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Researchers are still seeking transparency when it comes to defining disasters. Disasters cover a broad range that can include everyday disasters, to the most severe, annihilation. Disasters are categorized into scale categories and range from Disaster Category 1 (DC1) to Disaster Category 10 (DC10). Our textbook has a couple of definitions. One is from Charles Fritz, and the other from the author Henry W. Fischer. I choose Fischer because it encompasses scale, scope and time. Fischer states this, “Historically, disasters have been viewed as conceptually different from emergencies” (Fischer, 2008, pg. 6). It goes on to say this, “however, scale, scope and time that are the key issues. Both disasters and emergencies experience disruption and adjustment. It is the degree of disruption and adjustment that varies” (Fischer, 2008, pg. 6). The key to the definition of disaster is the degree of disruption and adjustment. There are disasters everyday. They are called everyday emergencies. However, the degree of disruption and adjustment varies to the emergency. A multiple vehicle accident is an emergency, but so is a tornado. They however, are graded very differently based on their scale, scope and time.
Disaster Category 1: Everyday Emergency was my choice. The applicable phase of emergency management are the most common. These are the events that you hear a fire truck, and police car responding to. A house fire may seem like a big deal. However, since it was only one home and not several, this remains a Disaster Category 1, or DC1.
The sociological theory for a house fire, would be the needs of the homeowner. Most relief is found in the homeowners/renters insurance policy. If the homeowner does, or does not have insurance, they can always contact the Red Cross. The Red Cross is a disaster relief agency that focuses on the needs of the effected. The Red Cross can provide temporary shelter and food. There are other agencies that can assist, as “There are numerous federal programs that potentially offer disaster relief” (Congressional Research Service, 2011). This is a traumatic experience and one I am not trying to make light of. However, when compared to all the categories. It remains a DC1.
Perhaps the most known story of all time on natural disasters, was the story of Noah and the Arc. “In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month—on that day all the springs of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened” (Genesis 7:11). The Bible has other accounts of natural disasters that have been, or will be bestowed upon mankind.