Emergency Planning Case Mayor Giuliani

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Mayor Giuliani's immediate reaction was that the city was prepared. He got that assumption from having an emergency plan everyone could follow. The "Emergency Disaster Plans", which is not open to public, included procedures for setting up command center, calling in all necessary personnel, descriptions of agencies responsibilities, communication system, evacuation routes and ways to move emergency equipment. The city also had Emergency officials in which Giuliani had gathered to help. Giuliani said, there was a great deal of teamwork, unity and most people got out alive even though a lot of people had died. I disagree with his assessment because even though, we had a great deal of teamwork and unity, there was a problem with communications. Communication is something that is very big and important in a time of …show more content…

He told the public that the whole city was on a state of alert which he said, should give people a sense of security. Second, he advised the people to stay calm. The mayor declared people that does not need to be out should stay home. And after a period of time, the mayor encouraged people to resume their work and not be knocked down by terrorist groups invasions. During the whole time, Giuliani was able to take leadership by keeping the city informed and calm. Constraints that hampered Mayor Williams was the the federal government. Mayor Williams had to work with the federal government on a day to day basis. It was not whether Mayor Williams could lead and coordinate in the time of terrorist attacked, it was whether the federal government would allow him. Due to the federal government's power, Mayor William's leadership style was different compared to Giuliani's "like-it-or-not, this-is-the-way-it-is" leadership style. On the other hand, Mayor Williams has to address and work with federal government in order to get his plan

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