Collaboration in Emergency Management

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[...] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLj66KNptcI Skinner, R. L. (2006). A Performance Review of FEMA's Disaster Management Activities in Response to Hurricane Katrina. Stewart, T., & Bird, P. (2022). Health economic evaluation: cost-effective strategies in humanitarian and disaster relief medicine. BMJ Military Health, e001859. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjmilitary-2021-001859 Week 6 Lecture. (n.d.). Collaboration. [...]

[...] Social vulnerabilities are frequent during disaster management. They arise from unequal access to resources by different social groups, which can hinder an emergency manager's work in successfully managing a disaster. According to the Week 6 Lecture, inclusion can address this issue and improve the management planning process (See p. 8). The importance of Maintaining close contact with stakeholders Collaboration is important, too, for emergency managers, especially during the planning, response, and recovery stages of emergency management. However, it is even more necessary that emergency managers maintain consistent and close contact with their partner agencies and organizations. [...]

[...] According to Harvard Ash Center (2008, 32:49), the collaboration of various government departments with various emergency agencies indicates effective disaster management and resource allocation during disaster management. Secondly, resource-sharing indicates a collaborative relationship in the sense that it enables securing cost-effective resources. Cost-effectivity applies both in the acquisition and use of resources. Stewart and Bird (2022) point out that a cost-effective acquisition of resources during humanitarian emergencies often means deriving maximum benefits from them. This is achieved through a collaborative framework. Additionally, sharing resources reduces competition for resources among stakeholders. [...]

[...] Including all these stakeholders will make an emergency manager's work within the context of sourcing resources and successfully implementing emergency management protocols (Week 6 Lecture, p. 8). According to a report released on some of the failures during the management of Hurricane Katrina, one of the failures was a lack of collaboration between different levels of the government (Skinner p.5). This shows that some stakeholders were not involved in the emergency management plan. Thus, the operations were not uniform across the board. This shows how important inclusion is to emergency managers' work. Additionally, inclusion can purposefully address the problem of social inequity during disaster management. [...]

[...] Conclusion Collaboration is a significant aspect of emergency management. It is a tool that emergency managers can use to ensure the inclusion of all stakeholders. Inclusion ensures there is unity of effort toward emergency management. Further, maintaining close contact with stakeholders is important because it helps emergency managers be aware of any changes in their partner organizations. Lastly, resource-sharing indicates a collaborative relationship because, among other things, it shows that stakeholders are willing to work together. Moving forward, collaboration is an aspect that emergency managers must be willing to implement more within the frameworks of their operations. [...]