### Question
How is the "emergency preparedness" defined?


### Answer
The term **emergency preparedness** is defined in *42 U.S.C. § 5195a* as follows -

> all those activities and measures designed or undertaken to prepare for or minimize the effects of a hazard upon the civilian population, to deal with the immediate emergency conditions which would be created by the hazard, and to effectuate emergency repairs to, or the emergency restoration of, vital utilities and facilities destroyed or damaged by the hazard

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 5195a*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 68-DISASTER RELIEF > SUBCHAPTER IV&ndash;B-EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS**

