Emergency Response

Purpose

Emergency response is the shock layer of the disaster cycle. It captures what changed, which systems are disrupted, and which delivery constraints are now binding.

What This Section Holds

• Event input records
• Shock‑specific access and logistics changes
• Rapid market and financial‑system checks
• Operational, regulatory, and protection constraints
• Rapid feasibility check entry points
• Links to humanitarian assistance scoring outputs

Key Concepts & Definitions

Process Flow

1. Event Capture – Manual or sensor‑based entry of incident details.
2. Impact Assessment – Map affected areas, infrastructure status, and population exposure.
3. Constraint Identification – Populate the constraint matrix (access, security, finance, protection).
4. Rapid Feasibility – Run the CDI scoring engine with shock‑specific inputs.
5. Output Generation – Produce a feasibility summary and highlight critical gaps.

Evidence & Data Sources

• Incident reports from municipal emergency services
• Real‑time infrastructure status APIs (power, transport, communications)
• Market price volatility feeds
• Protection risk alerts from NGOs and UN OCHA

Decision Brief Template

Shock Summary – Flash flood affecting 3 km², 1 500 people displaced.

Key Constraints – Road access reduced 60 %, power outage 80 %, market price surge 30 %.

Feasibility – Cash assistance viable (score 0.78), in‑kind limited (score 0.42).

Recommendations – Prioritise cash distribution, pre‑position shelters, coordinate with power restoration.

Governance & Review

• Owner: Municipal Emergency Operations Center
• Update Frequency: Real‑time during an event; post‑event review within 48 h.
• Audit Trail: All inputs, constraint updates, and engine runs logged with timestamps.
• Link to Humanitarian Assistance – Feasibility results feed the Humanitarian Assistance engine for modality selection.

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