Example Of Emergency Management Cycle
Alitia Morales
EMGY 310
Emergency Management Cycle
Emergency Management was institutionalized in 1979 with the creation of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The concept of Emergency Management consists of three interrelated components: all types of hazards, an emergency management partnership, and an emergency life cycle (“Animals in Disasters,” n.d.).
Emergency Management Cycle is also known as Disaster Management Cycle. This cycle is made of four phases: mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. The goals are to decrease, or prevent, the potential losses from hazards, ensure prompt and suitable assistance to victims of disasters, and to attain speedy and effective recovery. The Emergency Management Cycle …show more content…
The goal of this phase is to achieve an acceptable level of readiness to respond to any emergency situation through programs that strengthen the technical and managerial capability of governments, organizations, and communities (Warfield, n.d.). For example, in your home you can post emergencies numbers, conduct disaster drills with your family, having an emergency plan, installing smoke detectors, and have fire extinguishers in the home are all measures of …show more content…
During this phase many agencies are called upon to deal with immediate response and recovery. This includes safely taking actions to save lives, putting the preparedness plan into action, and prevent further damage to property in the event of an emergency situation. A response activity would be seeking shelter from a hurricane. The goal is to meet the basic needs of the people until a more permanent and maintainable solutions can be found. These activities take place during an emergency and the actions saves lives.
Recovery is the phase is recovering from an emergency also collecting data and documenting lessons learned. This includes actions needed to be taken to return to normal and/or a safer situation after the emergency. Example of recovery includes getting assistance to aid in the repairs. During this phase steps should be considered on what is needed to be done or what can be done to lessen (mitigate) the outcomes of future disasters. Recovery activities will continue until all systems return to
EMGY 310
Emergency Management Cycle
Emergency Management was institutionalized in 1979 with the creation of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The concept of Emergency Management consists of three interrelated components: all types of hazards, an emergency management partnership, and an emergency life cycle (“Animals in Disasters,” n.d.).
Emergency Management Cycle is also known as Disaster Management Cycle. This cycle is made of four phases: mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. The goals are to decrease, or prevent, the potential losses from hazards, ensure prompt and suitable assistance to victims of disasters, and to attain speedy and effective recovery. The Emergency Management Cycle …show more content…
The goal of this phase is to achieve an acceptable level of readiness to respond to any emergency situation through programs that strengthen the technical and managerial capability of governments, organizations, and communities (Warfield, n.d.). For example, in your home you can post emergencies numbers, conduct disaster drills with your family, having an emergency plan, installing smoke detectors, and have fire extinguishers in the home are all measures of …show more content…
During this phase many agencies are called upon to deal with immediate response and recovery. This includes safely taking actions to save lives, putting the preparedness plan into action, and prevent further damage to property in the event of an emergency situation. A response activity would be seeking shelter from a hurricane. The goal is to meet the basic needs of the people until a more permanent and maintainable solutions can be found. These activities take place during an emergency and the actions saves lives.
Recovery is the phase is recovering from an emergency also collecting data and documenting lessons learned. This includes actions needed to be taken to return to normal and/or a safer situation after the emergency. Example of recovery includes getting assistance to aid in the repairs. During this phase steps should be considered on what is needed to be done or what can be done to lessen (mitigate) the outcomes of future disasters. Recovery activities will continue until all systems return to