2Understanding the Actors: Roles and Responsibilities of Relevant Stakeholders
What You’ll Learn in This Chapter
- Why many organizations are engaged after disasters.
- The responsibilities of emergency management personnel.
- The roles of major corporations and small businesses.
- The activities of the nonprofit sector.
- Anticipated citizen involvement in disasters.
- How to work with different individuals and groups.
After Studying This Chapter, You’ll Be Able To
- Compare the roles of the public and private sectors.
- Differentiate duties of local, state, tribal and federal governments.
- Convey how companies and businesses respond after disasters.
- Examine the actions of non‐profit organizations.
- Discuss how faith‐based organizations can assist disaster victims.
- Describe emergent groups formation to meet disaster needs.
Goals and Outcomes
- Predict the actions of the public, private and nonprofit sectors.
- Evaluate the different types of services provided after disasters.
- Assess who can help you fulfill response and recovery functions.
- Analyze and overcome the challenges of coordination.
- Employ the “whole community” concept in post‐disaster operations.
INTRODUCTION
After Hurricane Andrew devastated Miami Dade County in 1992, one local emergency manager asked, “Where the hell is the cavalry on this one?” This so‐called ...
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