
suffered residential damage to
more than 100,000 homes, and
94 percent of reported damage
was from 129 municipalities
in the state. More than 11,600
Small Business Administration
loan applications were filed,
totaling more than US$758
million. More than 78,000
residents filed NFIP claims
for flood damage for a total
of more than US$3.1 billion
in claims. Ninety-six percent
of NFIP–reported flood
damage originated from 68
municipalities. While most of
New Jersey fared well in the
Hurricane Sandy aftermath,
those areas that were hit
suffered severe damage.
Cyclones produce significant
death and destruction.
Populations need to be
properly warned of the
dangers, and, once the incident
has occurred, communities
require assistance to survive
and recover. The most
effective and efficient means
to provide this assistance
is established long before
such an incident occurs
through proper planning by
establishing the means to
develop situational awareness
and training a cadre of staff
who can determine the what,
the so what, and the what’s
next.
About the Author
Jim Weldin is a Senior
Emergency Planner for IEM,
a global security consulting
firm headquartered in Raleigh,
North Carolina. Mr. Weldin
is a retired police officer
and has more than 12 years’
experience in emergency
management. For 5 years,
he was stationed in the New
Jersey Office of Emergency
Management where he wrote
emergency response plans
and served in activations of
the New Jersey Emergency
Operations Center for various
disasters including Hurricane
Sandy. Most recently, Mr.
Weldin worked with the
IEM team in Kuwait to
assist the GCC to develop
its Emergency Management
Center
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