Emergency management information system


An emergency management information system is a computer database for disaster response that provides graphical, real-time information to responders.

EMIS and emergencies

Four phases of an emergency are Readiness, Risk Mitigation, Response, and Replay. An EMIS shall enable emergency managers or any emergency stakeholder make their required activities in any phase of an emergency in an easy and speedy way.

EMIS for Readiness

  • Preparation of contingency plans for different types of emergencies
  • Creating checklists that can be easily reached by any related emergency management stakeholder
  • Resource management

    EMIS for Risk Mitigation

  • Determine possible risk areas and/or risk types. Often supported by a geographical information system.

    EMIS for Response

  • Executing and tracking the contingency plan

    EMIS for Replay

  • Review the events of the emergency
  • Various kind of reports
An EMIS interacts with many other early alert systems and communicates with many legacy systems.