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Emergency management and disaster recovery prove to become growing sectors in the recession prone US economy. Katastrofehåndteringen og disaster recovery vise sig at blive voksende sektorer i recession tilbøjelige amerikanske økonomi. According to FEMA data and private sector sources the emergency management industry will employ 1.6 mln people and spend $65 Bln on wages alone by year 2012. Ifølge FEMA data og private kilder beredskabsloven industrien vil beskæftige 1,6 mln mennesker og bruge $ 65 mia på løn alene ved år 2012. There are many emergency services involved in handling an emergency. Der er mange redningstjenesterne involveret i at håndtere en krisesituation. The planning phase starts at formulating contingency plans, where the agencies decide on how they will act in a given emergency. Planlægningsfasen starter ved udformningen beredskabsplaner, hvor organerne, hvordan de vil handle i en given nødsituation. Response phase includes execution of contingency plans with some elements of improvisation, due to inevitable gaps between planning and reality. Response fase omfatter gennemførelse af beredskabsplaner med visse elementer af improvisation, som følge af uundgåelige huller mellem planlægning og virkelighed. Recovery after the incident and mitigation involve assistance to the people to overcome mental and physical traumas as well as minimizing damage. Opsving efter hændelsen og oversvømmelsesbekæmpelse inddrage bistand til mennesker med at overvinde den mentale og fysiske traumer samt at minimere skader. All these efforts require an army of professionals in “standby” mode. Alle disse bestræbelser kræver en hær af fagfolk i "standby" mode.

While spending billions on disaster management is a heavy burden even for healthy economies, lessons of Louisiana, Thailand and, more recently, Myanmar demonstrate that lack of preparedness costs even more dearly. Selv bruger milliarder på katastrofestyring er en tung byrde selv for en sund økonomi, erfaringerne fra Louisiana, Thailand og senest Myanmar påvise, at manglende beredskab omkostninger endnu mere dyrt.