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2. Emergency management - Wikipedia

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   A mobile emergency operations center, in this case operated by the Air National Guard. Emergency management or disaster management is a science and a system charged with creating the framework within which communities reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters. [1] Emergency management, despite its name, does not actually focus on ...

3. Disaster response - Wikipedia

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   Definition. Disaster response refers to the actions taken directly before, during or in the immediate aftermath of a disaster. The objective is to save lives, ensure health and safety and to meet the subsistence needs of the people affected. [1] : 16. The Business Dictionary provide a more comprehensive definition for "disaster response"; [2 ...

4. Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response ...

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   The Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response ( ASPR) is an operating agency of the U.S. Public Health Service within the Department of Health and Human Services that focuses preventing, preparing for, and responding to the adverse health effects of public health emergencies and disasters. Its functions include preparedness ...

5. Federal Emergency Management Agency - Wikipedia

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   The Federal Emergency Management Agency ( FEMA) is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), initially created under President Jimmy Carter by Presidential Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978 and implemented by two Executive Orders on April 1, 1979. [1] The agency's primary purpose is to coordinate the response to a ...

6. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act

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   The Stafford Act is a 1988 amended version of the Disaster Relief Act of 1974. It created the system in place today by which a presidential disaster declaration or an emergency declaration triggers financial and physical assistance through the Federal Emergency Management Agency [3] (FEMA). The Act gives FEMA the responsibility for coordinating ...

7. National Response Plan - Wikipedia

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   National Response Plan. The National Response Plan ( NRP) was a United States national plan to respond to emergencies such as natural disasters or terrorist attacks. It came into effect in December 2004, [1] and was superseded by the National Response Framework on March 22, 2008.