Article Out Loud - “Emergency Management” – A Misnomer

By CHAS EBY, An Article Out Loud Flashback from the Domestic Preparedness Journal, April 26, 2017. “Emergency management” is a term broadly defining a field that includes federal, state, and local government agencies, voluntary organizations active in disasters, and private sector stakeholders that conduct a variety of activities to prepare for, mitigate against, respond to, and recover from incidents. However, “emergency management” does not accurately describe the discipline or represent the most valuable skillset of emergency managers and their agencies: complex problem solving. Narrated by Randy Vivian.