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Failing
To Prepare Is Preparing To Fail
Can be defined as the discipline dealing with risk and risk avoidance. It is a discipline
that involves preparing, supporting, and rebuilding society when natural or man-made disasters occur. Emergency management
is the continuous process by which all individuals, groups, and communities manage hazards in an effort to avoid or ameliorate
the impact of disasters resulting from the hazards (Wikipedia Encyclopedia).
A hazard is defined as "a source of danger that may or may not lead to
an emergency or disaster and is named after the emergency/disaster that could be so precipitated". Risk
is defined as "susceptibility to death, injury, damage, destruction, disruption, stoppage and so forth". Disaster
is defined as an event that demands substantial crisis response requiring the use of governmental powers and resources
beyond the scope of one line agency or service".(G.D. Haddow & J.A. Bullock An Introduction to Emergency Management, 2003).
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