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Emergency management

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Emergency management is the organization and management of the resources and responsibilities for dealing with all humanitarian aspects of emergencies (preparedness, response, mitigation, and recovery). The aim is to reduce the harmful effects of all hazards, including disasters. The World Health Organization defines an emergency as the state in which normal procedures are interrupted, and immediate measures (management) need to be taken to prevent it from becoming a disaster, which is even harder to recover from. Disaster management is a related term but should not be equated to emergency management. citation needed

Emergency planning ideals

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Emergency planning is a discipline of urban planning and design; it aims to prevent emergencies from occurring, and failing that, initiates an efficient action plan to mitigate the results and effects of any emergencies. As time goes on, and more data becomes available (usually through the study of emergencies as they occur), a plan should evolve. The development of emergency plans is a cyclical process, common to many risk management disciplines such as business continuity and security risk management: Recognition or identification of risks Ranking or evaluation of risks Responding to significant risks Tolerating Treating Transferring Terminating Resourcing controls and planning Reaction planning Reporting and monitoring risk performance Reviewing the risk management framework There are a number of guidelines and publications regarding emergency planning, published by professional organizations such as ASIS, National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), and the International ...

Health and safety of workers

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This section has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . (Learn how and when to remove these template messages) This section contains information of unclear or questionable importance or relevance to the article's subject matter . Please help improve this section by clarifying or removing indiscriminate details. If importance cannot be established, the section is likely to be moved to another article, pseudo-redirected, or removed. Find sources:  "Emergency management" – news  · newspapers  · books  · scholar  · JSTOR ( April 2020 ) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) This article duplicates the scope of other articles . Please discuss this issue on the talk page and edit it to conform with Wikipedia's Manual of Style. ( April 2020 ) This article is written like a manual or guidebook. Please help rewrite this article from a descriptive, neutral point of view, and remove advice or instruction. ...

Implementation ideals

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This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . (Learn how and when to remove these template messages) This section does not cite any sources . Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( April 2020 ) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) This article is written like a manual or guidebook. Please help rewrite this article from a descriptive, neutral point of view, and remove advice or instruction. ( May 2020 ) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Pre-incident training and testing edit Emergency management plans and procedures should include the identification of appropriately trained staff members responsible for decision-making when an emergency occurs. Training plans should include internal people, contractors and civil protection partners, and should stat...

Phases and personal activities

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This section needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( March 2014 ) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Emergency management consists of five phases: prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery. Mission Areas | FEMA.gov Prevention edit It focuses on preventing the human hazard, primarily from potential natural disasters or terrorist attacks. Preventive measures are taken at the domestic and international levels and are designed to provide permanent protection from disasters. The risk of loss of life and injury can be mitigated with good evacuation plans, environmental planning, and design standards. In January 2005, 167 governments adopted a 10-year global plan for natural disaster risk reduction called the Hyogo Framework. citation needed Preventing or reducing the impacts of disasters on communities is a key focus for e...

As a profession

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This section needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( March 2014 ) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Professional emergency managers can focus on government and community preparedness, or private business preparedness. Training is provided by local, state, federal and private organizations and ranges from public information and media relations to high-level incident command and tactical skills. In the past, the field of emergency management has been populated mostly by people with a military or first responder background. The field has diversified, with many managers coming from a variety of backgrounds. Educational opportunities are increasing for those seeking undergraduate and graduate degrees in emergency management or a related field. There are over 180 schools in the US with emergency management-related programs, but only one doc...

Within other professions

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This section needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( March 2014 ) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Practitioners in emergency management come from an increasing variety of backgrounds. Professionals from memory institutions (e.g., museums, historical societies, etc.) are dedicated to preserving cultural heritage—objects and records. This has been an increasingly major component within this field as a result of the heightened awareness following the September 11 attacks in 2001, the hurricanes in 2005, and the collapse of the Cologne Archives. To increase the potential successful recovery of valuable records, a well-established and thoroughly tested plan must be developed. This plan should emphasize simplicity in order to aid in response and recovery: employees should perform similar tasks in the response and recovery phase that they ...

International organizations

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The International Emergency Management Society edit The International Emergency Management Society (TIEMS) is an international non-profit NGO, registered in Belgium. TIEMS is a global forum for education, training, certification, and policy in emergency and disaster management. TIEMS' goal is to develop and bring modern emergency management tools, and techniques into practice, through the exchange of information, methodology innovations and new technologies. TIEMS provides a platform for stakeholders to meet, network, and learn about new technical and operational methodologies and focuses on cultural differences to be understood and included in the society's events, education, and research programs by establishing local chapters worldwide. Today, TIEMS has chapters in Benelux, Romania, Finland, Italy, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Iraq, India, Korea, Japan and China. International Association of Emergency Managers edit The International Association of Emergency Managers ...

National organizations

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This section needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( March 2014 ) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Australia edit Natural disasters are part of life in Australia. Heatwaves have killed more Australians than any other type of natural disaster in the 20th century. Australia's emergency management processes embrace the concept of the prepared community. The principal government agency in achieving this is Emergency Management Australia. Canada edit Public Safety Canada is Canada's national emergency management agency. Each province is required to have both legislation for dealing with emergencies and provincial emergency management agencies which are typically called "Emergency Measures Organizations" (EMO). Public Safety Canada coordinates and supports the efforts of federal organizations as well as other levels of go...