ADA Best Practices Tool Kit for State and Local Governments

B. What is Emergency Management?

Emergency management is wide-ranging. It includes all programs, services, and
activities related to emergencies and disasters, including:

• Preparation – advance planning for emergencies and disasters;

• Testing of Preparedness – staging emergency simulations and other approaches to testing the effectiveness of emergency preparedness;

• Notification – alerting the public to emergencies and disasters and to available programs, services, and activities;

• Community Evacuation and Transportation;

• Emergency Shelter Programs;

• Temporary Lodging and Housing;

• Social Services and Emergency- and Disaster-Related Benefit Programs;

• Emergency Medical Care and Services;

• Relocation Programs, Activities, and Services;

• Transition and Transportation Back to the Community Following an Emergency or Disaster;

• Emergency and Disaster Recovery Programs, Services, and Activities; and

• Remediation of Damage Caused by Emergencies and Disasters– repairing and rebuilding damaged facilities, removing debris, and relocation and re-introduction of state and local government programs, services, and activities following an emergency or disaster.