Principles of emergency management-a revision
Let us first look back briefly at some of the key issues we covered during
Introduction to Emergency Management. Essentially what we will do is revise
the first subject. Firstly, let us look at the nature of emergencies/disasters.
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Reviewing emergency management
Take a moment to consider the terms emergency
and disaster. Can you recall a working definition for these
terms?
A disaster/emergency (from and emergency services
perspective)
We talked about the nature of emergencies in terms of their
effects on the community, property and the environment in EMG100.
Take a moment to consider the Framework for Emergency Management.
What are the four major functions/skills of a manager?
An emergency manager uses the four management functions
above to effectively undertake a variety of emergency management
related tasks relevant to four specific areas of emergency
management.
What are these four areas?
Take a few minutes to review these four areas of emergency
management from your EMG100 study materials.
Emergency Management Australia (1998) The Australian
Emergency Management Glossary, Canberra.
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