Emergency Management



Emergency management is the administration by which communities reduce vulnerability to threats/hazards and cope with disasters. Integrated emergency management is more than a methodology; it is a culture to achieve unity of effort—a way of thinking about emergency management as a joint enterprise. Emergency management prepares plans and procedures for responding to disasters. They also help coordinate the response during and after emergencies.

Emergency managers think of disasters as recurring events with four phases:

Mitigation - This phase includes actions taken to prevent or reduce the cause, impact, and consequences of disasters.

Preparedness - This phase includes planning, training, and educational activities for events that cannot be mitigated.

Response - The response phase occurs in the immediate aftermath of a disaster. During the response phase, business and other operations do not function normally. Personal safety and wellbeing in an emergency and the duration of the response phase depend on the level of preparedness.

Recovery - During the recovery period, restoration efforts occur concurrently with regular operations and activities. The recovery period from a disaster can be prolonged.

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