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Disaster Management Strategies and Roles

The document outlines the aims of disaster management which are to reduce potential losses from hazards, provide prompt assistance to victims, and achieve rapid recovery. It discusses key roles in disaster response including community members, local government, and non-governmental organizations. The importance of disaster preparedness and response activities like warning, evacuation, search and rescue, and relief efforts are also highlighted. Specific risks from floods are noted along with main mitigation strategies like land use control and engineering structures.

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Disaster Management Strategies and Roles

The document outlines the aims of disaster management which are to reduce potential losses from hazards, provide prompt assistance to victims, and achieve rapid recovery. It discusses key roles in disaster response including community members, local government, and non-governmental organizations. The importance of disaster preparedness and response activities like warning, evacuation, search and rescue, and relief efforts are also highlighted. Specific risks from floods are noted along with main mitigation strategies like land use control and engineering structures.

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AIMS OF DISASTER

MANAGEMENT
Reduce (Avoid, if possible)
the potential losses from
hazards.
Assure prompt and
appropriate assistance to
victims when necessary.
Achieve rapid and durable
recovery.

Role Players in Disasters

People : Individuals, House -Holds,


Volunteers
Gram Panchayat : Sarpanch, Panchayati
Secretary, Panchayati Members
Village Elders : Caste/Community/Religious
Leaders, Teachers, Doctors, Engineers,
Retired Army & Police Personnel
Govt. Deptl. Officers : Agriculture, Medical,
Engineers (Housing, Roads & Buildings,
Irrigation) Revenue Department, Public
Health, Police etc. NGOs

DISASTER
PREPAREDNESS

Disaster preparedness aims at


minimizing the adverse effects of a
hazard -

Through
actions

effective

precautionary

Ensure
timely,
appropriate
and
efficient organisation and delivery of
emergency response following the
impact of a disaster.

Disaster Response
Activities

Warning
Evacuation/Mitigation
Search and Rescue
Assessment
Emergency Relief
Logistics and Supply
Communication and information
Management
Survivor Response and coping
Security
EOC & coordination
Expedite rehabilitation and reconstruction.

Floods and Water


Hazards
Elements at Risk
Everything in
the flood plain.
Earthen or
soluble
structures
Buried services
and utilities
Food stores
Crops and
livestock

Main Mitigation
Strategies.
Land use control
Engineering of
strictures
Elevation of
structures
Flood control
structures
Reforestation
projects (watershed
management)

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