Key Success Factors In Emergency Responses

Key success factors in response programs serve to ensure that emergency response operations meet the anticipated goals and objectives of incident mitigation, response and recovery. The main objective of incident response is to facilitate a quick and efficient recovery from a security incident. It also aims at reducing the impacts imposed by the threat, or a critical disruption of the functionality of the facility or resources in cases whereby an incident has taken place. The plan of approach is systematic in accordance with the standard procedures of physical security in order reduce the possibility of reoccurrence (Rodriguez, 2007).
A critical success factor when managing large, multi-agency and multi-jurisdictional response programs is inter-agency communication on a universal framework. Interagency collaboration during emergencies is vital in ensuring disaster response. Flexibility is an important aspect of …show more content…
This helps in eliminating the delivery of conflicting messages by the various government and non-government agencies during disaster scenarios. Interagency communication and collaboration does not only facilitate coordination of the efforts from various jurisdictions, but also offers and guarantees joint decision-making framework based on the goals and objectives, outlined strategies and planning, public communications and the priorities during cases of emergency (Rodriguez, 2007). This helps in enhancing the effectiveness in disaster preparedness and readiness entailing numerous agencies responding to a disaster. Multi-agency coordination is an important strategy that helps in ensuring that incident response and disaster recovery is successful, especially in situations where such operations are likely to require more manpower and equipment to curtail the emergency (Rodriguez,