 | What is Emergency Management?
Back to Emergency Management Page Emergency management is a process that protects communities from hazards, or threats to life or property. This process involves four, often overlapping phases:
- Prevention/Mitigation is the process of preventing a disaster, or minimizing the negative effects of unavoidable disasters. (Enforcing building codes, building levees to protect potential flood zones, etc.)
- Preparedness involves actions taken prior to a disaster that facilitate a better response. (Training, conducting drills, developing plans, and acquiring resources to aid in response)
- Response is the actual action taken during or immediately following a disaster to protect life and property. (Fire fighters responding to a wildfire)
- Recovery is the long term process of restoring a community to the Thursday, May 12, 2011same conditions that existed prior to an emergency or better. (Providing physical and psychological support, and rebuilding damaged structures)
|  | Emergency Management Division General Number: (949) 724-7235
Irvine Police Department General Number: (949) 724-7000 | |
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