The Difference a Hurricane Can Make: The Change of Louisiana’s Emergency Preparedness Effort

Thewaves of change in emergency management have been numerous sinceSept. 11, 2001. As direct result from these events, Louisiana’sstate and local governments were asked to assess and make changes totheir emergency preparedness efforts. This study will examine how thecurrent governor is prepared to deal with potential disasters, whathas been done in the areas of threat and risk assessment, theimplementation and understanding of the Incident Command System(ICS), knowledge of the National Response Framework (NRF), and howLouisiana has dealt with the problem of communications. Theestablishment of a NRF and ICS was being mandated to be understoodand used at all levels to better…