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− | {{definition|The provision of [[Emergency services|emergency services]] and public assistance during or immediately after a [[disaster]] in order to save lives, reduce health impacts, ensure public safety and meet the basic subsistence needs of the people affected <ref> [http://www.unisdr.org/files/7817_UNISDRTerminologyEnglish.pdf 2009 UNISDR Terminology on Disaster Risk Reduction]</ref> | + | {{definition|The provision of [[Emergency services|emergency services]] and public assistance during or immediately after a [[disaster]] in order to save lives, reduce health impacts, ensure public safety and meet the basic subsistence needs of the people affected. <ref> [http://www.unisdr.org/files/7817_UNISDRTerminologyEnglish.pdf 2009 UNISDR Terminology on Disaster Risk Reduction]</ref>}} |
<big>Disaster response is predominantly focused on immediate and short-term needs and is sometimes called “disaster relief”. The division between this response stage and the subsequent [[recovery]] stage is not clear-cut. Some response actions, such as the supply of temporary housing and water supplies, may extend well into the [[recovery]] stage.</big> | <big>Disaster response is predominantly focused on immediate and short-term needs and is sometimes called “disaster relief”. The division between this response stage and the subsequent [[recovery]] stage is not clear-cut. Some response actions, such as the supply of temporary housing and water supplies, may extend well into the [[recovery]] stage.</big> | ||
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− | {{definition|Response is one of the ‘4 Rs’ of [[Emergency Management]]: Response means actions taken immediately before, during, or directly after an [[emergency]] to save or protect lives and property, and to bring the consequences of the emergency to a point of stability that allows [[Recovery]] to take over<ref name="CIMS">[http://www.civildefence.govt.nz/assets/Uploads/publications/CIMS-2nd-edition.pdf The New Zealand Coordinated Incident Management System, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, New Zealand (2014)]</ref> | + | {{definition|Response is one of the ‘4 Rs’ of [[Emergency Management]]: Response means actions taken immediately before, during, or directly after an [[emergency]] to save or protect lives and property, and to bring the consequences of the emergency to a point of stability that allows [[Recovery]] to take over. <ref name="CIMS">[http://www.civildefence.govt.nz/assets/Uploads/publications/CIMS-2nd-edition.pdf The New Zealand Coordinated Incident Management System, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, New Zealand (2014)]</ref>}}<br /> |
====United Kingdom (UK)==== | ====United Kingdom (UK)==== |
Revision as of 23:54, 24 May 2015
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Definitions
European Definitions
Other International Definitions
UNISDR
Disaster response is predominantly focused on immediate and short-term needs and is sometimes called “disaster relief”. The division between this response stage and the subsequent recovery stage is not clear-cut. Some response actions, such as the supply of temporary housing and water supplies, may extend well into the recovery stage.
National Definitions
Australia
New Zealand
====United Kingdom (UK)====
At a high level these will be to protect life, contain and mitigate the impacts of the emergency and create the conditions for a return to normality.
United States
Presidential Policy Directive PPD-8
NIMS
Response includes immediate actions to save lives, protect property, and meet basic human needs. Response also includes the execution of emergency operations plans and of mitigation activities designed to limit the loss of life, personal injury, property damage, and other unfavorable outcomes. As indicated by the situation, response activities include applying intelligence and other information to lessen the effects or consequences of an incident; increased security operations; continuing investigations into nature and source of the threat; ongoing public health and agricultural surveillance and testing processes; immunizations, isolation, or quarantine; and specific law enforcement operations aimed at preempting, interdicting, or disrupting illegal activity, and apprehending actual perpetrators and bringing them to justice.
NIST
Other Definitions
Ontario (Canada)
This may include the provision of resources such as personnel, services and/or equipment.
Il peut s’agir notamment de la prestation de ressources en personnel ou de services ou de la fourniture de matériel.
Standard Definition
See also
Notes
- ↑ 2009 UNISDR Terminology on Disaster Risk Reduction
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Australian Emergency Management Glossary, Emergency Management Australia (1998)
- ↑ The New Zealand Coordinated Incident Management System, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, New Zealand (2014)
- ↑ Glossary - Revision to Emergency Preparedness, Cabinet Office (2012)
- ↑ Presidential Policy Directive /PPD-8: National Preparedness, March 30, 2011
- ↑ National Incident Management Plan (core)
- ↑ [http://www.nist.gov/cyberframework/upload/cybersecurity-framework-021214-final.pdf Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity v1.0, NIST, February 12, 2014.
- ↑ Province of Ontario’s Emergency Management Glossary of Terms
- ↑ Province of Ontario’s Emergency Management Glossary of Terms