Question

case study on hurrican matthew in Haiti

what are the 4 phases of emergency management in hurricane matthew

Answer 1

The hurricane Matthew caused devastating damages across the regions of South America and Haiti and was first category 5 hurricane after 2007.The emergency management was well planned and can be categorized into following four phases :

1. Mitigation - Mitigation involved the shifting of people from the area where the damage and the impact of hurricane was estimated.This is the kind of preventive measure in order to ensure that people are well moved out from the places before the arrival of hurricane.

2. Preparedness - Preparedness in an emergency management involves the planning and gathering of required resources in case of emergency.This involves food supply,availability of doctors and medicines,commutation,communication and alternative shelters for victims.

3.Response - Response is a process executed during the period of emergency and is the actual execution of planning and preparation phase of an emergency management.The response time and response activities will eventually determine the speed of the recovery.

4. Recovery - Recovery phase of an emergency management system is where the after effects of the hurricane is stabilized and the efforts to reach back to normal phase is made.

These were the four phases of emergency management which was followed for managing hurricane Matthew.

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