A Comparative Research Of Emergency Commanding Process Between China And America

China is facing a grim situation, all kinds of emergency incidents frequently occur.The country’s economic and social progress is at serious threat and damage. Emergencycommand is the key of emergency response. It is related to the result of emergencyresponse and the extent of damage caused by incidents. Emergency command process is thebasic of emergency command and reflects the logic relation between different links.This paper puts emergency command process into two related parts, including thestatic aspect of organization and the dynamic aspect of procedure. By analyzing China’semergency command process and US’s emergency command from these two aspects, thepaper found the differences and similarities between these two countries.Firstly, the paper analyzes from the static aspect of organization. The similarities ofChina and US’s emergency command organizations include prioritizing responses, theflexibility and temporality of the organizations. The differences include that China’scommand subjects are fragmented, social participation is insufficient, and organizationshave no unified standard. While US emergency command organizations have a unifiedstandard and a sound coordination mechanism exists in different departments.Secondly, the paper analyze from the dynamic aspect of emergency commandprocedures. The similarities of China and US’s emergency command procedures includethat procedure is starting from information receiving and finishing by organizationdissolution. The differences include that China’s emergency command procedures are veryvague, techniques and social participation in elements security is insufficient. While USemergency command process is managed by objective. US have a sufficient elementssecurity including the advanced technology using, the sound security mechanism and thesufficient participation of society.After comparative analyzing the emergency command process between China and US,4points can be learned from the US emergency command process. The first point is to establish a standard command organization. The second point is to perfect the coordinationmechanism. The third point is to normalize the emergency command procedures. The forthpoint is to improve the elements security system of emergency command process.