In the mid-'90s federal emergency-management doctrine shifted its preparation-phase emphasis away from emergency response plans and resources and toward land-use planning, building codes and other ...

Prevention focuses on preventing hazards from occurring, whether they are natural, technological or caused by humans. Not all hazards are preventable, but the risk of loss of life and injury can be ...

I often say that the emergency management profession is still in its tweens. One fact that I’ll submit as Exhibit A is that we do not have consensus on how many phases there are in emergency ...

Tailoring crisis communications strategies across the phases of the disaster management cycle is a more successful approach and can help co-ordinate disaster responses.

A crucial step of the mitigation phase of disaster management is assessing risk to communities. Hurricanes bring significant flooding risks, but current flood risk assessments can be time ...

The National Disaster Management Plan, 2019 provides a framework and direction to the government agencies for all the phases of the disaster management cycle. It is in accordance with the provisions ...