Four phases of an emergency are Readiness, Risk Mitigation, Response, and Replay. An EMIS shall enable emergency managers or any emergency stakeholder (affected civilians, police, fireman, Non Government Organizations (NGO), etc.) make their required activities in any phase of an emergency in an easy and speedy way.

EMIS for Readiness edit

• Preparation of contingency plans for different types of emergencies
• Creating checklists that can be easily reached by any related emergency management stakeholder
• Resource management

EMIS for Risk Mitigation edit

• Determine possible risk areas and/or risk types. Often supported by a geographical information system (GIS).

EMIS for Response edit

• Executing and tracking the contingency plan

EMIS for Replay edit

• Review the events of the emergency
• Various kind of reports (supported by tables, graphs, etc.)

An EMIS interacts with many other early alert systems and communicates with many legacy systems.

• Emergency management
• Emergency management software
• Emergency Communication System
• Logistics Support System
• Wireless Emergency Alerts