Public-Private Partnerships

Public-private partnerships play huge roles in the national approach to Emergency Management. A partnership is a tool to help address resource challenges, coordinate preparedness efforts, and assist in prioritizing recovery efforts. Partnerships can be formed to: Address a specific incident; Bring together groups in a geographical area; and, represent a common interest.

Partnerships & the Emergency Management System

Preparedness

Preparedness involves actions and initiatives developed prior to an incident that are designed to improve the response to, recovery from, and mitigation of future incidents. Public-private partnerships can support preparedness by conducting risk assessments together, doing response planning, conducting training and exercises together that simulate real incidents, and educating the public about disaster preparedness.

Protection

Protection involves actions to reduce the vulnerability of critical infrastructure or key resources in order to deter, mitigate, or neutralize terrorist attacks and other emergencies. Public-private partnerships can engage in many protection activities. Examples include continuity of government and operations planning, expansion of security-related information sharing, and sharing information on vulnerabilities related to critical facilities and systems.

Response

Response includes immediate actions to save lives, protect property, and meet basic human needs. Public-private partnerships can support response activities by providing needed resources such as supplies, volunteers, and shelter.

Recovery

Recovery from an incident involves the repair of damages, return to normal activities, and attempted recovery of losses. Public-private partnerships can support recovery by engaging in activities such as providing housing, promoting restoration, helping businesses reopen their doors, and identifying lessons learned from an incident.

Mitigation

Mitigation refers to actions taken to reduce or eliminate long-term risk to people and property from hazards and their effects. Supporting retrofitting of buildings and educating the public about mitigation techniques are just a few of the activities public-private partnerships can engage in to support this component of emergency management.

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