The Emergency Management Act 2005 (EM Act) provides for prompt and coordinated organisation of emergency management in WA. It formally establishes the State Emergency Management Committee (SEMC) and other bodies, including the SEMC's subcommittees.
It defines who does what, when, where and how, in order to mitigate, prepare for, respond to and recover from the effects of natural, technological and human-caused hazards. The CEMP consists of the basic plan, functional annexes and hazard- or incident-specific annexes. The basic plan was adopted June 29, 2021.
The comprehensive emergency management principles of mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery is a phased disaster life-cycle model used to help ensure preparedness for and response to disasters.
The Washington State Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan (CEMP) provides a policy level framework to support emergency management activities in Washington State. Emergency management consists of prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery activities.
Prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery are the five steps of Emergency Management.
How to write a contingency plan Make a list of risks. Weigh risks based on severity and likelihood. Identify important risks. Conduct a business impact analysis. Create contingency plans for the biggest risks. Get approval for contingency plans. Share your contingency plans. Monitor contingency plans.