Management of Emergency Situation

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Management of Emergency Situation
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Executive Summary
This report discusses about the emergency management system and a few real world
incidents of disaster management of UK and in other country as well. The process of
emergency management is mainly associated with the management and organization of
responsibilities and resources for combatting with different aspects of the particular
emergency situation. The occurrence of emergency is very uncertain in nature and it is very
difficult to be prepare for an emergency situation. There are different kinds of emergency
situations such as terrorist attacks, floods, hurricane and other storms, endemic diseases such
as ebola virus disease. For an event of emergency, the emergency management can be
defined as a situation or event that seriously damages the human welfare in a place of a
country, an environment of the country and along with this any kind of war and terrorism are
also considered as emergency situation as such situation can challenge the national security
system of a country. The disaster management system comprises of a few principles. In
recent past UK has faced disasters like bomb blasts in train. On the other hand, in analysing
the international situation, the hurricane of US can be mentioned.

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Table of Contents
Introduction...........................................................................................................................................3
Review of Real World Emergency Incidents.........................................................................................9
Investigation of Real World Case......................................................................................................9
International Emergency Incidents..................................................................................................10
Conclusion...........................................................................................................................................10
References.......................................................................................................................................12

3MANAGEMENT OF EMERGENCY SITUATION
Introduction
The process of emergency management is mainly associated with the management
and organization of responsibilities and resources for combatting with different aspects of the
particular emergency situation. The occurrence of emergency is very uncertain in nature and
it is very difficult to be prepare for an emergency situation. Due to this uncertainty, it is not
so easy to deal with an emergency situation easily. Hence, the importance of emergency
management in such crucial situations (Phillips 2015). There are different kinds of
emergency situations such as terrorist attacks, floods, hurricane and other storms, endemic
diseases such as ebola virus disease. For an event of emergency, the emergency management
can be defined as a situation or event that seriously damages the human welfare in a place of
a country, an environment of the country and along with this any kind of war and terrorism
are also considered as emergency situation as such situation can challenge the national
security system of a country. From the local perspective, it can be said that, emergency
management refers to the development of both non-statutory and statutory
plans/arrangements so that, the organization can manage the emergency situation. It is
assumed that, the resources present in local areas, will be used to combat such emergency
situations. In UK, according to the Civil Contingencies Act 2004, certain organizations are
responsible for showing responses to various type of emergency situations. As a part of their
duty, they are responsible for providing assistance to people during an emergency situations
(HM Government 2013). In addition to this, they are also associated with raising awareness
among people of UK regarding activities in a sudden emergency situation. In this report, the
different aspects of the emergency management system in UK along with real world incidents
are discussed in a brief manner. In UK, government organization such as police service
organization take active part in disaster management.