Emergency Manager

Emergency Manager

Introduction

The prevention and disruption of terrorist attacks, protection of the people of America, critical infrastructure as well as response and recovery from the incidents that have impact over the country are the main responsibilities of the homeland security and the emergency managers. In order to assist in fulfilling these types of responsibilities that are on the shoulder of security and emergency management agencies in the long run, there is a need to strengthen the institutions, systems, policies and structures that are related to the security enterprise and also support the activities that would secure the homeland as well (Emergency Management, 2013).

Discussion

The management and evaluation of the risks that covers the overall spectrum of the activities of homeland security that includes the decisions regarding the places and methods to invest in the resources that would be able to eliminate, mitigate and control the risks. In the era where there are possibilities of various catastrophes, there is a need to accept the risks, functionality of the threats, consequences and vulnerabilities to be a permanent condition. There is a demand for the application of risk related framework throughout the efforts that are made by homeland securities regarding the identification and evaluation of the potential hazards, knowing the levels of risks that can be treated as acceptable, as well as allocating and prioritizing the resources in order to protect and prevent from all types of incidents. An optimal approach towards the management of risks would allow gaining a whole efficiency and effectiveness to secure the homeland. To create this approach, the concerned bodies have to enhance the managements through the adaptation of basic risks analysis standards as well as principles (Homeland security, 2002).

For the purpose of continuing and strengthening the core fundamentals of a nation that is prepared, it is essential ...