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Journal Entry Week 12

In this week’s Disaster Management lecture and seminar course we discussed mainly the two phases of Response and Recovery. In these phases they cover what is vital and crucial to individuals, towns, communities, cities, states, all who have been affected by a disaster. These two phases come in hand when and after a disaster strikes an overpopulated area. In class Professor Urby introduced the class to a guest speaker Adrian Dominguez the University Safety and Risk Manager of Texas A&M International University and Jessica Perez the University Environmental Health and Safety officer in Texas A&M International University.. Dominguez explained his credentials as of working in the TAMIU safety and emergency management department. He discussed his involvement in the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and how his involvement with that organization influenced his own process of risk management in TAMIU. Dominguez was able to implement the five phases of emergency management, prevention, preparedness, mitigation, response and recovery into his experience into the field of …show more content…

This week we were provided with Article Three “Applying Public Administration in Emergency Management: The Importance of Integrating Management into Disaster Education” This article goes more into depth on the importance and overall significance of a role Emergency Management plays in our everyday lives and the more of an understanding of disasters and

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