Emergency management definition

Emergency management means lessening the effects of, preparations for, operations during, and recovery from natural, technological or human-caused disasters. These actions are broad in scope and include, but are not limited to: disaster plans, mitigation, preparedness, response, warning, emergency operations, training, exercising, research, rehabilitation, and recovery activities.

Emergency management means a comprehensive integrated system at all levels of government and in the private sector which provides for the development and maintenance of an effective capability to prevent, mitigate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from known and unforeseen hazards or situations, caused by an act of nature or man, which may threaten, injure, damage, or destroy lives, property, or our environment.

Emergency management means the efforts of the higher education institutions to develop, plan, analyze, conduct, provide, implement and maintain programs for disaster/emergency mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery.

Examples of Emergency management in a sentence

• ACCEM, upon receipt and review of recommendations from the TAG and/or LEPC, shall make recommendations to the Board regarding the use and expenditure of all grant funds received by the County from the Idaho Office of Emergency Management.

• To have and maintain a policy relating to fire protection and emergency management that meets all applicable statutory requirements, and to comply with the Fire Protection and Emergency Management clauses of the Code of Practice.

• Consistent with the approved budget, the costs and expenses incurred by Ada County to house, employ staff, and operate the ACCEM program may be assessed against the Emergency Management Fund as any other business expense.

• Ada County shall employ such EMCR staff members payable out of the Emergency Management Fund as approved in its annual ACCEM budget and shall be responsible for the payment of all staff wages, payroll taxes, fringe benefits and other costs.

• There shall be deposited into the Emergency Management Fund such property taxes, grants (as modified by section 4.2 below), Membership Contributions, and such other funds as may be obtained by Ada County or donated to it for the purposes set forth in Idaho Code § 46-1009 and such expenses shall be allowed as may be appropriated in the annual budget for the Emergency Management Fund.

More Definitions of Emergency management

Emergency management means the efforts of the State and the political subdivisions to develop, plan, analyze, conduct, provide, implement and maintain programs for disaster mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery.

Emergency management means the preparation for and the carrying out of all emergency functions, other than functions for which military forces are primarily responsible, to prevent, minimize and repair injury and damage resulting from disasters caused by fire, flood, tornado and other acts of nature, or from sabotage, hostile action or from industrial hazardous material mishaps. These functions include, without limitation, firefighting services, police services, emergency medical services, engineering, warning services, communications, radiological and chemical, evacuation, congregate care, emergency transportation, existing or properly assigned functions of plant protection, temporary restoration of public utility services and other functions related to civil protection, together with all other activities necessary or incidental for carrying out of the foregoing functions. Emergency Management includes those activities sometimes referred to as “Civil Defense” functions.

Emergency management means the preparation for and

Emergency management means all measures under- taken by or on behalf of the state and its subdivisions to do any of the following:

Emergency management includes “civil defense” and means all measures undertaken by or on behalf of the state and its subdivisions:

Emergency management means the preparation for and carrying out of all emergency functions, other than functions for which the military forces are primarily responsible, to mitigate, prepare for, respond to and recover from emergencies and disasters and to aid victims suffering from injury or damage resulting from disasters caused by all hazards, whether natural or human-made, and to provide support for search and rescue operations for persons and property in distress pursuant to the provisions of chapter 38.52 RCW.

Emergency management means the preparation for, the mitigation of, the response to, and the recovery from emergencies and disasters. Specific emergency management responsibilities include, but are not limited to: