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| '''First responder''' is a term used by national authorities for local law enforcement, local ] (EMT's), local firemen and fire rescue. These personnel are often, but not always, ]s having completed specific medical training leading to a certificate. The term denotes personnel under local control and deployed by local dispatchers unlike ] troops, FBI, US Military, US Coast Guard, ] and etc. The latter groups are secondary or tertiary responders. First responders have the responsibility of securing civil order, administering first aid, providing evacuation shelter, and providing sustinance in the initial phases of a national or local crisis. Secondary and tertiary responders provide long term recovery and reconstruction assistance in coordination with non-governmental organizations (]'s), such are the ] and ] and assume the responsibilities when requested by local authorities when first responders are unable to complete their roles. | |||
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| A breakdown in command and communications among the local and state government first responders after ] and subsequent levee failure and flooding in New Orleans on August 29, 2005 led to local civil problems and a desperate situation in await of secondary and tertiary national responders and ]'s. New Orleans' Mayor ] called for federal response in a "desperate SOS" put out in the media August 31, 2005 following his city's inability to control or put down looting, rape and murder jumping the gun on the state's governor ] and acting beyond his power in the ] which prevents presidential direction of the National Guard without state level (Governor's) request for assistance. As mayor, Nagin was not in a position to request the federal assistance officially. The lawlessness had kept Red Cross and Salvation Army at bay unable to provide charitable relief during the crisis. Louisiana Governor Blanco eventually declared a ] authorizing local law enforcement and state assigned National Guard special powers in putting down looters on September 1, 2005 four days after Mississippi Governor ] had declared ] in his state. The declaration came well after lawlessness had set into the city of New Orleans. Blanco requested help from President Bush September 2, 2005 in a meeting along with Mayor Nagin aboard ] at the New Orleans ] in Kenner, Louisiana. The lawlessness was essentially ended the next day, September 3, 2005, by the federal responders under the control of ] who had temporarily federalized state National Guard troops as requested by Blanco, Homeland Security Director ] and Joint Task Force Katrina Commander Lt. General ] (National Guard ). | |||
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First responder is a term used by national authorities for local law enforcement, local Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT's), local firemen and fire rescue. These personnel are often, but not always, certified first responders having completed specific medical training leading to a certificate. The term denotes personnel under local control and deployed by local dispatchers unlike National Guard troops, FBI, US Military, US Coast Guard, FEMA and etc. The latter groups are secondary or tertiary responders. First responders have the responsibility of securing civil order, administering first aid, providing evacuation shelter, and providing sustinance in the initial phases of a national or local crisis. Secondary and tertiary responders provide long term recovery and reconstruction assistance in coordination with non-governmental organizations (NGO's), such are the American Red Cross and Salvation Army and assume the responsibilities when requested by local authorities when first responders are unable to complete their roles.
A breakdown in command and communications among the local and state government first responders after Hurricane Katrina and subsequent levee failure and flooding in New Orleans on August 29, 2005 led to local civil problems and a desperate situation in await of secondary and tertiary national responders and NGO's. New Orleans' Mayor Ray Nagin called for federal response in a "desperate SOS" put out in the media August 31, 2005 following his city's inability to control or put down looting, rape and murder jumping the gun on the state's governor Kathleen Blanco and acting beyond his power in the Posse Comitatus Act which prevents presidential direction of the National Guard without state level (Governor's) request for assistance. As mayor, Nagin was not in a position to request the federal assistance officially. The lawlessness had kept Red Cross and Salvation Army at bay unable to provide charitable relief during the crisis. Louisiana Governor Blanco eventually declared a state of emergency authorizing local law enforcement and state assigned National Guard special powers in putting down looters on September 1, 2005 four days after Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour had declared martial law in his state. The declaration came well after lawlessness had set into the city of New Orleans. Blanco requested help from President Bush September 2, 2005 in a meeting along with Mayor Nagin aboard Air Force 1 at the New Orleans Louis Armstrong International Airport in Kenner, Louisiana. The lawlessness was essentially ended the next day, September 3, 2005, by the federal responders under the control of President George W. Bush who had temporarily federalized state National Guard troops as requested by Blanco, Homeland Security Director Michael Chertoff and Joint Task Force Katrina Commander Lt. General Russel Honore (National Guard ).