Re: changing name , asap please?

Just some brief comments on naming...

On 24/06/2007, at 01:00, paola.dimaio@gmail.com wrote:

> I dont know why I dont feel disaster is not the best word, I think  
> I explained how I feel about disasters, disasters are emergencies  
> that were not managed properly - I guess that's personal

Yes, it does sound personal. Many people also use disaster as a badge  
of honour for surviving through very tough times.

But we aren't talking about personal definitions for our work.

> emergency is used widely, everywhere  'emergency services' there  
> are a number of services listed, including ambulance, fire brigade,  
> police of various kinds etc

Yes, but emergency in that context is actually different from  
emergency management. Many people involved in the emergency services  
actually have relatively little to do with emergency management  
because they are primarily a response agency.

> incident management

I don't think IM is a good option because it also has other  
definitions in the corporate world - particularly utilities that  
daily manage 'incidents' with their assets.

> risk management

I don't think this is even in our domain - that only location it has  
any real relevance in what we are talking about it is the assessment  
of community risks during the reduction process. Risk management is  
mostly theoretical and analytical, and has little to do with  
response. Indeed, risk management hands over the risks that can't be  
managed to emergency management for readiness, response and recovery.

Emergency management is fine if everyone we are dealing understands  
the term. Otherwise, disaster management is still by far the best two- 
word description we where we are targeting our work.

Cheers Gav

PS I'm sorry I'm not cc'ing everyone with the reply all, but I'd  
rather just send one message back to the list so that you don't get  
dupes.