Emergency Management 18
Emergency Management 18 : "The organization and management of resources and responsibilities for dealing with all aspects of emergencies, in particularly preparedness, response and rehabilitation. Emergency management involves plans, structures and arrangements established to engage the normal endeavours of government, voluntary and private agencies in a comprehensive and coordinated way to respond to the whole spectrum of emergency needs. This is also known as disaster management". (UN/ISDR, Terminology: Basic Terms of Disaster Risk Reduction, March 31, 2004)