Emergency Management Practitioners: Who They Are and What They Do

Emergency management practitioners are often known to use disaster research because they find them valuable in decision-making process. In this regard, there are various sources within the field of disaster of disaster research that I find most valuable as will be evident in this essay. It is, therefore, my considered view that academic sources fit into the area of disaster research study. Specifically, I will examine the article ‘Improving the science and evidence base of disaster: a policy research study.’ This piece is significant because it highlights in depth various issues pertaining to the area of emergency management, and more importantly, how practitioners can devise response mechanisms that involve other stakeholders (Jillson et al., 2019). Subsequently, this study supports my position in the following ways. First, the article is concerned with clearly methodologies that rely on evidence when responding to disasters. This means that the social and legal issues that relate to such emergencies are subjected to rigorous evaluation and examination before any further step is taken. Second, the piece emphasises engaged planning and coordination of various activities that ensure more partnership and collaboration for emergency practitioners. This approach supports my position in terms of promoting humane responses that are founded on policy and evidence as opposed to haphazard reactions that may jeopardize disaster reduction. Third, the piece equally considers findings that directly relate to prevention than response when it comes to humanitarian disasters (Drabek, 2013). Therefore, the issues raised in the above article find resonance to biblical principles of honesty, receiving and giving without expecting anything in return (Drabek, 2013). This gospel of altruism has been important to, in particular, because I am part of community groups that intervene frequently during disasters. I often involve myself by bringing my expertise and skills of emergency response to ensure disasters do not spread further become uncontrollable in the long-term. 

References 

Drabek, T. (2013). The Human Side of Disaster . Mason, OH: SAGE. 

Jillson, I. et al., (2019). “Improving the science and evidence base of disaster response: a policy research study.” BMC Health Services Research 19 (274): 453-80.