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Disaster overview
This document provides an overview of disaster management. It discusses key concepts like hazards, vulnerability, and the disaster management cycle. It explains that preparedness aims to minimize losses by taking precautionary actions and ensuring an efficient emergency response. Some important elements at risk include people, livestock, housing, crops and infrastructure. The roles of various groups in disaster response are also outlined. Effective preparedness requires vulnerability analysis, resource planning, public education, and coordination between different agencies. The goals of management are to reduce potential losses, provide timely assistance, and achieve rapid recovery.
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Disaster overview
- 1. DISASTER MANAGEMENT AN OVERVIEW BY BRIG.D.V.RAO, V.S.M., (Ret’d) CENTRE FOR MANAGEMENT OF ENVIRONMENT & DISASTERS A. P.A.R.D.
- 2. CYCLONEDamage Potential Society Poorer than before Disruption of Normallife & Development Suffers Huge Losses/ Damages Elements at Risk
- 3. HAZARDDamage Potential Awareness- Effect on Elements Society Quicker Recovery Action Plans Communities More ResilientHugeLosses/ Damages Reduced Losses Elements at Risk More Stable Society
- 4. HAZARDDamage Potential Elements at Risk Slopesof hills Sea & Sea-coast Low-lying Areas River/Stream Banks Natural Features Unsecured personal assets Livelihood tools / Equipment Public Infrastructure Agri. & Horticultural crops Weak Buildings Huts & Semi-permanent Houses People & Live-stock Societal Elements
- 5. Scale of Disaster IsDependent on : • Lead Time Available. • Intensity of Hazard. • Duration. • Spatial Extent. • Density of Population & Assets. • Time of Occurrence. • Vulnerabilities existing in the Elements at Risk. •Hazard X Vulnerability = Disaster
- 6. ELEMENTS AT RISK •People • Livestock • Rural Housing Stock • Houses Vulnerable • Crops, Trees,Telephone, Electric poles • Boats, Looms, Working Implements • Personal Property • Electricity, Water and Food Supplies • Infrastructure Support
- 7. AIMS OF DISASTERMANAGEMENT •Reduce (Avoid, if possible) the potential losses from hazards. •Assure prompt and appropriate assistance to victims when necessary. •Achieve rapid and durable recovery.
- 8. DURING DISASTER DISASTER MANAGEMENTCYCLE PRE-DISASTER POST- DISASTER
- 9. Stages of Disaster Cyclone WellBefore Weeks-Months Just Before - Hours Actual Time Period Rescue RehabilitationRelief Reconstruction BEFORE AFTERDURING Jan - Apr MAY June- Oct
- 10. Role Players inDisasters • People : Individuals, House -Holds, Volunteers • Gram Panchayat : Sarpanch, Panchayati Secretary, Panchayati Members • Village Elders : Caste/Community/Religious Leaders, Teachers, Doctors, Engineers, Retired Army & Police Personnel • Govt. Deptl. Officers : Agriculture, Medical, Engineers (Housing, Roads & Buildings, Irrigation) Revenue Department, Public Health, Police etc. NGOs
- 11. DEFINITIONS OF “VULNERABILITY” • “Theextent to which a community, structure, service or geographic area is likely to be damaged or disrupted by the impact of particular disaster hazard…” • “Vulnerability is the propensity of things to be damaged by a hazard”.
- 12. DISASTER PREPAREDNESS • Disasterpreparedness aims at minimizing the adverse effects of a hazard - • Through effective precautionary actions • Ensure timely, appropriate and efficient organisation and delivery of emergency response following the impact of a disaster.
- 13. PREPAREDNESS • Vulnerability Analysisand Mapping to include Resources. • Assess strengthening requirements and execute. • Funding for preparedness must be arranged. • Peoples’ cooperation through Political leaders, elders, Volunteers and NGOs • Create lead time by interpreting Warnings • Plan to include movement of resources with time frame. • Aim to reduce the destructive potential of cyclones, timely & appropriate relief to victims and quick & durable recovery
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- 15. Disaster Response Activities •Warning • Evacuation/Mitigation • Search and Rescue • Assessment • Emergency Relief • Logistics and Supply • Communication and information Management • Survivor Response and coping • Security • EOC & coordination • Expedite rehabilitation and reconstruction.
- 16. Floods and WaterHazards Elements at Risk • Everything in the flood plain. • Earthen or soluble structures • Buried services and utilities • Food stores • Crops and livestock Main Mitigation Strategies. • Land use control • Engineering of strictures • Elevation of structures • Flood control structures • Reforestation projects (watershed management)
- 17. Strong Winds Elements atRisk • Lightweight structures. • Elevated utilities (Power and communication lines) • Fishing boats and other maritime industries. Main Mitigation Strategies. • Structural engineering measures. • Planting of windbreaks.
Editor's Notes
- #3 If you look at the right half of the slide you will find that the damage potential in the hazard causes the damages to the society Life comes to a halt and the poorer sections of the society can never recover to the pre-disaster causes serious disruption to life of the society But with awareness and preparation through action plans the society suffers less damages and is thus a more stable society.to recover faster.
- #4 If you look at the right half of the slide you will find that the damage potential in the hazard causes the damages to the society Life comes to a halt and the poorer sections of the society can never recover to the pre-disaster causes serious disruption to life of the society But with awareness and preparation through action plans the society suffers less damages and is thus a more stable society.to recover faster.
- #5 If you look at the right half of the slide you will find that the damage potential in the hazard causes the damages to the society Life comes to a halt and the poorer sections of the society can never recover to the pre-disaster causes serious disruption to life of the society But with awareness and preparation through action plans the society suffers less damages and is thus a more stable society.to recover faster.