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Disaster recovery falls under the rubric of emergency management. This broad term generally
encompasses four distinct phases—mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery.
Mitigation
Mitigation lessens the impact of unavoidable disasters. Ideally, mitigation occurs before an
emergency. However, mitigation and preparedness sometimes do not occur until after a
disaster strikes as recovery efforts are made. Unfortunately, this is often the case with
disasters when there is a tendency to dismiss the seriousness of a potential disaster until it
strikes. All too often, it is after the confusion settles and things return to normal before plans
are made for the next disaster.
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