17/11/2021
Reasons for States of Emergency
Natural disaster (hurricanes, earthquakes, floods)
Civil unrest (riots)
Domestic or terrorist attacks
Medical pandemic or epidemic
Biosecurity Risk
Governments at local, state, and federal levels can authorize a State of Emergency. In doing so, the government is granted a temporary suspension of constitutional laws and funding for community aid, including restricting normal freedoms by instituting martial law, state of siege,