Emergency Management Resources

The process of organizing resources to manage future emergencies, crises, and disasters involves creating plans, protocols, and procedures. These should be based on reference scenarios that clarify the likely impact of major events in the future, and hence give an indication of the resources that will be needed when they occur. Emergency management is the process of matching urgent needs with available resources in a timely, efficient, and effective manner. The resources can broadly be classified as personnel, buildings, equipment (including vehicles), fuel, materials and supplies, decision support systems (including geographic information systems), communications, and organizational instruments.