emergency management authority

Language: en

📖 Definitions

  1. A government agency or official organization responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing responses to natural disasters, accidents, and public safety crises.; The official power or jurisdiction granted to an organization to handle emergency situations and enforce related regulations.

💬 Examples

  1. The local emergency management authority issued evacuation orders before the storm arrived.

  2. Officials argued whether they possessed the emergency management authority to close the highways.