Disaster Phases

The “Phases” of Emergency Management

Background Paper

Prepared for the Intermodal Freight Transportation Institute (ITFI) University of Memphis

Prepared by Malcolm E. Baird, Ph.D., P.E. Vanderbilt Center for Transportation Research (VECTOR)

January 2010

Table of Contents Page Preface ............................................................................................................................................. i Abstract ........................................................................................................................................... ii What Are the Phases? ...................................................................................................................... 1 Recent Adaptations, Changes, and Confusion .................................................................................. 7 Definitions and Descriptions for Each Phase .................................................................................... 15 Conceptual Issues ............................................................................................................................ 21 Closing ............................................................................................................................................. 41 References ...................................................................................................................................... 42

Preface This paper was prepared for the Intermodal Freight Transportation Institute (ITFI) at the University of Memphis to help advance research, education, and outreach related to intermodal freight transportation. The primary audience for the paper includes IFTI faculty, staff, and students as well as representatives of the public and private organizations that support IFTI. The paper is part of an ITFI initiative to improve mutual understanding between the public and private sectors relative to intermodal freight transportation. Many of...