Emergency Prevention

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-009285",
  "term": "Emergency Prevention",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Actions to avoid an incident or to intervene to stop an incident from occurring. Prevention involves actions to protect lives and property. It involves applying intelligence and other information to a range of activities that may include such countermeasures as deterrence operations; heightened inspections; improved surveillance and security operations; investigations to determine the full nature and source of the threat; public health and agricultural surveillance and testing processes; immunizations, isolation, or quarantine; and, as appropriate, specific law enforcement operations aimed at deterring, preempting, interdicting, or disrupting illegal activity and apprehending potential perpetrators and bringing them to justice.",
  "references": [
    "FEMA"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/emergency-prevention/"
}