Emergency Information Management and Telecommunications - Trainer's Guide - 1st Edition (Disaster Management Training Programme, 78 p.): PART 1: EMERGENCY INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (2 hours): 4. Emergency information management

Emergency Information Management and Telecommunications - Trainer's Guide - 1st Edition (Disaster Management Training Programme, 78 p.)

PART 1: EMERGENCY INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (2 hours)

		(introduction...)
		3. Part 1: Learning objectives
		4. Emergency information management
		5. Emergency information management as a ''cycle''
		6. Identifying needs
		7. Identifying needs by phase
		8. Information needs for contingency planning
		9. Early warning information for complex emergencies
		10. Information needs for emergency response
		11. Information needs for rehabilitation and recovery activities
		12. What we sometimes assume
		13. What is often the real situation
		14. Information needs for mitigation activities
		15. Gathering data: choice of techniques and phases of disaster
		16. Choice of data gathering technique depends on:
		17. Managing data-gathering
		18. Establishing a baseline
		19. Common sources of baseline data
		20. Common sources of baseline data
		21. Quantitative vs. qualitative methods of data gathering
		22. Quantitative, statistical sampling techniques
		23. Qualitative data-gathering techniques
		24. Inter-agency approach to data gathering
		25. Tools for data-gathering
		26. Geographic Information Systems
		27. Presentation of GIS information
		28. Other tools for data-gathering
		29. Data analysis and information production
		30. Tools for data analysis and information production
		31. Information dissemination: management concerns
		32. Coordination structures and information dissemination
		33. Use of the media in information dissemination
		34. Institutional memory
		35. Steps in building institutional memory capacity

4. Emergency information management

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Define what is meant here by "information management." Explain its purpose and note that management fundamentals (ie, planning, organizing, controlling, influencing) apply equally to emergency information management (ie, emergency managers must make concerted efforts to plan, organize, control, and influence the information system.) Ask the participants for examples of tasks that might be required under each fundamental area of emergency management.

· Defined as: collection, consolidation, analysis and dissemination of information
· Purpose: ensure needed information is disseminated to the right users at the right time to facilitate decision making
· Requires: planning, organizing, controlling system resources, and influencing the users of those resources