State Emergency Management (EM) Glossary

Guidance
Provides definitions for terms encountered in emergency management, drawing together definitions from many sources.
First published: 13 September 2022
Last updated:

Western Australia’s emergency management framework encompasses multiple agencies, organisations and people; many with their own, unique operational jargon.

This glossary aims to provide agreed definitions, drawn from multiple sources, for emergency management terms likely to be encountered by personnel operating within the emergency management sector.

For review schedules and details of amendments, see our amendments section.

 

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