Community Preparedness Plan

Community Preparedness Plan
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 It is a process of bringing people together within the

same community to enable them to collectively address
a common disaster risk and collectively pursue common
disaster preparedness
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 Action
 Community Warning system
 Neighbourhood Directory
 Evacuation Procedures
 Family Emergency Plan
 Farm Emergency Plan

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Structure of community preparedness plan
 1. Mitigation Planning and Research Unit
 2. Preparedness and Response Unit
 3. Public Information, Education and Community Outreach

Unit
 4. Administrative Support and Finance Unit
 5. Project Management Unit

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 The purpose of community preparedness plan

is to strengthen and sustain communities
ability to prevent and lessen the casualties in a
certain.
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Geological Hazard
 A geological hazard is an adverse geologic

condition capable of causing damage or loss
of property or life. These geologic process
only become hazard when humans get in
their ways.
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Mine Subsidence
 In a commonly used coal mining

technique, workers created rooms in
a checkerboard or grid pattern,
leaving pillars of un-mined roof and
the surface. Over time, perhaps years,
decades, or even centuries, there is
sinking from collapse in the
underground.
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Swelling Soil
 Swelling Soil, also known as
expansive soil, are ones that swell in
volume when subjected to moisture.
These swelling Soil typically contain
clay minerals that attract and absorb
water. When water is introduced to
expansive soils, the water molecules
are pulled into gaps between the soil
plates.
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Avalanche
 During an avalanche, a mass of snow, rock, ice,
soil and other material slides swiftly down a
mountainside. Avalanches of rock or soil are
often called landslide. Snowslide, the most
common kind of avalanche can sweep downhill
faster than the fastest skier.
A snow avalanche begins when a unstable mass

of snow breaks aways from a scope. The Snow
picks up speed as it move downhill, producing a
river of snow and a cloud of icy particles that rises
high into the air. It can travel faster than 320
kilometres (200 miles per hour).
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Rockfall
 Is a type of fast moving landslide

that happens when rock or earth
fall, bounces, or roll from a cliff or
down or very steep slope. Rockfall
start from high outcrops of hard
erosion-resistant Rock that become
unstable for a variety of reasons.
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Earth flow Landslide
 Earthflows usually begin in a large basin
on the upper part of a slope where debris
and weathered material accumulate; the
movement, usually set off by heavy
rainfall, may be relatively slow or very fast,
depending on the amount of water
present, the angle of the slope, and other
aspects of the terrain.
 Is a downslope viscous flow of fine-

grained materials that have been
saturated with water and moves under the
pull of gravity..
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Landslides scrap
 The head is the upslope portion of the
landslide. The scarp, the steeply inclined
failure surface with exposed soil and rock,
marks the top of a landslide. The toe is the
downslope portion of the landslide. A
mound of soil called a lobe marks the toe of
the landslide
 A steep surface on the undisturbed ground

at the upper edge of the landslide, caused by
movement of the displaced material away
from the undisturbed ground.
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Mudslide
Mudslides, however, are much more

dangerous. According to the California
Geological Survey, mudslides can easily
exceed speeds of 10 miles per hour (mph)
and often flow at rates of more than 20
mph. Because mudslides travel much faster
than landslides, they can cause deaths,
injuries and significant property damage.
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Flooding
 Flooding is an overflowing of water onto land

that is normally dry. Floods can happen during
heavy rains, when ocean waves come on shore,
when snow melts quickly, or when dams or
levees break. Damaging flooding may happen
with only a few inches of water, or it may cover a
house to the rooftop. Floods can occur within
minutes or over a long period, and may last days,
weeks, or longer. Floods are the most common
and widespread of all weather-related natural
disasters.
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Sinkhole
Sinkholes are all about water
 Water washes away the soil and residue from the
voids in the rock. Lowering of groundwater levels
can cause a loss of support for the soft material in
the rock spaces that can lead to collapse .
 Subsidence – sinking of the ground because of

underground material movement—is most often
caused by the removal of water, oil, natural gas,
or mineral resources out of the ground by
pumping, fracking, or mining activities.
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Volcanoes
 Volcanoes spew hot, dangerous gases,

ash, lava, and rock that are powerfully
destructive. People have died from volcanic
blasts. Volcanic eruptions can result in
additional threats to health, such as floods,
mudslides, power outages, drinking water
contamination, and wildfires.
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Tsunami
 Tsunamis occur when large quantities

of water are displaced, most
commonly because of earthquakes,
landslides, or volcanic eruptions.
Tsunamis can also be produced by
atmospheric disturbances or meteorite
impacts, but these are rare. The map
below shows that all coastal areas can
be impacted by tsunamis.
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Earthquake
 Depending on its size and location, an

earthquake can cause the physical
phenomena of ground shaking, surface
fault rupture, and ground failure and,
in some coastal areas, tsunamis.
Smaller earthquakes, aftershocks, may
follow the main shock, sometimes
several hours, months, or even several
years later.

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Community Preparedness Plan

zRelated Geological Hazard

 It is a process of bringing people together within the

 Community Warning system

 Family Emergency Plan

 Farm Emergency Plan

 1. Mitigation Planning and Research Unit

 2. Preparedness and Response Unit

 3. Public Information, Education and Community Outreach

 4. Administrative Support and Finance Unit

 5. Project Management Unit

 The purpose of community preparedness plan

 A geological hazard is an adverse geologic

 In a commonly used coal mining

A snow avalanche begins when a unstable mass

 Is a type of fast moving landslide

 Is a downslope viscous flow of fine-

 A steep surface on the undisturbed ground

Mudslides, however, are much more

 Flooding is an overflowing of water onto land

 Subsidence – sinking of the ground because of

 Volcanoes spew hot, dangerous gases,

 Tsunamis occur when large quantities

 Depending on its size and location, an

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