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Disaster Management

The document discusses disaster management including definitions of disaster, hazard, and phases of disaster management. It provides details on disaster preparedness, response, and management as an integrated process involving prevention, mitigation, response, rehabilitation, and reconstruction.

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Disaster By: Shreyasi Jha

Class: 9A
Management
Introduction
Any occurence that causes damage,
ecological disruption, loss of human
life, deterioration of health and
health services on a scale, sufficient
to warrant an extraordinary
response from outside the affected
community or area (WHO). A
disaster can be defined as an
occurrence either nature or man
made that causes human suffering
and creates human needs that victim
cannot alleviate without assistance.
Hazard
Any phenomenon that has the
potential to cause disruption or
damage to the people and their
environment.
When hazard involves elements
of risks, vulnerabilities and
capacities, they can turn into
disasters.
Hazards may be inevitable but
disasters can be prevented.
Disaster Management
The body of policy and administrative decisions and
operational activities that pertain to various stages of a
disaster at all levels.
An applied science that seeks, by systematic observation
and analysis of disasters, to improve measures relating to
prevention, emergency response, recovery and mitigation.
Encompasses all aspects of planning for, and responding to
disasters, including both pre and post disaster activities.
Disaster Management
A continuous and integrated process of planning, organizing, coordinating and
implementing measures which are necessary or expedient for -

Prevention of danger or threat of any disaster.


reduction of risk of any disaster or its severity or consequences.
Capacity-building
Preparedness to deal with any disaster.
Prompt response to any threatening disaster situation or disaster.
Accessing the severity or magnitude of effects of any disaster
Evacuation, rescue and relief.
Rehabilition and reconstruction.
Phases of Disaster
Management
Disaster Preparedness
Disaster Impact
Disaster Response
Disaster Recovery
Disaster Mitigation
Disaster Preparedness

Integral part of the Disaster preparedness consists


national system of a set of measures undertaken
Ongoing multisectoral resposible for in advance by governments,
activity. developing plans and organisations, communities, or
programmes for - individuals to better respond
Disaster Management, and cope with the immediate
Prevention, Mitigation, aftermath of a disaster, whether
response, it be human-induced or caused
rehabilitationand by natural hazards.
reconstruction.
Disaster Preparedness
Co-ordination of a variety of sectors to carry out -

Evaluation of the risk.


Adopt standards and regulations.
Organize communication and response mechanisms.
Ensure all resources - easy and easily mobilized.
Develop public education prgrammes
Coordinate information with news media.
Disaster simulation exercises.
Disaster Response

Immediate reaction to disaster as the disaster is anticipated, or


soon after it begins in order to assess the needs, reduce the
suffereing, limit the spread and consequences of the disaster, open
up the way to rehabilition

By-
Mass evacuation
Search and rescue
Emergency medical services
Securing food and water
Maintenance of Law & Order.

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