Emergency Management

Core Elements of Emergency Management

• Prevention & Mitigation

  Disaster prevention & Mitigation measures are the things we do to prevent an emergency from happening and, if it does, to reduce or eliminate the impact. Potential impacts can be structural (e.g. building reinforcement, infrastructure renewal) and non-structural measures.

• Preparedness

  Emergencies can happen anywhere at any time with little or no warning. Your best protection in any emergency is to be prepared for the unexpected and know what to do. This will help you control the situation better and allow you to recover more quickly. Emergency preparedness also includes measures at the municipal, provincial, and federal levels.

• Response

  Everyone should be equipped to take care of themselves and their families for up to three days in the event of an emergency or disaster. It could take that long to clear roads due to a severe storm. In an emergency communities respond first. Learn about emergency response.

• Recovery

  Disaster recovery is the process by which a community returns the emotional, social, economic and physical well-being of individuals and the community to their normal state of functioning after an emergency occurs.