Emergency Management

From CIPedia
Revision as of 16:26, 6 March 2015 by Mklaver (talk | contribs) (Standard Definition)
Jump to navigation Jump to search

The term is related to the terms "Disaster Management" or "Crisis Management".

Definitions

Other International Definitions

UNISDR

The organization and management of resources and responsibilities for addressing all aspects of emergencies, in particular preparedness, response and initial recovery steps [1].

UNISDR considers a crisis or emergency as a threatening condition that requires urgent action. Effective emergency action can avoid the escalation of an event into a disaster. Emergency management involves plans and institutional arrangements to engage and guide the efforts of government, non-government, voluntary and private agencies in comprehensive and coordinated ways to respond to the entire spectrum of emergency needs.

National Definitions

USA

DSS
The coordination and integration of all activities necessary to build, sustain and improve the capabilities to prepare for, respond to, recover from, or mitigate against threatened or actual disasters or emergencies, regardless of cause.[2]
DERC
The entire process of planning and intervention for rescue and relief to reduce impact of emergencies as well as the response and recovery measures, to mitigate the significant social, economic and environmental consequences to communities and ultimately to the country, usually through an emergency operation centre (EOC).[3]
NFPA
An ongoing process to prevent, mitigate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from an incident that threatens life, property, operations, or the environment.[4]

Standard Definition

ISO ISO 22300:2012(en)

overall approach preventing and managing emergencies that might occur.[5]

Note: In general, emergency management utilizes a risk management approach to prevention, preparedness, response and recovery before, during and after potentially destabilizing or disruptive events.

Academic definition

Activities that include prevention, preparedness, response, recovery, rehabilitation, advocacy, and legislation, of emergencies irrespective of their type, size, and location, and whose purpose is reduction in death, disability, damage, and destruction.” [6]

See also


Notes

  1. 2009 UNISDR Terminology on Disaster Risk Reduction
  2. DHS, Lexicon, October 23, 2007, p. 9
  3. Disaster and Emergency Reference Center, 1998
  4. NFPA 1600, 2007, p. 7
  5. ISO 22300:2012(en) Societal security — Terminology
  6. E. Dykstra, 2003, 03