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NM DOH All Hazard Incident Management Glossary
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EMAC – Emergency Management Assistance Compact
Emergency (NM) – any event or occurrence for which, in the determination of the Governor, State assistance is needed to supplement local efforts and capabilities to save lives, protect property, provide for the public health and safety, and to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe. Note: An emergency is of less impact than a disaster. (New Mexico All Hazard Emergency Operations Plan 1999)
Emergency (NM) – any man-made or natural disaster causing or threatening widespread physical or economic harm that is beyond local control and requires the resources of the state. (From: the NM Uniform Licensing Act)
Emergency (federal) – absent a Presidentially declared emergency, any incident(s), human-caused or natural, that requires responsive action to protect life or property. Under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, an emergency means any occasion or instance for which, in the determination of the President, Federal assistance is needed to supplement State and local efforts and capabilities to save lives and to protect property and public health and safety, or to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe in any part of the United States.
Emergency Management – a systematic program of activities that governments and their partners undertake before, during, and after a disaster to save lives, prevent injury, and to protect property and the natural environment.
Emergency Public Information – information that is disseminated primarily in anticipation of an emergency or during an emergency. In addition to providing situational information to the public, it also frequently provides directive actions required to be taken by the general public.
Emergency Response Provider – includes Federal, State, local, and tribal emergency public safety, law enforcement, emergency response, emergency medical (including hospital emergency facilities), and related personnel, agencies, and authorities. See Section 2 (6), Homeland Security Act of 2002, Pub. L. 107-296, 116 Stat. 2135 (2002). Also known as Emergency Responder.
EMI - Emergency Management Institute (FEMA) (US)
EMNRD – Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department (NM)
Empirical - originating in or based on observation or experiment.
Empowerment - a mechanism by which people, organizations, and communities gain mastery over their affairs.
EMS - Emergency Medical Services
EMSCOM – Emergency Medical Services Communications
EMT - Emergency Medical Technician
Encephalitis – inflammation of the brain.
Endemic – the constant presence of a disease or infectious agent within a given geographic area; it may also refer to the usual prevalence of a given disease within such area. Hyperendemic expresses a constant presence at a high level of incidence, and holoendemic a high level of prevalence with infections beginning early in life and affecting most of the population, e.g., malaria in some places.
Engagement - taking part in something.
Enteric – relating to the intestines, alimentary.
Enzootic – persistent presence of disease or infection in animals other than humans.
EPA - Environmental Protection Agency (US)
Epidemic – the occurrence in a community or region of cases of an illness (or an outbreak) with a frequency clearly in excess of normal expectancy.
Epidemiologist – a professional skilled in disease investigation. Epidemiologists design and conduct epidemiological studies, analyze data to detect patterns and trends in disease, establish and maintain surveillance systems, monitor health status and evaluate the performance and cost effectiveness of public health programs.
Epidemiology – the study of the distribution and determinants of disease or health status in a population; the study of the occurrence and causes of health effects in humans; the study of how often and why diseases occur in different groups of people
Epizootic – (1) denoting a temporal pattern of disease occurrence in an animal population in which the disease occurs with a frequency clearly in excess of the expected frequency in that population during a given time interval. (2) an outbreak of disease in an animal population.
ESAR-VHP - Emergency System for Advance Registration of Volunteer Health Professionals
Evacuation – Organized, phased, and supervised withdrawal, dispersal, or removal of civilians from dangerous or potentially dangerous areas, and their reception and care in safe areas. Spontaneous Evacuation – residents or citizens in the threatened areas observe an emergency event or receive unofficial word of an actual or perceived threat and without receiving instructions to do so, elect to evacuate the area. Their movements, means, and direction of travel is unorganized and unsupervised. Voluntary Evacuation – a warning to persons within a designated area that a threat to life and property exists or is likely to exist in the immediate future. Individuals issued this type of warning or order are NOT required to evacuate, however it would be to their advantage to do so. Mandatory or Directed Evacuation – a warning to person within the designated area that an imminent threat to life and property exists and individuals MUST evacuate in accordance with the instructions of local officials.
Evaluation – an empirically-based analysis of the results of risk management strategies or programs, that provide senior managers, other authoritative bodies, or the public with relevant, objective, timely, and well documented findings and recommendations.
Event – a planned, nonemergency activity. ICS can be used as the management system for a wide range of events, e.g., parades, concerts, or sporting events. (Contrast with incident).
Exposure – contact of with an agent by swallowing, breathing or touching.
