Types of Emergency

The types of Emergency are as follows:

Natural Emergency

Natural Emergency are the one whose occurrence can be attached to the natural stratification and further leading to the long lasting impact on the human kind. Examples of such Emergency can be earthquakes, volcanicity, etc. Further, it is the human aspect of Emergency which sometimes forms the basis for natural Emergency.

Man-made Emergency

Emergency occurring as a result of human intervention to the functioning of the environment and ecosystem leads to man-made Emergency. These amplify the other forms of Emergency thus making it the prime concern in the field of Emergency management. Examples include construction of large dams leading to increased pressure on the tectonic plates, thus leading to earthquakes.

Complex Emergency

As the name suggests, Emergency involving the severity of both the natural and man-made Emergency which can increase the complexity of the vulnerability thus causing a chain of events is considered as complex Emergency. Usually this is a slow process as the main event further aggravates the situation thus leading to the domino effect. Examples include food scarcity and displaced population.

Pandemic Emergency

Negative impacts which occurs as a result of pandemic, both naturally and human induced, which mostly connotes to biologically active pathogens are pandemic Emergency. The recent outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic can be considered an example of this classification.

Emergency being an overarching phenomenon has the ability to impact the lives and livelihoods of the greater population. It involves disruption in the normal functioning of an economy which can be caused as a result of improper Emergency management policies and neglect of Emergency risk reduction strategies. It can, though having a region-specific occurrence, sometimes affect a particular section of the group, thus making it sector-specific.

This article deals with such specifications where the sector and its impacts can be clearly visible.