<p>The state’s justice-based obligation to provide emergency and disaster management is currently undertheorized in social and political philosophy. In this paper, I draw on literature from political philosophy, applied ethics, emergency and disaster management, and more to lay the normative groundwork for theorizing about emergency and disaster management justice. First, I argue that many popular theories of justice obligate the state to provide emergency and disaster management. I then specify the content of the obligation, arguing that the state is obligated to invest in emergency and disaster management so that a minimal level of essential goods and services (whatever those are for a chosen theory of justice) can be provided to everyone without significant interruption, including times of emergencies and disasters. I then further explore the nature and fulfillment of the obligation to provide emergency and disaster management by examining issues of cost, regionality, and intergenerational justice. If successful, my argument demonstrates the urgent need for political philosophers of many kinds to recognize that the obligation to provide emergency and disaster management is necessary for a just society.</p>