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EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND PREVENTION Name: Grade Course: Tutor`s Name: (July 10 2011) Emergency Response and Prevention Every country in the world has a response team in times of disasters and the United States is not an exemption. All the states in the US have disaster management teams which include state department police, US marine, coast guards, and US army. The main reasons for state governments setting up disaster preparedness programs are to be able to save as many lives as possible. The government needs to provide safety measures to its citizens in case of any disaster caused by natural calamities, terrorists` attacks, and even nuclear plants reactions. All the public buildings are fitted with alarms for alerting the authorities of any emergencies arising from collapsing buildings, terrorists` attacks, and fire (Anand, et al. 2009). The most sensitive includes nuclear reactors, army barracks where nuclear bombs are available, shopping malls, and learning institutions. This disaster preparedness measures are put in place in order to prevent intensive damages, for example gas distributors` plants and nuclear plants. The organs that deal with disasters should be adequately trained in order to respond to disasters within a short period of time. Quick emergency response saves a lo...