Response 03
Response 03 : (1) The phase of Comprehensive Emergency Management that addresses the immediate and short-term effects of the disaster or emergency. (Adapted from the VHA Emergency Management Guidebook 2005) It includes activities immediately before (for an impending threat), during, and after a hazard impact to address the immediate and short-term effects of the disaster or emergency. (2) in disaster/emergency management applications, activities designed to address the immediate and short-term effects of the disaster/emergency. (NFPA 1600, 2004). (3) Activities that address the short-term, direct effects of an incident. Response includes immediate actions to save lives, protect property, and meet basic human needs. Response also includes the execution of emergency operations plans and of mitigation activities designed to limit the loss of life, personal injury, property damage, and other unfavorable outcomes. As indicated by the situation, response activities include applying intelligence and other information to lessen the effects or consequences of an incident; increased security operations; continuing investigations into nature and source of the threat; ongoing public health and agricultural surveillance and testing processes; immunizations, isolation, or quarantine; and specific law enforcement operations aimed at preempting, interdicting, or disrupting illegal activity, and apprehending actual perpetrators and bringing them to justice. (NIMS 12/08)
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