Abstract
Emergency management has become a focus of scientific study on how to better understand the hazards that shape our natural and constructed environments in order to establish standards for a safer world. It comprises the body of knowledge, policy and practice associated with humanitarian responses to both natural and technological disasters and emergencies. Its objective is to decrease the vulnerability of Canadian communities through improved access to emergency services, information, education and empowerment. In this article, we explore several important emergency management issues concerned with information support that require an examination of the basic tenets of emergency governance in Canada.
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