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NOTICE:
TIEMS Transportation Safety and Security Workshop January 28-29th 2003
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Welcome to
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Institute for Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management Crisis and Emergency Management
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| January 2003
Volume 3 - Number
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STATUTORY AUTHORITY
CRISIS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND THE VOLUNTEER
by Thomas L. Carr III
The volunteer is the cornerstone of many responses to Crisis, Disasters,
and Emergencies. These volunteers may be spontaneous responses by passer-bys
or onlookers, even uninjured victims already at the scene of the event or
volunteers who spontaneously responded from near by unaffected areas.
Other volunteers that respond may be from agencies that are organized to
provide assistance during a disaster or emergency to meet essential human
needs. Whatever the source, the actions of the volunteers will have
an enormous effect on themselves and the crisis, disaster, or emergency they
are involved it. The issues for crisis and emergency management are
what statutory authority permits the harnessing the energies of these volunteers
and what provisions or protections there are for the volunteer and the public
and private agencies or governmental entities utilize these energies.Abstract To Full Paper |