An emergency management information system (EMIS) is a computer database for disaster response that provides graphical, real-time information to responders.
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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
*Determine possible risk areas and/or risk types. Often supported by a geographical information system
A geographic information system (GIS) is a type of database containing Geographic data and information, geographic data (that is, descriptions of phenomena for which location is relevant), combined with Geographic information system software, sof ...
(GIS).
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
* Emergency management
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* Emergency management software
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* Emergency Communication System An emergency communication system (ECS) is any system (typically computer-based) that is organized for the primary purpose of supporting one-way and two-way communication of emergency information between both individuals and groups of individuals. ...
* Logistics Support System
* Wireless Emergency Alerts
Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA, formerly known as the Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS), and prior to that as the Personal Localized Alerting Network (PLAN)), is an alerting network in the United States designed to disseminate emergency alert ...
References
Applications of geographic information systems
Emergency management in the United States
Emergency management software
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