Involving Private Sector for Providing Resources during Disasters

It can be seen that sometimes the emergencies leave the long lasting affects over the nations and people. It becomes very difficult for the nations to stand up again and struggle to get back their same position. These nations empty out the resources that they have in the form of finance and also every other kind of funds are also being used by these nations for the reconstruction process. In the times of emergency, it is also seen that the business and other activities are also stopped or decreased which also makes the people to have issued in earning their livelihood.

Hence during the emergency a number of risks are supposed to arise like unemployment, hunger, loss of shelter, diseases and so on. In order to meet and reconstruct all the destruction it is felt quite necessary that not only the government but private sector should also involve and help the people to struggle and rebuild their own lives. The private sector can provide its resources, funds and services for developing the mitigation strategies, risk reduction strategies, economy development strategies, human life development strategies, development and implementation of the protective and security measures.

All these activities are essential to have a support by the private sector so that the people do not have to face the emergency and if so then they can become able to cope up with this emergency. The private sector can play a great role in fulfilling the needs of the community as well as of the business. The private sector has also got the ability that it can provide a team of technical members who can deal with the situation. Also a team of doctors can also get arranged by the private sector for the treatment of the people who are affected. Donations and funds that are useful for the situation of after the emergency and also before the emergency can also be provided by the private sector. The private sector can play a role that is multifaceted as well as multi disciplinary. It must take part in helping to manage the situation. The general help tht can be provided by the private sector is given below:

  • It can help in explaining, assigning, and also deploying the role of institution that can be played in the emergency management.
  • It can help in training the people for teaching them that how they can effectively deal the risky conditions.
  • It can also help the institutes to arrange the training sessions and provide the institutes with the equipments and teams.
  • It can help in developing the programs that may support the organizations and people to develop the security measures.
  • It can also help in creating the awareness regarding the emergency among the public.
  • It can also provide the people with the information about the disasters, hazards and emergencies. The information providing is important as it will make the people to have an awareness before.

The above mentioned are the activities in which the private sector can help a lot in fighting with the emergencies and disasters. (Srinivas, n.d)

Conclusion

In the end it can be concluded that this study made an in depth exploration of the emergency management and its importance. The various responsibilities of the emergency management have been stated in this study which clarifies the need of emergency management for any society. The emergency management is required to be performed y the local or state government of the country. In this study, we have found out that how the governments can involve the private sector in the emergency management. It is an obvious fact that private sector can provide with a great deal of funds and resources. The various resources that can be provided by the private sector have also been given in this paper. As the private sector is financially a very strong sector, thus, it is recommended that in case of huge disasters the governments should involve the private sectors for improved resources.

References

Haddow, G. D. Bullock, J. A. Coppola, D. P. (2006). Introduction to emergency management. Published by Butterworth-Heinemann.

References

Haddow, G. D. Bullock, J. A. Coppola, D. P. (2006). Introduction to emergency management. Published by Butterworth-Heinemann.