Coordination in emergency response management

Emergency Response Management (ERM) is helpful in supporting emergency response operations across organizational, jurisdictional, and geographical boundaries. The US government recognized the growing importance of ERM in countering both natural and manmade hazards, and established a National Incident Management System (NIMS) at federal level. The NIMS prescribes institutional response guidelines that help in establishing rule structures and developing a normative environment with defined tasks should be done for response. The coordination of emergency response is difficult as it involves factoring in exigencies typical of an emergency situation of uncertainty, high time pressure, shortage of resources. It is also affected by large scale impact and damage, and the disruption of infrastructure support, which is necessary for coordination like electricity, telecommunications, and transportation.