Emergency management plans
Various events can cause emergencies, from natural hazards and pandemics to terrorism. Emergency management planning can prevent losses, save lives in disasters, and build resilient communities. It has four fundamental phases: mitigation/prevention, preparedness, emergency response, and recovery. For the first activity, instruct students to find an emergency preparedness guide for their community or workplace. For example, you can use the “72 Hours, is Your Family Prepared? Your Emergency Preparedness Guide” from Public Safety Canada (2012). Ask the students to analyze the text for relevancy and ask them to answer the questions below:
Activity 1
Identify an emergency preparedness guide for your community or workplace, or you can use the links below:
72 Hours, is Your Family Prepared? Your Emergency Preparedness Guide
EmergencyPreparedness.pdf (novascotia.ca)
Read and analyze the guide by answering the following questions:
- Who are the target audiences in this guide?
- Can you understand the language easily?
- Is the guide relevant to you?
- What types of information did the plan provide to you?
- What information is missing from the plan?
- How prepared are you to face an emergency situation?
You can also relate Activity 1 to the case stories by instructing the students to pick a case and see how the guide is relevant to the older person in the case study.
Case Stories
Pick a case study and, using the emergency management plan you use in Activity 1, answer the following questions:
- Is the plan relevant for the older person in the case?
- What information is missing from the plan for the person in the case?
- Can they implement the plan in their household?