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Hazard Name

Hurricane Camille

Hazard Date

August 17, 1969

Organization Impacted by the Hazard

State Office of Civil Defense, a public organization

Resulting Changes or Development in the Field of Emergency Management

State Office of Civil Defense, was changed to the Virginia Department of Emergency Management,

The first natural recovery plan was developed by the Commonwealth,

creation of the Disaster Relief Act of 1974

All year round training of Local state and federal responders

Hazard’s Influence on Changes or Development in the Field of Emergency Management

State Office of Civil Defense only protected the civilians from bomb attacks hence did not have plans for natural disasters.

The disaster made the country to reform its emergency responses by creating an organization that would be funded to act whenever disasters of any kind occur.

This also required the formation of a disaster recovery plan to guide them on how they can handle disasters.

The training brings new skills to them based on other disasters around the world.