all about man made disasters

1. Disasters
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2. A disaster is a sudden, calamitous event that seriously
disrupts the functioning of a community or society and
causes human, material, and economic or
environmental losses that exceed the community’s or
society’s ability to cope using its own resources. Though
often caused by nature, disasters can have human
origins.
What is Disaster ?

3.  D : Detection
 I : Incident Command
 S : Safety and Security
 A : Assess Hazards
 S : Support
 T : Triage and Treatment
 E : Evacuation
 R : Recovery
What does Disaster stand for ?

4. A man-made disasters is a disaster resulting from
human intent, negligence, or error.
Manmade disasters can be both intentional and
unintentional. It results in huge loss of life and property.
It further affects a person's mental, physical and social
well-being.
Man Made Disasters

5. The causes of man made disasters are:
Reasons for Man Made Disasters
Reasons
ignorance 5.2%
unawreness 0.2%
illiteracy 0.4
carelessness 4.2%

6. Man made disasters can be the following:
 Nuclear disaster
 Chemical disasters
 Radiological emergencies
 Terrorism
Examples of Man Made Disasters

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8.  One should not look at the fire as it causes instant
blindness.
 Close all doors and windows as radioactivity does
not penetrate into solid structures.
 Cover all food and water.
Nuclear Accidents

9.  Do not panic, evacuate calmly and quickly perpendicular to wind
direction through the designated escape route
 Keep a wet handkerchief or piece of cloth/ sari on face during
evacuation
 Do not consume the uncovered food/ water etc open to the air,
drink only from bottle
 Provide correct and accurate information to government official.
 Inform others on occurrence of event at public gathering places
(like school, shopping centre, theatre etc.).
 Don’t pay attention to the rumours and don’t spread rumours.
Chemical Disasters

10.  Take cover yourself Keep your condition till the flash, hot air, and flying and
falling debris
 Be aware of intense flash-light coming from the explosion of a nuclear
weapon.
 Then, head urgently for the nearest shelter without panic. You have 30-60
min before you reach the shelter.
 Protect your mouth and nose with swab/cloth etc.
 You must wash your hands, face, hairs, and other uncovered part of your
body.
 Take the necessary equipment with you and enter the shelter.
Radiological emergencies

11. Terrorism is the use of fear and acts of violence in order to intimidate
societies or governments. Many different types of social or political
organizations might use terrorism to try to achieve their goals. People
who do terrorism are called terrorists.
It is difficult to explain terrorism. Terrorism has no official criminal law
definition at the international level. Common definitions of terrorism
refer to violent acts which are intended to create fear (terror); are done
for a religious, political, or ideological goal; and which target civilians.
Some definitions now include acts of unlawful violence and war. The
use of similar tactics by criminal gangs is not usually called terrorism,
though these same actions may be called terrorism when done by a
politically motivated group.
Terrorism

12. Example of man made disaster…
 London smog
 The Al-Mishraq Fire
 The Nuclear Power Plant Explosion in Chernobyl
 The Kuwait Oil Fires
 The Destruction of the Aral Sea

13. The disasters has only caused loss to life and property,
the animals face the threat of extinction, good yielding
land turns into a waste land humans suffer from severe
ailments every where there is a health problem.
Effects of Disasters