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All Hazards Emergency Management: A Whole Community Approach to Disaster Resiliency

Learn how a Whole Community Approach in Emergency Management fosters resilience by engaging all aspects of the community and enhancing hazard mitigation plans, with a focus on preparedness, response, and recovery. Discover the principles of Whole Community and how they strengthen community assets for better disaster management.

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All Hazards Emergency Management: A Whole Community Approach to Disaster Resiliency

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  1. All Hazards Emergency Management: A Whole Community Approach to Disaster Resiliency

  2. Mitigation Reducing the loss of life and property by lessening the impact of disasters PreparednessGetting people and equipment ready to quickly and effectively respond to a disaster before it happens Recovery Putting a community back together after a disaster ResponseSaving life and property during and immediately after a disaster

  3. Whole Community • To meet existing challenges in the emergency management environment, government is moving towards a philosophy that builds upon the strengths of public partners and local communities: an effort FEMA refers to as Whole Community • The focus of Whole Community is to foster development of a community-oriented model for emergency management that increases the resilience of communities • Resilience refers to the ability to adapt to changing conditions and to withstand and rapidly recover from disruption due to emergencies Whole Community Principles Engage all aspects of the community to define and address essential life-saving and sustaining needs Understand and meet the actual needs of the whole community Strengthen community assets, institutions and social processes that work well in communities on a daily basis

  4. Hazard Mitigation and Local Planning Mechanisms are Joined at the Hip!

  5. Enhanced Hazard Mitigation PlansClimate Change Integration

  6. FEMA Climate Change Adaptation Policy Statement

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