Strengths
Through the support of the government, we are in a better position to be prepared for disasters at all times by getting the very essential financial support.
With the more than 200,000 employees in the department, we are able to effectively distribute response teams throughout the nation reaching out to all major cities of the United States.
Weaknesses
Poor planning of the strategies meant to respond to disasters has been a major hindrance to attaining the objectives of ensuring preparedness.
Medical facilities are not adequate enough to cater for the many people who require medical attention during emergencies especially the critically injured ones.
Opportunities
We are receiving a lot of support from other service providers who have volunteered to help their fellow citizens in times of accidents and other catastrophes such as the Mennonite Disaster service.
We are also getting substantial help from the public at individual levels with many Americans providing both material and physical assistance whenever disaster strikes.
Threats
Since we get much of the support directly from the government, election of an inefficient government would largely affect our service provision because we would definitely lack enough funds to sustain our recovery activities.
Inaccessibility of some of the disaster stricken areas has been a major setback which results to delay in the recovery process. Unfortunately, lives, that could have been saved, end up being lost due to this obstacle.
Discussion
100% of response teams reporting at operational status are an effective performance measure for the goal of strengthening our nation’s preparedness and emergency response capabilities. This is because the success of a disaster recovery process lies entirely on the team working in that particular area. Besides, many such disasters affect hundreds or even thousands of people who cannot be catered fro by just a few individuals but many volunteer workers (Homeland Security 1).
Works Cited
Homeland Security, “Ensure Resilience to Disasters”. Web.