Importance of Mitigation Phase in Emergency Management Report

This report delves into the crucial role of the mitigation phase within emergency management, analyzing its importance in reducing the impact of disasters on both property and people. It explores key aspects such as risk assessment, community planning, and the significance of collaboration between emergency managers and planning boards. The report outlines the various phases of mitigation, including the identification of vulnerabilities and the management of risks, and emphasizes the necessity for preparedness. It also highlights the significance of community involvement and the role of emergency managers in working with planners to enhance resilience and security. The report concludes by underscoring the value of mitigation practices in reducing future losses and serving as a community champion for mitigation projects. The document provides valuable insights into the mitigation strategies and their importance in emergency management.

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Importance of Mitigation Phase
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Table of Contents
Response to question 1:..............................................................................................................2
Response to question 2:..............................................................................................................2
Response to question 3:..............................................................................................................2
Response to question 4:..............................................................................................................2
Response to question 5:..............................................................................................................3
References..................................................................................................................................4

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Response to question 1:
Mitigation forms an essential part as well as a phase of emergency management. It is
referred to as the continuous effort for reducing of the impacts which are caused by various
kinds of disasters on both property as well as people (Sylves, 2019). Mitigation in the context
of emergency management is referred to as the sustained action which is accountable for the
reduction or the elimination of all sort of long-term risks to property and people from several
types of natural hazards and their respective effects.
Response to question 2:
Several essential operations which gets held inside a mitigation phase comprises of
analyzing the vulnerabilities for the aim of the identification of the populations who are at
risk along within a certain area with respect to the common disaster effects (Bullock,
Haddow & Coppola, 2017). Next comes the risk management where the team of emergency
management identifies and minimizes the risks with severe effects on property, people and
focuses on the advising units for controlling the occurrences of risk.
Response to question 3:
Role of the community of emergency management in the context of the predisaster
phase constitutes of prevention of the risks possessing long terns and its severe effects
towards the property and people to the mitigation of those particular risks along with
preparedness (Waugh 2015). These specific roles of the community of emergency
management focuses on the various kinds of losses which gets caused due to occurrence of
numerous potential hazards. The preparedness would in turn comprise of hospitals, fire
brigades, police and civil administration as well.

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Response to question 4:
The emergency managers should be working with the community planner as well as
the planning boards as it would be helpful for them in planning, sharing and organizing of the
accountabilities for succeeding in the efforts of management of the disasters which in turn
helps in enhancing both resilience and security. The involvement of the planning boards and
community planners helps in understanding and assessing the needs of communities in a
collective manner for determining the possible ways of strengthening the assets.
Response to question 5:
If both community planners and planning boards and emergency managers were
working together they would involve in providing of valuable inputs at the time of the
planning procedures, provide critical services of supply at the time of performing several
kinds of operations related to recovery and response (Scholten, Scott & Fynes, 2014). The
best practices would constitute of the reduction of the risks of the future losses by the process
of serving in the form of champion of the community for the projects of mitigation.

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References
Bullock, J. A., Haddow, G. D., & Coppola, D. P. (2017). Introduction to emergency
management. Butterworth-Heinemann.
Scholten, K., Scott, P. S., & Fynes, B. (2014). Mitigation processes–antecedents for building
supply chain resilience. Supply Chain Management: An International Journal.
Sylves, R. T. (2019). Disaster policy and politics: Emergency management and homeland
security. CQ Press.
Waugh, W. L. (2015). Living with Hazards, Dealing with Disasters: An Introduction to
Emergency Management: An Introduction to Emergency Management. Routledge.