All Hazards Approach 2
All Hazards Approach 2 : Since 9/11, the?Administration has adopted an all-hazards, one-sizefits- all approach to disaster planning. By assuming that the same preparedness model can be applied to any kind of disaster -whether biological, chemical, explosive, natural or nuclear the all-hazards approach fails to take into account essential specifics of the nature of the virus or bacteria, how it is transmitted, and whether infection can be prevented or treated". (ACLU, Pandemic Preparedness, 2008, 6). "Unfortunately, this approach is virtually useless, if not counterproductive. That is because each hazard has its own unique features. Planning for levee protection in New Orleans will not help prepare for an earthquake in San Francisco or a terrorist explosion in New York or Washington, D.C., anymore than planning for a chemical or nuclear attack will help prepare us for a bird flu pandemic or a smallpox attack. Nor are generic all-hazards plans for a public health emergency, including "model" laws to implement mass quarantines, of any use in a storm, flood, fire, earthquake, chemical attack, or nuclear or conventional arms attack. The effect of the one-sizefits- all approach is to suggest that no matter what happens, be it flu or bioterrorism, a law enforcement/national security approach is required?. In principle, the idea that the country should be prepared for all types of potential emergencies is sound. In practice, however, planning for "all hazards" has failed to take into account the most important factor that drives disasters the particular hazard itself, whether biological, chemical, explosive or nuclear". (ACLU, Pandemic Prep., 2008, 16)
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