The emergency management cycle describes how people, in general, respond to a major disaster. Understanding the cycle is the first step in preparing an accurate response plan for any major disaster. This process follows a predictive model, and understanding how parts of the process affect other parts is essential in developing a well-designed response plan. […]
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After the September 11 th terrorist attacks, there was a vigorous effort in the US to increase the effectiveness of emergency management. A few years later, Hurricane Katrina increased the need to include emergency management programs. Successful development of semergency management is one that “…uses the advantages of disparate elements to produce synergistic risk reduction […]
The purpose of the National Security Council’s Presidential Decision 5 is to provide guidelines and protocols to organize all levels of emergency management to operate as a comprehensive national incident response system. (office of journalists from secrets, 2003). These protocols are also designed to identify services and establish time lines for the main players of […]
Preface The utility field is always evolving. Threats, technology and legislative changes make it impossible to write roles and responsibilities for emergency managers in stone. Now there are several key needs that future emergency managers must meet if they are to respond effectively and efficiently to the nation’s opportunities. New trends The first issues that […]