Making the Best of Worst Case Scenarios
We aim to supply Emergency Managers with useful tools, outside-of-the-box ideas, and a place to engage within the community for the best response to the worst disasters.
This site is dedicated to seeking practical solutions addressing natural disasters. From the Cascadia Megaquake to the growing intensity and impact of Pacific Northwest wildfires, these strategies from the perspective of a retired emergency mitigator are intended to save lives and hasten response and recovery times.
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Join me in the development of these strategies, applying your experience, knowledge, ideas and honest critique. You can participate in a forum-like discussion with each of these strategies.
John Harpe – Founder, Retired First Responder
Strategy Concepts:
July, 2019
Augmenting Pacific Northwest Emergency Management Practices to Include Maritime Infrastructure for Natural Disasters
The Pacific Northwest is a very dangerous place when the ground shakes. It is best not to be in contact with the ground when it does.
Mariners have long known that at-sea vessels survive earthquakes and tsunamis. Pacific Northwest mariners, in particular, are noted for surviving fierce storms.
The Pacific Northwest mariner infrastructure, with its global affiliates, is therefore in a position to help save lives in the event of a Cascadia megaquake and hasten response and recovery to seismic events.
November, 2018
The Case for global Naval Disaster Response Fleets, and the Use of Deep Water Marine Cache’s for Local Disaster Preparedness
Current world conditions reveal large populations inhabiting known Seismic areas, thus exposing them to devastating Tsunamis.
At those times we know people will have to endure impassable roads and disruptions to electrical and clean water services.
Governmental responses become colossal struggles to accumulate and deliver relief supplies upon challenged routes. Our deep water vessels do not suffer the effects of earthquake nor Tsunami, and are engineered to withstand open ocean storms. Thus, they are indeed reliable platforms for humanitarian response when all on land are struggling in devastation
“Big Fire?..Bring a big hose.”
Someone at the Wa. St. Fire Academy taught me the importance of aggressive hose attacks on large fires if the resources are available. Given that natural Wildfires are Class A…
Augmenting Pacific Northwest Emergency Management Practices to Include Maritime Infrastructure for Natural Disasters
The Pacific Northwest is a very dangerous place when the ground shakes. It is best not to be in contact with the ground when it does. What options are there for…
Combination Marina/Public Tsunami Safe Haven
Can we simultaneously protect strategically vital Pacific NW watercraft and the public from tsunami inundation with the same structure? Seismically resistant watercraft of all sizes and shapes will be strategically…
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