What Is the "All-Hazards" Approach to Emergency Management

question 32

Multiple Choice

What is the "all-hazards" approach to emergency management?

• A) Even when threats by individuals or smaller terrorist groups are made, they are still taken very seriously and investigated to evaluate their validity.
• B) People are made aware of all the potential hazards to health through outlets such as the media in an effort to promote governmental transparency.
• C) It is the idea that the same capacities, response, and recovery plans can be applied to all different types of disasters whether natural or man-made.
• D) Once an emergency has taken place, the all-hazards approach is to throw as many agencies and governmental organizations at it, sparing no expense to save lives.