Understanding Emergency Management: A Comprehensive Overview

 
WHAT IS
EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT?
 
Emergency Management is a course of action  designed
through
Organized analysis,
 planning,
decision making,
 and assignment of available resources
put in place to:
 mitigate (lessen the effect of or prevent)
prepare for,
respond to,
and recover from the effects of all hazards (natural and
man-made).
 
An Emergency
 is a
serious, unexpected,
and often dangerous
situation  that poses an
immediate risk to
health, life, property, or
environment that
requires immediate
action
 
 
The goal of
emergency
management is to
save lives
, 
prevent
injuries, 
and 
protect
property 
and the
environment
 if an
emergency occurs
 
PHASES:
 
PREPAREDNESS
 
RESPONSE
 
RECOVERY
 
MITIGATION
 
PHASE1:
PREPAREDNESS
 
 
Includes plans and
preparations made to save
lives, to protect property and
to help response-and-rescue
operations.
 
Preparedness actions take
place 
before 
 the
emergency occurs.
 
EDUCATION & TRAINING
 
EVACUATION DRILLS
 
EMERGENCY PLANNING
 
EQUIPMENT STOCKING
 
CONTINGENCY PLANNING (BCP)
SAFETY ASSESSMENT
 
Your preparation should include
plans to:
 
 
Alert staff members and customers
to emergencies as they arise.
(Do you have an alarm system?
 does it work?)
 
Your preparation should
include plans to:
 
 
Identification of Exits and
Emergency Exits
 
Ensure that the number of exit
routes is adequate based on the
number of employees, the size
of the building, its occupancy,
and the arrangement of the
workplace.
 
Your preparation should include
plans to:
 
 
Ensure that  the placement and
hinging of doors are appropriate
 
 
Ensure that doors used to
access exit routes have side
hinges and swing in the
direction of travel (depending
on occupancy and hazard
areas).
 
Your preparation should
include plans to:
 
Have the necessary
equipment needed for
specifies emergencies.
 
 (First Aid Kits, fire
extinguishers, wheel
chairs/stretchers etc)
 
Your preparation should include plans
to:
 
Developing a BCP (Business Continuity
Plan).
 
How will we operate if our facility is
destroyed or if  you have to shut down
operations for a long period?
 
Your preparation
should include plans
to:
 
 
Communicate with
staff and the wider
public if there is an
emergency.
 
Your preparation
should include plans
to:
 
 
Manage, evacuate
persons with
disabilities
 
Your preparation should include plans to:
 
 
 
Have a plan for 
ordering or storing
Emergency Supplies - such as
plywood, storm shutters,
waterproofing supplies, and
sandbags at your facility
.
 
Your preparation should
include plans to:
 
 
Facilitate  continued
operation
 
Do you have a back up
POWER & WATER SUPPLY.
 
HOW LONG WILL IT LAST?
 
Your preparation
should include plans
to:
 
 
Store and maintain
company records/files
 
Your preparation
should include plans
to:
 
Implement a disaster
Response and
recovery team
 
It is actions taken
prior to an
emergency to
facilitate
response and
promote a sense
of readiness
 
Your
PREPERATION
plan should be
developed and
centered around
each disasters that
will affect the
organization
 
 
PHASE2:
RESPONSE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
RESPONSE
 is
simply the
activation of your
PREPAREDNESS
PLAN
 
Includes actions
taken to preserve
life and property.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Does everybody
Does everybody
know the role they
know the role they
play in the
play in the
emergency plan?
emergency plan?
 
Each ‘RESPONSE’ will
be somewhat different
based on the type of
emergency.
 
RESPONSE
 - activities are done 
during
the emergency
 
CASEVAC     RESCUE    EVACUATION         FIRE FIGHTING  RELOCATING
 
  It is important to note
that your safety and
well being in any
emergency is
dependent on not
only how prepared
you are but also how
you are to act in a
crisis
 
Actions taken
to return to a
NORMAL
 or
even 
SAFER
situation.
 
Recovery activities take place 
after
 
the
emergency situation. It includes:
 
 Roof Repairs
 Cleaning up
 Rebuilding
Drainage Construction
 Getting utilities in order
 
Safety
 & Emergency Management Systems
 
 
 
 
 
AN OUNCE OF
PREVENTION IS
BETTER THAN A
POUND OF CURE.
 
 
 
 
 
This includes activities which:
Prevents an emergency
 
Reduce the chance of
an emergency
happening
 
Reduce the effects of
the emergency
situation
 
“SHOCK ABSORBERS”-
JAPAN
 
Looking at the
events and
taking a course
of action
aimed at
reducing the
likelihood of
the event
 
Mitigation activities can take place
BEFORE
 and 
AFTER
emergency
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Emergency management involves organized planning and resource allocation to mitigate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from various hazards, both natural and man-made. The goal is to save lives, prevent injuries, and protect property and the environment. The phases include preparedness, response, mitigation, and recovery, with preparedness encompassing actions taken before an emergency occurs such as education, training, drills, and contingency planning.


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  1. WHAT IS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT?

  2. Emergency Management is a course of action designed through Organized analysis, planning, decision making, and assignment of available resources put in place to: mitigate (lessen the effect of or prevent) prepare for, respond to, and recover from the effects of all hazards (natural and man-made).

  3. An Emergency is a serious, unexpected, and often dangerous situation that poses an immediate risk to health, life, property, or environment that requires immediate action

  4. The goal of emergency management is to save lives, prevent injuries, and protect property and the environment if an emergency occurs

  5. PHASES: Preparedness PREPAREDNESS RESPONSE Mitigation Response RECOVERY MITIGATION Recovery

  6. PHASE1: PREPAREDNESS PREPAREDNESS

  7. Includes plans and preparations made to save lives, to protect property and to help response-and-rescue operations. Preparedness actions take place before before the emergency occurs.

  8. EDUCATION & TRAINING EVACUATION DRILLS EMERGENCY PLANNING EQUIPMENT STOCKING CONTINGENCY PLANNING (BCP) SAFETY ASSESSMENT

  9. Your preparation should include plans to: Alert staff members and customers to emergencies as they arise. (Do you have an alarm system? does it work?)

  10. Your preparation should include plans to: Identification of Exits and Emergency Exits Ensure that the number of exit routes is adequate based on the number of employees, the size of the building, its occupancy, and the arrangement of the workplace.

  11. Your preparation should include plans to: Ensure that the placement and hinging of doors are appropriate Ensure that doors used to access exit routes have side hinges and swing in the direction of travel (depending on occupancy and hazard areas).

  12. Your preparation should include plans to: Have the necessary equipment needed for specifies emergencies. (First Aid Kits, fire extinguishers, wheel chairs/stretchers etc)

  13. Your preparation should include plans to: Developing a BCP (Business Continuity Plan). How will we operate if our facility is destroyed or if you have to shut down operations for a long period?

  14. Your preparation should include plans to: Communicate with staff and the wider public if there is an emergency.

  15. Your preparation should include plans to: Manage, evacuate persons with disabilities

  16. Your preparation should include plans to: Have a plan for ordering or storing Emergency Supplies - such as plywood, storm shutters, waterproofing supplies, and sandbags at your facility.

  17. Your preparation should include plans to: Facilitate continued operation Do you have a back up POWER & WATER SUPPLY. HOW LONG WILL IT LAST?

  18. Your preparation should include plans to: Store and maintain company records/files

  19. Your preparation should include plans to: Implement a disaster Response and recovery team

  20. It is actions taken prior to an emergency to facilitate response and promote a sense of readiness

  21. Your PREPERATION plan should be developed and centered around each disasters that will affect the organization

  22. PHASE2: RESPONSE RESPONSE

  23. RESPONSE is simply the activation of your PREPAREDNESS PLAN

  24. Does everybody know the role they play in the emergency plan? Includes actions taken to preserve life and property. Each RESPONSE will be somewhat different based on the type of emergency.

  25. RESPONSE - activities are done during the emergency CASEVAC RESCUE EVACUATION FIRE FIGHTING RELOCATING

  26. It is important to note that your safety and well being in any emergency is dependent on not only how prepared you are but also how you are to act in a crisis

  27. Actions taken to return to a NORMAL NORMAL or even SAFER SAFER situation.

  28. Recovery activities take place after the emergency situation. It includes: Roof Repairs Cleaning up Rebuilding Drainage Construction Getting utilities in order

  29. Safety & Emergency Management Systems

  30. AN OUNCE OF AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION IS PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN A BETTER THAN A POUND OF CURE. POUND OF CURE.

  31. This includes activities which: Prevents an emergency Reduce the chance of an emergency happening Reduce the effects of the emergency situation

  32. Looking at the events and taking a course of action aimed at reducing the likelihood of the event SHOCK ABSORBERS - JAPAN

  33. Mitigation activities can take place BEFORE and AFTER emergency

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