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This 3-page paper provides an analysis and overview of the state's CEMP, and compares it to FEMA's National Incident Management System (NIMS). Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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hurricanes during the summer, while the panhandle and northern parts are known to undergo severe storms all year around and frost during the winter. Furthermore, Florida is 90 miles away
from Cuba. Though Cuba hasnt shown any aggression toward the United States in close to four decades, there had been, at one time, a potential threat of attack from this
island communist nation. Furthermore Florida, like the rest of the nation, is vulnerable to another potential terrorist attack.
Its for these reasons that the states legislature passed a statute (State Emergency Management Act) authorizing the State of Florida Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan (CEMP). Much
like similar plans in other states, the CEMP puts into place a system of comprehensive emergency management that allows the state to help reduce state population vulnerability, to ensure prompt
and efficient response to emergencies, to coordinate all state and local systems and resources to deal with the emergency and to aid in the recovery from disaster (CEMP, 2004). The
plan also details "anticipation, recognition, appraisal, prevention and the mitigation of emergencies" that might occur from lack of planning or foresight (CEMP, 2004).
The above is similar to any comprehensive emergency plan that might be found in any other state. But Florida also introduces a hazard and risk assessment summary in
its plan and assigns numeric values to those risks. The risks determine if the events are annual (such as hurricanes or severe weather), occur five to ten years or less
(hazardous materials) or less than 30 years (terrorist attacks) (CEMP, 2004). By estimating potential hazards and their frequency, the state can dedicate resources to combating the issues.
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