Communication facilities for disaster management in india

1. PRESENTATION ON
“COMMUNICATION FACILITIES FOR
DISASTER MANAGEMENT IN INDIA”

2. LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
 Key to disaster management- effective communication
 Application of communication facilities
 Applications
-GIS and remote sensing
-Internet
-Amateur radio
-Satellite
 Techniques of communication
 Ways to ensure effective communication

3. Key to disaster management -
Effective Communication
The world is not a very safe place to live in these days as
disaster and terrorism can strike at any moment.
Communication is the only relief as times of disaster and
hence the need for a efficient disaster management system
becomes imperative in public places and even in business
establishments. Disaster might strike in the form of natural
calamities, terrorist's attacks and accidents. In times of natural
calamity like floods, storms or fire the usual mode of
communication like phone, mobile etc. might not work or
might be lost in the calamity.

4. Application of Communication Facilities
in Disaster Management
Though it is not possible to completely avoid the natural
disasters, but the sufferings can be minimized by creating proper
awareness of the likely disasters and its impact by developing a
suitable warning system, disaster preparedness and management
of disasters through application of information technology tools.
The changing trends have opened up a large number of scientific
and technological resources and skills to reduce disaster risk.
There are mainly applications we can use to manage disasters:

5. APPLICATIONS:
• GIS and Remote Sensing
• Internet
• Amateur Radio
• Satellite Based Communication System

6. GIS AND REMOTE SENSING
GIS provides a tool for effective and efficient storage and
manipulation of remotely sensed data and other spatial and non-
spatial data types for both scientific management and policy
oriented information. This can be used to facilitate measurement,
mapping, monitoring and modeling of variety of data types
related to natural phenomenon. The specific GIS application in
the field of Risk Assessment are:- Hazard Mapping to show
earthquake, landslides, floods or fire hazards.

7. Remote sensing makes observation of any object from
a distance and without coming into actual contact.
Remote sensing can gather data much faster than
ground based observation, can cover large area at one
time to give a synoptic view.

8. INTERNET:
In the present era of electronic communication, the internet
provides a useful platform for disaster mitigation
communications. Launching of a well defined web site is a very
cost effective means of making an intra-national and
international presence felt. It provides a new and potentially
revolutionary option for the rapid, automatic, and global
dissemination of disaster information

9. AMATEUR RADIO(HAM RADIO)
In the event of major disasters/emergencies, it has been
experienced that Amateur Radios have worked successfully
when no other communications worked The word Amateur
implies the use of radio communications for non-commercial
purposes. Amateur Radio operation does not use the ground
based infrastructure, and has limited power requirements which
can be easily met by batteries and generators and thus work
successfully in emergencies..

10. SATELLITE BASED COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
Satellite based Communication systems mean communication
systems intended for users on the Earth but which have some
equipment in space, i.e. a satellite. The most important feature of
a communications satellite is the transponder - a radio that
receives a conversation at one frequency and then amplifies it
and re-transmits it back to Earth on another frequency.

11. TECHNIQUES OF
COMMUNICATION
There are a variety of ways to reach out to victims of disasters.
One of the most commonly used methods is to organize a press
conference for the mass media. But there are other methods
through which the audience can be reached more directly. These
include sending text messages, using e-mail updates, audio
conferencing, old fashioned press kits, CD-ROMs, webcasts,
and blogs. Both the workers of any entity and the members of all
communities should be included in the list of individuals to reach
as well.

12. Ways to ensure effective
communication
• Plan the Total Requirements of Today and Tomorrow
• Disaster Management Directory
• Skilled Personnel
• Vigorous and Regular Training
• Sub-Control Rooms/Alternate Control Centres