Department of Emergency Services, and Center for National Security Studies, Utah Valley University, Orem, Utah. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7575-0469.
J Emerg Manag. 2021;19(7):19-37. doi: 10.5055/jem.0615.
The following article addresses the complexities of responding to the Magna, Utah earthquake under conditions of the global corona virus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The article begins with a brief mention of the literature on complex disasters along with the research methods employed for the study. Contextual information about COVID-19 and the Magna earthquake are then provided along with general issues that had to be addressed in the public health emergency and after the seismic hazard occurred. The following two sections identify how COVID-19 benefited the response to the earthquake as well as how the virus complicated operations after the tremor. The article then discusses major lessons of this research and provides recommendations for future study and practice. Overall, this research reveals that the responses to these two simultaneous events witnessed successes as well as significant challenges. The appearance of COVID-19 may have limited injuries or the loss of life during the Magna earthquake, and it also enabled an early activation of the emergency operations center (EOC). However, COVID-19 presented unique challenges for evacuation, sheltering, and damage assessment functions. The pandemic also altered the nature of EOC operations, created the need for a virtual response, and had distinct implications for financial accounting and personnel workload.
本文探讨了在全球冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行背景下应对犹他州马格纳地震的复杂性。文章首先简要提及了有关复杂灾害的文献以及用于该研究的研究方法。然后提供了有关 COVID-19 和马格纳地震的背景信息，以及在公共卫生紧急情况和地震发生后必须解决的一般问题。接下来的两个部分确定了 COVID-19 如何有益于地震的应对，以及该病毒在地震发生后如何使运营复杂化。本文接着讨论了这项研究的主要教训，并为未来的研究和实践提供了建议。总的来说，这项研究表明，对这两个同时发生的事件的应对既取得了成功，也面临了重大挑战。COVID-19 的出现可能限制了马格纳地震期间的人员伤亡，并且还使应急行动中心（EOC）能够及早启动。但是，COVID-19 给疏散、避难和损失评估等功能带来了独特的挑战。大流行还改变了 EOC 运营的性质，需要进行虚拟响应，并且对财务会计和人员工作量产生了明显的影响。
