Purpose And Role Of Interventions In The Emergency Management Sector

Within the Emergency Management sector there is a constant evolution of the strategies, operations, and tactics used to address the hazards a community could be exposed to. This constant evolution can be achieved through training and exercise plans. The purpose and role of exercises in Emergency Management is to test and review emergency disaster plans prior its use in a emergency situation. The benefits managing an exercise program with in the community is it: (1) tests and validates policies, plans, procedures, training, and resources of stakeholders involved in emergency management operations; (2) identifies the capabilities of the community to address response and recovery phases of Emergency Management; (3) improves inter-agency coordination and communications.

The idea for exercises is to test all the aspects of stakeholders to address any gaps, issues, or problems. Through the exercise cycle these potential problems are address in the exercise objectives or as additional goals. This is tested is in the conduct phases of the exercise, controllers and evaluators keep participants within the exercise guidelines. Additionally it is their goal to record efforts of participants and provide feedback for improvement and

In the event of a disaster it is more than emergency responders that react and become involved in disaster management plans. Identifing the capabilities of the community requires active participation of public and private sector stakeholder to address response and recovery efforts that could be achieve. The importance of address the capabilities of Emergency Management actions within the community is to understand the areas that would need to filled by outside agencies and mutual aid responses. Additionally, the capabilities will address what resources are available and tests agencies' abilities to meet the exercise