Emergency Management Principles Quiz

The primary focus of emergency management is to create the framework for communities to reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters.

Emergency management does not focus on the management of emergencies, which are minor events with limited impacts and are managed through the day-to-day functions of a community. Instead, it focuses on the management of disasters, which produce more impacts than a community can handle on its own.

The main categories of activities in emergency management are preparedness, response, mitigation, and recovery, although other terms such as disaster risk reduction and prevention are also common.

The ideals of emergency planning are to prevent emergencies from occurring and, failing that, to initiate an efficient action plan to mitigate the results and effects of any emergencies.

The outcome of emergency management is to prevent disasters and, where this is not possible, to reduce their harmful impacts.