What is Emergency Management

Emergency management is a framework

that reduces vulnerability to threats and
helps manage with disasters or those
threats.
 According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary,
emergency is defined as:
“1) an unforeseen combination of circumstances or
the resulting state that calls for immediate action; and
2) an urgent need for assistance or relief.”
Merriam-Webster further defines management as:
“1) the act or art of managing; the conducting or
supervising of something;
2) judicious use of means to accomplish an
end; and
3) the collective body of those who manage or
direct an enterprise.”
 • The primary objectives of emergency
management are to sustain life, minimize
damage to property, and maintain the safety and
welfare of a community.
• Fundamentally, emergency management is a
two-fold, comprehensive process. The first part
necessitates knowing what to do, which involves
the coordination of personal, procedures, and
provisions that are essential for the prevention
of, the preparation for, the response to, and the
recovery from the effects of natural disasters,
acts of terrorism, man-made hazards, disasters,
emergencies, and critical
incidents.
The Emergency Management is method which is related
with
 reduction of the effects of disasters before they occur,
through mitigation,
 planning for and coordinating the operations and
connected to a disaster, managing resources and
 coordination of recovery efforts following a disaster as
well as providing public information.
There are five Steps of Emergency Management
those are :-
source:(http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/EarthQuake/
NEH0101220.htm,)
 Prevention,
 mitigation,
 preparedness,
 response and
 recovery
 Steps of Emergency Management

• Prevention
• Emergency management should be Progressive Emergency
managers anticipate future disasters and take preventive
and preparatory measures to build disaster-resistant and
disaster-resilient communities
• This is the most important and first step to deter the
threats before the actual disasters accurse. Prevent, avoid
or stop an imminent, threatened or actual act of terrorism.
• Prevention is actions taken to avoid an incident.  Stopping
an incident from occurring.  Deterrence operations and
surveillance.
 Con….
• Mitigation
• Refers to measures that prevent an emergency, reduce the chance
of an emergency happening, or reduce the damaging effects of
unavoidable emergencies.    Typical mitigation measures include
establishing building codes and zoning requirements, installing
shutters, and constructing barriers such as levees.
• Both Mitigation and prevention Involves taking proactive
measures to prevent or reduce the possibility of disaster or
emergency from occurring.

• Preparedness or protection
 Con…
•protect our citizens, residents, visitors, and assets against the greatest threats and hazards in a manner that
allows our interests, aspirations, and way of life to thrive.

•Activities increase a community's ability to respond when a disaster occurs.  Typical preparedness measures
include developing mutual aid agreements and memorandums of understanding, training for both response
personnel and concerned citizens, conducting disaster exercises to reinforce training and test capabilities, and
presenting all-hazards education campaigns.

Response
•Actions carried out immediately before, during, and immediately after a threat impact, which are aimed at
saving lives, reducing economic losses, and alleviating suffering.
Response actions may include activating the emergency operations center, evacuating threatened populations,
opening shelters and providing mass care, emergency rescue and medical care, fire fighting, and urban search
and rescue.
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• Recovery
• This is the last stage but us important. The damage is
actually accorded but the are some rescue to be done.
• Actions taken to return a community to normal or near-
normal conditions, including the restoration of basic
services and the repair of physical, social and economic
damages.  Typical recovery actions include debris cleanup,
financial assistance to individuals and governments,
rebuilding of roads and bridges and key facilities, and
sustained mass care for displaced human and animal
populations.