Emergency Management, What Is
Emergency Management, What Is : Emergency management is a range of measures to manage risks to communities and the environment. These measures are described by: (1) the 'comprehensive' approach; (2) the tall hazards' approach; (3) the 'all agencies (or integrated)' approach; and (4) the 'prepared community'. Comprehensive emergency management concerns strategies for risk assessment, prevention, preparedness, response and recovery. It is not enough to wait for emergencies to occur and then react: risks to the community and the environment must be managed in a rational manner. The all hazards approach concerns arrangements for managing the large range of possible effects of risks and emergencies. This concept is useful to the extent that a large range of risks can cause similar problems, and such measures as warning, evacuation, medical services and community recovery will be required during and following emergencies. Many risks will, however, require specific response and recovery measures, and will almost certainly require specific prevention and mitigation measures. All agencies should be involved to some extent in emergency management. The context of emergency management for specific agencies varies, and may include: (1) ensuring the continuity of their business or service; (2) protecting their own interests and personnel; (3) protecting the community and environment from risks arising from the activities of the organisation; and (4) protecting the community and environment from credible risks. Emergency management measures may thus be couched in a number of organizational and community contexts, including risk management, environmental management, occupational health and safety, quality management, and asset management. The concept of the prepared community concerns the application of the comprehensive, all hazards and all agencies approaches at the local level (typically the local government level). Emergency management measures, and the newly emerging techniques of emergency risk management, can be applied to a wide range of major risks and hazardous events, by a variety of disciplines
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