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This leads to vulnerabilities in communities and critical\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\ninfrastructure that affect millions of people annually and can cause extensive societal damage. There are, however, measures\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nthat can be taken to plan for and alleviate the effects of these emergency events. Emergency management is a cyclical process\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nencompassing mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery, where actions in each phase can significantly affect the\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nothers. Natural disasters require rapid response and adequate assistance to affected communities to alleviate their impacts.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nEffective execution of the response phase relies on real-time situational awareness and decision-making by emergency\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nmanagement personnel and stakeholders. Marginalized populations, however, have a long-standing history of experiencing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\ninequalities in emergency management as it pertains to aspects such as distribution of aid, procedural fairness, and longitudinal\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\ncommunity impacts. More specifically, there are multifaceted issues that impede equitable response efforts. In this dissertation, I\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\noutline and examine three particular issues within emergency response systems to enhance accessibility for those experiencing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\ncrisis events such as natural disasters.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nThe first study investigates disparities within the emergency response system of Emergency Medical Services and its response\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\ntime to incidents, aiming to reveal that despite the system\u0027s design for standardized caller experience, inequalities persist based\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\non location within the same dispatch system and zoning coverage. The second study assesses community needs in disasters\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nthrough improving emergency management personnel\u0027s ability to effectively locate and promptly delineate actionable insights via\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nsocial media. It also focuses on mitigating bias in machine learning models that leverage this data, aiming to achieve further\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nevidence on location and context of emergency events. The third study explores the imminent threat of cyber-attacks on critical\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\ninfrastructure (i.e., power, water, transportation, energy, etc.) during natural disasters, analyzing potential attack paths an\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nadversary can execute to cause data breaches and infiltration of emergency management systems. 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