What is an Emergency?
According to UNDRR (UN Office for Emergency Risk Reduction), Emergency can be defined as a serious disruption in the community or society due to hazardous events causing widespread economic, social, or environmental losses that exceed the ability of the affected society to cope.
An Emergency has the ability to disrupt the normal functioning of the society. It is the hazard that converts to Emergency based on its level of exposure along with the degree of vulnerability it causes to the populace.
Some important points needs to be kept in mind.
The impact of hazard decreases,
- with greater capacity of the individual or community to face this Emergency,
- with lower levels of vulnerability, and
- with the capacity developed to cope with the effect of hazards.
Emergency Management
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.
Table of Content
- What is an Emergency?
- Types of Emergency
- What is Emergency Management?
- Concept of Emergency Management
- What is Emergency Risk?
- Conclusion
- FAQ’s – Emergency Management