Emergency Management Information System

Emergency Management Information System (EMIS) is a computer database for disaster response that provides graphical, real-time information to responders.

EMIS and emergencies
Four phases of an emergency are preparedness, risk mitigation, response, and recovery. An EMIS helps emergency managers or any emergency stakeholder (such as affected civilians, police, firefighters, nongovernment organizations) more quickly and easily perform their required activities in any phase of an emergency.

EMIS for preparedness

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

EMIS for risk mitigation

 * Determine possible risk areas and risk types. Often supported by a geographical information system (GIS).

EMIS for response

 * Executing and tracking the contingency plan.

EMIS for recovery

 * Cost calculation of the emergency.
 * Reports (supported by tables and graphs).

An EMIS interacts with many other early alert systems and communicates with many legacy systems.

EMIS Provider Implementations

 * ETeam EMS