EMA vs FD in USA
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Peteri Szerlagi
Sep 12, 2025, 8:55:25 AM9/12/25
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lets cover some lingo from the USA
FD = fire department
EMA = emergency management agency - used to be called Civil Defense -
now sometimes called Homeland Defense Agency
FD deals with normal everyday emergencies
EMA deals with large scale incidents / disaster
EMA primarily deals with disaster by writing disaster plans - in USA
cities - EMA might have a staff of 10 people and they operate 1 EOC
and 1 mobile command post
EOC = emergency operations center = 1 room where the police chief and
the fire chief and the ambulance chief can sit down and coordinate the
response to a disaster
FD = fire department
EMA = emergency management agency - used to be called Civil Defense -
now sometimes called Homeland Defense Agency
FD deals with normal everyday emergencies
EMA deals with large scale incidents / disaster
EMA primarily deals with disaster by writing disaster plans - in USA
cities - EMA might have a staff of 10 people and they operate 1 EOC
and 1 mobile command post
EOC = emergency operations center = 1 room where the police chief and
the fire chief and the ambulance chief can sit down and coordinate the
response to a disaster
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