Characteristics of Disasters- disasters are beyond local capacity, unpredictable outcome , rare and requires new rearrangement
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DISASTER READINESS
AN INSTUCTIONALMATERIAL (IM) IN
PREPARED BY FRANCIS M. JIMENEZ
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AND RISK REDUCTION
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BASIC CONCEPT OFDISASTER
AND DISASTER RISK
Characteristics of Disaster
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Disaster are inherentlyunexpected or come
quickly with little or no warning
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As a result,disasters (man-made or natural
events)cause widespread death, injury, and
property damage
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This underscores theneed for timely warnings
and quality hazard-related information issued by
component monitoring and waring agencies
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Disasters cannot bemanaged through normal
means
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These requires immediateand effective
intervention of both national government
agencies (NGAs) and non-government
organizations (NGOs) to help meet the needs of
the victims
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LESSON 1.4-CHARACTERISTICS OF DISASTER
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Disaster create demandsbeyond the capacity of a
government
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During a disaster,the situation is usually beyond
the capabilities of local government units (LGUs)
or national government to respond and handle
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When the Presidentdeclares a state of
emergency, response and recovery programs
should be formulated and implemented both by
the public and non-government entities
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The following alsocharacterize disasters:
(1) Knows no political boundary
(2) Requires restructured and new responding
organizations
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The following alsocharacterize disasters:
(3) Creates new tasks and requires more people
as disaster responders
(4) Renders inutile routine emergency response
equipment and facilities
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The following alsocharacterize disasters:
(5) Worsens confusion in understanding roles of
peoples and organizations
(6) Exposes lack of disaster planning, response
and coordination. Inexperience disaster
organizations often fail to see what their proper
roles are
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