1 / 16

Emergency Management Roundtable

Emergency Management Roundtable. Core Principles of Emergency Management. Overview of the Project. Background Rationale for the Project Composition of the Roundtable Meetings Roundtable Processes Ongoing Project. Emergency Management Definition.

jfarwell
Download Presentation

Emergency Management Roundtable

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Emergency Management Roundtable Core Principles of Emergency Management

  2. Overview of the Project • Background • Rationale for the Project • Composition of the Roundtable • Meetings • Roundtable Processes • Ongoing Project

  3. Emergency Management Definition “Emergency management is the managerial function charged with creating the framework within which communities reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters”

  4. Emergency Management Vision Emergency management seeks to promote safer, less vulnerable communities with the capacity to cope with hazards and disasters.

  5. Emergency Management Mission “To 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.”

  6. Principles of Emergency Management • Comprhensive • Progressive • Risk-Driven • Collaborative • Integrated • Coordinated • Flexible • Professional

  7. Comprehensive “Emergency Managers consider: • All hazards • All phases • All stakeholders • All impacts

  8. Progressive Emergency managers anticipate future disasters and take preventive and preparatory measures to build disaster-resistant and disaster resilient communities.

  9. Risk-Driven Emergency managers utilize sound risk management principles: • Hazard identification • Risk analysis • Impact analysis Priorities and resources are assigned on the basis of this process.

  10. Collaborative Emergency managers create and sustain broad and sincere relationships among individuals and organizations to: • Encourage trusts • Advocate a team atmosphere • Build Consensus • Facilitate communication

  11. Integrated Emergency Managers are responsible for ensuring, to the highest possible degree, a unity of effort among all levels of government and all elements of a community.

  12. Coordinated Emergency managers synchronize the activities of all relevant stakeholders to achieve a common purpose.

  13. Flexible Emergency managers rely on creative and innovative approaches to solving disaster challenges. This is especially the case after disasters when pre-defined approaches may be inadequate to the situation at hand.

  14. Professional Emergency managers value a science and knowlege-based approach based on: • Education • Training • Experience • Ethical practice • Public stewardship • Continuous improvement

  15. Next Steps • EMI Curriculum/Trainin Materials • Higher Education Model Course • Brochures for Advisory Councils • Elected/Appointed Officials Training • Job descriptions • Organizational Acceptance: (IAEM, NEMA, NFPA 1600, etc.) • Creation of “doctrine” based on the principles.

  16. Breakout Session • Conference participants are invited to a breakout discussion session with the members of the roundtable this afternoon. Please come with comments, questions, suggestions, etc. • Thank you.

More Related