The document defines disasters as serious disruptions that exceed a community's ability to cope, categorizing them into natural and human-made disasters. It details various types of disasters, such as storms, floods, earthquakes, industrial accidents, and terrorism. Furthermore, it discusses disaster management in India, including significant policies and frameworks established to enhance preparedness, response, and recovery.

1. DISASTER MANAGEMENT
BY –L/CPL LALIT GOYAL

2. What is Disaster ?
• Disaster is a serious disruption, occurring over
a relatively short time or long time, of the
functioning of a community or a society
involving widespread human, material,
economic or environmental loss and impacts,
which exceeds the ability of the affected
community or society to cope using its own
resources.

4. Types of Disaster
• Natural Disaster
• Human Made Disaster

5. Natural Disaster
• Natural Disaster is a natural process or
phenomenon that may cause loss of life, injury
or other health impacts, property damage,
loss of livelihoods and services, social and
economic disruption, or environmental
damage.

7. TYPES OF NATURAL DISASTER
• Wind Related:-
Storm ,Cyclone ,Tornado , Storm Surge and Tidal
waves.
• Water Related:-
Flood ,Cloudburst , Flash Flood , Excessive and
Drought.
• Earth Related:-
Earthquake, Tsunamis , Avalanches , landslides
and Volcanic eruptions.

8. Human Made Disaster
• A disastrous event caused directly and
principally by one or more identifiable
deliberate or negligent human actions.

10. Types OF Human Made Disaster
• Accidents:- Road , Rail , Air , Sea and building
collapse.
• Industrial Mishaps:- Gas Leak ,Explosion ,
Sabotage ,and Safety breach
• Fire:- Building , Coal and Oil.
• Forest Fire:- Most forest fires are man made
• Poisoning :-Food, Water ,Illicit Liquor and
Epidemic

11. • Terrorists Activities :-Destructive activities by
terrorists
• Ecological:-Pollution ,Soil degradation , loss of
biodiversity, Global Warming, Sea level rise,
Toxic wastes an nuclear accidents.
• Warfare:- Conventional, Chemical and
nuclear

12. Disaster Management
• Disaster Management can be defined as the
organization and management of resources
and responsibilities for dealing with all
humanitarian aspects of emergencies, in
particular preparedness, response and
recovery in order to lessen the impact
of disasters.

19. Disaster Management in INDIA
• August 1999 –High power committee on
preparedness on Disaster Management
• Tenth five year plan : Details chapter on Disaster
management
• Disaster Management ACT:-2005
National Disaster Management Authority
(NDMA)

20. • National Disaster Management Policy: 2009
(NDMP)
Recent
• National Disaster Management Plan: 2016
(NDMP)

22. Thank you