This document provides an overview of disaster management, including its key components and principles. It discusses that a disaster is a natural or man-made event that results in widespread human and economic losses. The four components of disaster management are preparedness, response, recovery, and prevention. Preparedness involves ensuring communities can cope with disasters through actions like education, warning systems, and training. Response aims to minimize effects during and after a disaster through plans, resources, and shelter. Recovery supports rebuilding infrastructure and restoring well-being. Prevention and mitigation try to eliminate or reduce disaster incidence and severity, such as through resistant buildings. The principles of disaster management are to minimize and prevent further casualties, rescue victims, provide first aid and evacuation,

1. An Overview of Disaster
Management
B.K. Sharma
Director-Academics
Asians Institute of Technology, Tonk

4. What is Disaster
Disaster is a natural and
man-made event which
results in widespread
human loss, loss in
livelihood , property and
life.

5. Components of Disaster
Management
1. Preparedness
2. Response
3. Recovery
4. Prevention

6. Disaster Preparedness
It involves measure to
ensure that the
communities and services
are capable of coping with
the effect of disaster.

7. Example for Disaster
Preparedness
1. Community awareness
and education.
2. Proper warning system.
3. Mutual aid arrangement.
4. Mock drill, training

8. Disaster Response
It involves measure taken in
anticipation of, during and
immediately after the
disaster to ensure that the
effects are minimized.

9. Example of Disaster
Response
1. Implementing the disaster
management plans.
2. Setting up medical camps and
mobilizing the resources.
3. Providing adequate shelter and
sanitary facilities.
4. Developing of search and rescue

10. Disaster Recovery
It involves measures , which
supports emergency effected
areas in reconstruction of
physical infrastructure and
restoration of economic and
emotional well being.

11. Example of Disaster
Recovery
1. Counseling programmes for
those who lost the near ones.
2. Restoring services like
roads, communication
links, etc.
3. Providing financial support
employment.

12. Prevention and
Mitigation
It involve the measures to
eliminate or reduce the
incidence of severity of
disasters.

13. Examples of Prevention
and Mitigation
1. Preventing habitation in
risk zone.
2. Disaster resistant
buildings etc.

14. Principles of Disaster
Management
1. Minimize Casualties.
2. Prevent further casualties.
3. Rescue the victims.
4. First aid.
5. Evacuate.
6. Medical care.
7. Reconstruction.

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