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Emergency Management
Emergency Management consists of a number of stages; mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery. The Commission mainly assists communities in the mitigation and preparedness stages of Emergency Management. Emergency Management deals with strategic organizational management processes used to protect critical municipal assets from hazard risks that can cause disasters or catastrophes, strategize ways to mitigate for natural disasters. Mitigation efforts reduce the effects and cost of disasters.
The mitigation phase differs from the other phases in that it focuses on long-term measures for reducing or eliminating risk. The Commission has assisted several municipalities in developing and updating their hazard mitigation plans.
Preparedness is a continuous cycle of planning, organizing, training, equipping, exercising, evaluation and improvement activities to ensure effective coordination and the enhancement of capabilities to prevent, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the effects of natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other man-made disasters. In this area, the Commission has assisted communities in creating their Emergency Operations Plans and developing community communication plans in the event of a disaster.
