PAD-341-H1991 Disaster Recovery and Response
4-2 Final Project Milestone Two: Rough Draft
Steve D. Pettus
Southern New Hampshire University
September 21, 2022
"Communications between Different Agencies"
Organizational/ Situational Concerns
Whether it's the risks of terrorist attacks, acts of mass violence, natural disasters, or other
emergencies involving the public's health arise, individuals who are in charge of public affairs
must be ready to effectively communicate with the people and the media to convey messages
that educate without frightening the public and enlighten without causing alarm. Emergency
officials can avoid ineffective, fear-based, and potentially creating panic among the public to
significant emergencies, like unexpected disease outbreaks and bioterrorism, by using sound and
mindful risk communication. Additionally, effective risk communication practices promote the
confidence and trust that are essential in a crisis event (Wachinger, Renn, Begg, &Kuhlicke,
2013). To ensure that the public is better prepared to handle these potential hazards, risk
managers, government officials, public health representatives, the news media, physicians, and
hospital personal to handle such emergencies, public officials can take action before any
occurrence even occurs
Challenges
Most risk when it comes to communication situations just require acknowledging and
admitting that there will be uncertainty at times (Rubin et al., 2012). But the challenges with that
is, scientific ambiguity makes it difficult to meet the public's demand for accurate and useful
information on numerous dangers and risks. Emergency personal in charge of public health
regularly face the challenge of having to admit and explain uncertainty to a public that believes
expert conclusions are exact, reproducible, and trustworthy. Furthermore, the general public
frequently equates correlation and connection with things that happens that is bad. As a result.
officials often have to do the additional duty of attempting to clarify the limitations and
ambiguities of the data.
Analysis/Evaluation
The responsibility of helping people prepare for, respond to, and recover from
emergencies depends heavily on good communications. On the other hand, agencies are trying to
come up with the best ways to contact vulnerable groups during emergencies. One of the ways
to analyze and evaluate communication between different agencies is the media. People get their
news from a variety of sources, including television, radio, social media, and newspapers in print
and online, as well as online magazines and websites like BuzzFeed, WebMD, DailyKos, and
HealthDay. The amount of effort that goes into analysis and evaluation for a crisis event heavily
influences how well risk communications work with different agencies.
Who makes decisions, who makes the call, and who executes those commands must be in
place? What steps must be taken in order to carry out response initiatives? A crisis is not the
moment to start thinking about these issues. In actuality, now is not the time to do so.
Communication between different agencies initiatives should be prepared just like any other
potential disaster. It is important to create (and keep up-to-date frequently) lists of people to
contact, as well as fact sheets and background information. When a hazard arises, the resources
and knowledge