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Emergency management is the managerial function charged with creating the framework within which communities reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters. Particularly, emergency management encompasses preparedness, planning, response, recovery, and mitigation of hazards and threats.
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Emergency management organizations protect communities by coordinating and integrating all activities necessary to build, sustain, and improve the capability to mitigate against, prepare for, respond to, and recover from threatened or actual natural disasters, acts of terrorism, or other man-made disasters. These organizations offer a wide array of services that enable them to handle a broad range of negative events (i.e., hazards and disasters). The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA 2018), under the auspices of the Department of Homeland Security since 2003, functions as our nation’s emergency manager to train our first responders to be prepared and provide...
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Stamper, A. (2020). Emergency Management: Recent Incidents That Contributed to Changes in Emergency Management Legislation and Procedures. In: Shapiro, L., Maras, MH. (eds) Encyclopedia of Security and Emergency Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69891-5_65-1
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