Knowra Emergency management Emergency management Emergency management organizes preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation activities for disasters and other emergencies. It coordinates people, resources, and institutions before, during, and after an incident.
Incident Command System : A standardized structure for managing personnel, facilities, equipment, and communications during an incident. It provides a common command structure for agencies coordinating a response.
Disaster : A serious disruption that causes human, material, economic, or environmental losses beyond a community’s capacity to cope. Emergency management addresses the disruptions classified as disasters.
Civil defense : Organized measures to protect civilians and essential services from military attack and its effects. Its institutions and planning traditions helped shape modern emergency programs.
Public health emergency : An event or threat that poses a substantial risk to population health and requires coordinated public-health action. Disease outbreaks demand coordination among health agencies, hospitals, and governments.
Disaster risk reduction : Policies and measures that prevent new disaster risk, reduce existing risk, and manage residual risk. It emphasizes sustained risk reduction, while emergency management also organizes response and recovery.
Emergency operations center : A facility where officials coordinate information, resources, and decisions during emergencies. It supports incident commanders by coordinating operations across organizations.
Hazard : A potentially damaging event, process, or condition that can cause harm to people, property, or the environment. Hazards are the threats that preparedness and mitigation seek to address.
Federal Emergency Management Agency : The United States federal agency responsible for coordinating disaster assistance and supporting national preparedness. Its history illustrates the development of a national emergency-management system.
Evacuation : The organized movement of people away from a dangerous or threatened area. It is a protective action that plans and responders may direct before impact.
Homeland security : Government efforts to protect a country from threats to its security, including terrorism and hazards. Its national-security focus overlaps with, but does not encompass, all-hazards management.
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