Emergency Management Mission Areas

Prevention

• Prevention involves ensuring we are optimally prepared to prevent an imminent terrorist attack.
• A terrorist threat is considered imminent if intelligence or operational information warns of a credible, specific, and impending terrorist threat.

Protection

• Protection involves safeguarding the homeland against acts of terrorism and manmade or natural disasters.

Mitigation

• Mitigation refers to the actions taken before an event occurs to prevent or lessen the impact the event has to life and property. Examples of mitigation activities are:
  • Establishing building codes and zoning ordinances
  • Grant funding
  • Training

Response

• Response involves the mobilization of resources to meet the needs of the community in response to the nature of the disaster, including local, county, state ,and federal resources as necessary.
• Response is usually associated with the period of time immediately after the event and necessary to ensure life safety issues are handled. Examples of response activities include:
  • Fire and EMS services
  • Search and Rescue
  • Debris removal
  • Public works activities
  • Law enforcement

Recovery

• Recovery is the long-term mobilization of support operations that work toward returning the community to its pre-event condition.
• This period is usually when social services and volunteer organizations tasked with relief effort gear up. The greater the magnitude of the disaster the greater the recovery effort.