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Emergency management information system

Emergency management information system

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An emergency management information system (EMIS) is a computer database for disaster response that provides graphical, real-time information to responders.[1]

EMIS and emergencies

Four phases of an emergency are Readiness, Risk Mitigation, Response, and Replay. An EMIS shall enable emergency managers or any emergency stakeholder (affected civilians, police, fireman, Non Government Organizations (NGO), etc.) make their required activities in any phase of an emergency in an easy and speedy way.

EMIS for Readiness

  • Preparation of contingency plans for different types of emergencies
  • Creating checklists that can be easily reached by any related emergency management stakeholder
  • Resource management

EMIS for Risk Mitigation

EMIS for Response

  • Executing and tracking the contingency plan

EMIS for Replay

  • Review the events of the emergency
  • Various kind of reports (supported by tables, graphs, etc.)

An EMIS interacts with many other early alert systems and communicates with many legacy systems.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "What is an Emergency Management Information System (EMIS)?". Archived from the original on 2006-10-21. Retrieved 2007-04-26. Alt URL
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