Emergency by type

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-009268

Kind of any incident, whether natural or manmade, that requires responsive action to protect life or property. Under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, an emergency means any occasion or instance for which, in the determination of the President, Federal assistance is needed to supplement State and local efforts and capabilities to save lives and to protect property and public health and safety, or to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe in any part of the United States.

Table 1. Record
Identifier	MLC-T-ENV-009268
Field	Environment
Subject	Environmental events
References	Adapted from FEMA Improvement Plan Glossary at http://emilms.fema.gov/IS200b/glossary.htm

Record as JSON

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  "definition": "Kind of any incident, whether natural or manmade, that requires responsive action to protect life or property. Under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, an emergency means any occasion or instance for which, in the determination of the President, Federal assistance is needed to supplement State and local efforts and capabilities to save lives and to protect property and public health and safety, or to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe in any part of the United States.",
  "subject": "Environmental events",
  "references": [
    "Adapted from FEMA Improvement Plan Glossary at http://emilms.fema.gov/IS200b/glossary.htm"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/emergency-by-type/"
}

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