Coordinated Regional Incident Management (Netherlands)
The Coordinated Regional Incident-Management Procedure or Gecoördineerde Regionale Incidentbestrijdings Procedure (GRIP) is a nationwide emergency management procedure in the Netherlands. The procedure is used by all emergency services, different layers of government and government agencies. The nationwide digital communication system C2000 is used for communications between the various emergency services and the policy teams and coordination centres. Stages The procedure is scaled according to the affected area of an incident. There are four stages with an unofficial Stage 0 for normal day-to-day operations during small incidents. {, class="wikitable" width="80%" ! Phase , , Affected area , - , GRIP 0 , , Source-suppression. Day-to-day routine operations, no special coordination necessary. , - , GRIP 1 , , Source-suppression. Incident of limited proportions, harmonisation necessary between the various emergency services. , - , GRIP 2 , , Source- and eff ...
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Emergency Management
Emergency management or disaster management is the managerial function charged with creating the framework within which communities reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters. Emergency management, despite its name, does not actually focus on the management of emergencies, which can be understood as minor events with limited impacts and are managed through the day to day functions of a community. Instead, emergency management focuses on the management of disasters, which are events that produce more impacts than a community can handle on its own. The management of disasters tends to require some combination of activity from individuals and households, organizations, local, and/or higher levels of government. Although many different terminologies exist globally, the activities of emergency management can be generally categorized into preparedness, response, mitigation, and recovery, although other terms such as disaster risk reduction and prevention are also common. T ...
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