EMERGENCY RESPONSE | SKYSIDE
Following a disaster, rapid and effective action is needed. The initial assessments are essential to establish the nature and scale of the emergency to avoid making the emergency worse. An assessment, however brief, is required to ensure that any action undertaken is effective.
The initial assessment is crucial in planning, implementing, and coordinating an appropriate response. This applies to both major and acute emergencies. In less acute emergencies, or once an acute situation has stabilized somewhat, a more detailed assessment is needed to design longer-term measures with adequate provision for monitoring and management.
The impact achieved in the early days of the response is largely a test of previously planned preparedness and then mitigation measures can be applied. In addition, the way the emergency response has been planned and the way the emergency is managed will have a significant influence on post-disaster recovery.
Emergency assessments should allow the following:
- Base-line data to be collected, to facilitate monitoring.
- An initial decision to be made on whether assistance is needed.
- A decision to be made on whether local capacity is adequate or external resources are required.
- Priorities for intervention to be established and an intervention strategy identified.
- Necessary resources to be identified.
Emergency response is sometimes a recurrent process, involving repeated assessment, planning, action, and review, to respond appropriately to needs and capacities as they evolve. It starts with an initial assessment and may be triggered spontaneously by the disaster event.
Skyside has advanced preparedness actions that have been designed to increase our level of readiness in response to your specific risk. If an emergency occurs, call us to assess the impact of the incident on air and water quality.
