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Disaster Management Essentials Guide

Disaster management involves preparedness, response, recovery, and prevention. Preparedness involves making communities capable of coping with disasters through awareness, warning systems, and training. Response involves minimizing effects during and after a disaster through plans, resources, and search/rescue. Recovery supports reconstruction and restoring well-being through counseling, infrastructure, aid, and rebuilding. Prevention aims to eliminate or reduce disasters through prohibiting habitation in risky areas and disaster-resistant buildings.

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Disaster Management Essentials Guide

Disaster management involves preparedness, response, recovery, and prevention. Preparedness involves making communities capable of coping with disasters through awareness, warning systems, and training. Response involves minimizing effects during and after a disaster through plans, resources, and search/rescue. Recovery supports reconstruction and restoring well-being through counseling, infrastructure, aid, and rebuilding. Prevention aims to eliminate or reduce disasters through prohibiting habitation in risky areas and disaster-resistant buildings.

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  • Introduction to Disaster Management
  • What is a Disaster?
  • Components of Disaster Management
  • Disaster Preparedness
  • Example for Disaster Preparedness
  • Disaster Response
  • Example for Disaster Response
  • Disaster Recovery
  • Example for Disaster Recovery
  • Prevention and Mitigation
  • Example for Prevention and Mitigation
  • Principles of Disaster Management

Disaster Management

BY
[Link] KUMAR
What is a DISASTER
• A disaster is a natural or manmade event
which results in widespread human loss, loss
of livelihood, property and life.
Components of Disaster
Management
1. Preparedness
2. Response
3. Recovery
4. Prevention
Disaster Preparedness
• It involves measures to ensure that
communities and services are
capable of coping with the effect of
disaster.
EXAMPLE FOR DISASTER
PREPAREDNESS

1. Community awareness and


education
2. Proper warning system
3. Mutual aid arrangement
4. Mock drill, training practice
Disaster Response
It involves measures taken in anticipation of, during and
immediately after a disaster to ensure that the effects are
minimized.
EXAMPLE FOR DISASTER
RESPONSE

1. Implementing the disaster


management plan
2. Setting up medical camps
and mobilizing resources
3. Providing adequate
shelter and sanitary
facilities
4. Development of search
and rescue team
Disaster Recovery
It involves measures, which support emergency
affected areas in reconstruction of the physical
infrastructure and restoration of economic and
emotional well being.
EXAMPLE FOR DISASTER
RECOVERY

1. Counseling programme for


those who lost the near ones

2. Restoring services like roads,


communication link

3. Providing financial support


employment

4. Reconstructing damaged
buildings
Prevention and Mitigation
• It involves measures to eliminate or reduce
the incidence of severity of disasters.
EXAMPLE FOR PREVENTION
AND MITIGATION

1. Preventing
habitation in risk
zones
2. Disaster resistant
buildings
PRINCIPLES OF DISASTER
MANAGEMENT

• Minimize casualties
• Prevent further casualties
• Rescue the victims
• First aid
• Evacuate
• Medical care
• Reconstruction
THANK YOU

Disaster Management BY P.VARUN KUMAR
What is a DISASTER • A disaster is a natural or manmade event which results in widespread human loss, loss of livelihood, p
Components of Disaster Management 1. Preparedness 2. Response 3. Recovery 4. Prevention
Disaster Preparedness • It involves measures to ensure that communities and services are capable of coping with the effect
EXAMPLE FOR DISASTER PREPAREDNESS 1. Community awareness and education 2. Proper warning system 3. Mutual aid arrangement 4.
Disaster Response It involves measures taken in anticipation of, during and immediately after a disaster to ensure that the
EXAMPLE FOR DISASTER RESPONSE 1. Implementing the disaster management plan 2. Setting up medical camps and mobilizing resou
Disaster Recovery It involves measures, which support emergency affected areas in reconstruction of the physical infrastru
EXAMPLE FOR DISASTER RECOVERY 1. Counseling programme for those who lost the near ones 2. Restoring services like roa
Prevention and Mitigation • It involves measures to eliminate or reduce the incidence of severity of disasters.

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