What are the 4 phases of the Emergency Management Cycle?

• A. Mitigation, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery
• B. Planning, Execution, Recovery, Closure
• C. Prevention, Readiness, Rescue, Recovery
• D. Alert, Response, Recover, Sustain

Answer: (A)

Understanding how emergencies unfold over time is tested here. The four phases form the lifecycle of an incident: mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. Mitigation reduces hazards and potential impacts before they occur. Preparedness covers planning, training, exercises, and ensuring resources and personnel are ready to act. Response is the immediate set of actions taken during the event to save lives, protect property, and stabilize the situation. Recovery focuses on returning to normal operations and rebuilding, while also incorporating lessons learned to strengthen future resilience. This sequence is a standard model used across emergency management frameworks. The other options use terms that don’t fit this established four-phase lifecycle, mixing elements like planning, closure, or alert in ways that don’t align with the cycle. So, the set with mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery is the best answer.