Disaster 147
Disaster 147 : Disaster as a term is not defined in the "National Incident Management System NIMS" Glossary. "Major Disaster" is defined in relation to Stafford Act assistance. See: "Disaster, Major" below. (1) Disaster (Emergency management application): A hazard impact causing adverse physical,social, psychological, economic or political effects that challenges the ability to rapidly & effectively respond. Despite a stepped up capacity and capability (call-back procedures, mutual aid, etc.) and change from routine management methods to an incident command/management process, the outcome is lower than expected compared to a smaller scale or lower magnitude impact. See: "emergency" for important contrast between the two terms. (2) Disaster (Social science application): Accidental or uncontrollable events, actual or threatened, that are concentrated in time and space, in which a society undergoes severe danger and incurs such losses to its members and physical appurtenances that the social structure is disrupted and the fulfillment of all or some of the essential functions of the society is prevented. (3) Disaster (Healthcare organization application): Any internal or external emergency incident generated by a force, or an event occurring on or off campus, that endangers the well-being and safety of medical center patients, visitors, staff, property or records
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