Britton and Lindsay (2005) argue that emergency management of the future should be grounded in five areas. What are the five areas? Provide a detailed answer.
Economic Efficiency-economic efficiency is one fact that has led to the scrutiny cases in emergency management. The policies developed should be comprehensive and stable to counter any emergency issue.
Partnerships- involves bodies such as the government and other private sectors to ensure a streamlining of activities that can easily foster the development of techniques that can be necessary for emergency management cases (Britton Neil, p.44).
Governance-communities are vulnerable since a good number of decisions are made in public domain. To make emergency management an effective concept, it requires that both public and private domains are involved to ensure sustainability.
Sustainability- the development in sustainability in a majority of the nations has turned to be a fixed idea. It has turned to be among the standing principles when it comes to the management of environmental systems which provides a clear means to address issues regarding resource usage.
Resilience – refers to the ability of systems to adapt to change that happens in society. It is through such change that better stability points can be developed and effected.
What have been the benchmarks of improving emergency management in the United States
The benchmark towards ensuring that emergency management is enhanced in the states is that in every state in the USA, an emergency management department has been set-up in this case (Britton, Neil R. pp.10). All the capabilities and the responsibilities of this department are housed in a manner that in case issues regarding vulnerabilities arise, they can provide financial support to varying institutions and ensure that issues are settled regarding support or even financial guidance. Lastly, federal managers are provided with the needed resources at local level to foster managerial skills at all levels.
Modern-day emergency management systems are designed in a top-down manner, which should not be the case when emergency management is considered. How would you re-design the system?
The response in emergency systems is one factor that should be considered while designing a system of urgency. So, proper design of the system leads to a timely and appropriate response in case issues arise. For this reason, the top-down approach appears not to be effective means when it comes to dealing with an emergency (Crews D. pp.2-3). If I were to redesign the system, I would base it on a first-come, first-done approach for the common or less prone issues. Moreover, I would go ahead and incorporate a priority approach that ensures that emergency cases with significant impact appear at the top of my priority scale. Lastly, the priorities of my approach would ensure that response from emergency officers is made in a quick manner to delegate how issues are dealt with (Manock, pp.4-6).
Revolutionary transformation or evolutionary change. What are they talking about?
It is good to understand that disasters are on the rise now and then. To control the occurrence of such kind of emergencies, it is a good idea when everything is based on reliable assumptions. The disaster problem is an issue that has a myriad of barriers whose countering them can be quite cumbersome (Lindell, et al., pp.16). It is crucial that response operations and also preparation measures are put in place to ensure proper coordination of activities that can lead to success in how we manage disaster occurrence. So, as long as the emergency management policy is built on past and historical efforts, it makes it easy to counter issues as they arise.
Works Cited:
Britton, Neil. "A new emergency management for the new millennium?." Australian Journal of Emergency Management, The 16.4 (2001): 44.
Britton, Neil R. "Beyond the USA: Emergency management higher education initiatives in New Zealand and Japan." Journal of Emergency Management (2004).
Crews, D. “The case for emergency management as a profession" Australian Journal of Emergency Management. Vol 16 No 2 (2001) pp 2-3
Manock, I. “Tertiary emergency management education in Australia”. Australian Journal of Emergency Management. Vol 16 No 2 (2001) pp 4-6
Lindell, Michael K., Kathleen J. Tierney, and Ronald W. Perry. Facing the Unexpected: Disaster Preparedness and Response in the United States. Joseph Henry Press, 2001.
