Community Service Learning Course

CSL-401
INTRODUCTION TO
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
AND PREPAREDNESS
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A video
Disaster and its Risk
Response and
Recovery
Exercise: Disaster
Preparedness
A video
More on
Preparedness &
Response

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A dangerous
phenomenon or activity
that may cause
loss of life, property or
livelihood, injury,
sickness, social
disruption or
environmental damage
Carries potential for
occurrence
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Disruption of
functioning of a
community involving
widespread human,
construction, crops,
economic or
environmental losses
exceeds coping
capability of the
affected community
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Characteristics of assets
(humans, construction,
crops, animals) that make
those
susceptible to damaging
effects of a hazard
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A condition or capability to
increase a communitys
ability to deal with
hazards
Combination of strengths
attributes and resources
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Probability of
community to be
damaged by a hazard
due to their nature,
construction, and
proximity to a hazardous
area
directly dependent upon
vulnerability & hazard
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Hazard
x
Vulnerability
Risk
Capacity
=
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DISASTER
RESPONSE/RELIEF
REHABILITATION
RECONSTRUCTION
DEVELOPMENT
PREVENTION
MITIGATION
PREPAREDNESS
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Actions
immediately after
a disaster
e.g declaring
emergency and
preparing for relief
measures
Exceptional relief
measures are
required to meet
basic needs of
survivors
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Measures such as
search and rescue of
survivors,
meet basic needs for
shelter, water, food
and health care
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The process by a
community to fully
restore itself to pre-
disaster level of
functioning
Consists of
Rehabilitation and
Reconstruction phases
(response / relief may be
included)

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Actions taken to assist victims
to
repair their shelters;
re-establish essential
services;
restore key economic and
social activities
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Permanent
measures to repair
or replace
damaged shelters
and infrastructure
and to set the
economy back on
course
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Sustained efforts to
improve or
maintain
the social and
economic well-being
of a community
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DISASTER
RESPONSE/RELIEF
REHABILITATION
RECONSTRUCTION
DEVELOPMENT
PREVENTION
MITIGATION
PREPAREDNESS
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Measures taken to
avert a disaster
from occurring, if
possible
Or to impede a
hazard so that it
does not have any
harmful effects
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Measure before a disaster
to minimize its effects
May be structural or non-
structural
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Measures taken in
anticipation of a disaster
to ensure
that effective response
and recovery is done after
a disaster
It is knowledge and
capacity development
40% of disaster damage is
minimized by well-
preparedness
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Philippines example
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Best to have all three
whenever possible
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DISASTER
RESPONSE/RELIEF
REHABILITATION
RECONSTRUCTION
DEVELOPMENT
PREVENTION
MITIGATION
PREPAREDNESS
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Hurricane Sandy
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More on
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Survivability ensuring steps could be taken except
in very immediate and extreme tsunamis and
earthquakes
Personal Preparedness
Mentally prepared where to go, what to carry, when
and how to move etc
Physically prepared:
enough supplies to
survive for 3 days
without any help
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Shelter
At home weather protected convenient, but may
not have sufficient rations & utilities
At a grocery store / market lot of rations available
Must know how to switch off all utilities (electricity,
gas, water)
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Must Always Ready
Items
1. First aid kit
2.Torch/lights/
candles with
batteries and
matchboxes
3.Battery powered
radio
4.Cash with small
notes
5.Map / Emergency
plan if available
6.Whistle, Knife
If possible items
Money, jewelry, medical
and property documents,
degrees
Extra clothes/footwear
Extra water
Blankets / sleeping bags
Garbage bags
Soap, Tissue paper
Utensils, Stove
Water purifying tablets /
Chlorine
Basic tools (hammer, pliers,
screw driver, gloves, shovel)
Be easy to find in a disaster
Be easy to carry e.g in roll-on suit cases / backpacks
Inspect all items 6-monthly
Must Take Along
Items
1.Food: easily stored
and cook-able
2.Water: 2 Litre per
person per day
3.Car/home keys
4.Special items:
medication, baby
formula, equipment
for disabled
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Get loose/damaged construction repaired in your home
If forecasted, prepare emergency kit slide 31
Know/teach how to turn off gas, electricity, water
Inspect your home and tie/secure loose and heavy items
e.g shelves, furniture, mirrors, wall hangings etc
Draw curtains (for broken window glass)
Keep all flammables away from heat sources
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If you are outside, stay out away from buildings
If inside: DROP COVER HOLD
Drop under heavy furniture, table, bed etc. If that is
not possible, get under staircase or flatten yourself
against a wall
Cover your head to prevent being hit by falling objects
Hold onto the object you are under so that you remain
covered
Stay away from windows, doors, shelves, elevators,
coastline, downed power lines

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Tune on to radio for more warnings/instructions. Be
prepared for after shocks
Wear sturdy shoes and protective clothing for
debris/broken glass
Check your home/building for damage before entering
If safe to enter, collect emergency supplies - slide 31
for after shocks
If tap water is available, fill up buckets, tubs
Do not light a match before ensuring no gas leakage
use torch instead
Help others when possible

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When forecasted, prepare emergency kit slide 31
Know/teach how to turn off gas, electricity, water
Keep your radio on to know
what areas are affected
where to go and
when to leave

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Do not shelter livestock
Keep your radio on to know
what areas are affected
where to go and
when to leave
When leaving home, put notes informing others, take
your emergency kit
Do not move towards floods never try to cross a flooded
area. Water is always deeper than it looks !
Avoid driving on bridges with very high and fast moving
water. If required leave your car and move on foot.
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Unless the area is declared safe, do not return home
Check your home/building for damage before entering
Watch out for dangerous debris brought in by flood
Do not turn on main power and all electrical
appliances until an electrician inspects it
Flood water is highly contaminated and dangerous.
Do not drink stored water if mixed up with flood water
Help others when possible

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http://www.getprepared.gc.ca
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15min break for
Exercise: Disaster Preparedness
Please go through the website
www.getprepared.gc.ca
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Volunteers have established contributions before, during
and after a disaster. They can contribute in:
Mitigation
Preparedness
training, early warning, team building, media
communications network etc
Response
Search & rescue, water rescue, first aid, damage
assessment, spatial mapping, shelter management, relief
supplies management
Rehabilitation
UN and Red cross have well-organized volunteering
systems for spontaneous, trained or professional
volunteers
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Mitigation
Construct structural interventions
Preparedness
Form up (train/organize) a monitoring and warning
system
Form up (train/organize) evacuation and first aid team
Response
Do fund raising
Do search & rescue, first aid, damage assessment,
shelter management, relief supplies management
Debris removal
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Flood Alert Team
Emergency Response Plan
First Aid
Hazard Identification & Damage
Assessment
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1. Prepare before the disaster
Emergency kit (slide 31), knowledge, training, awareness, recovery
plan
2. Care for yourself - then your family and then others
Make sure area is safe before you enter to help others
If possible frequent SMS are preferred over telephone calls (energy
saving/voice quality)
3. Get online if possible
facebook / emails / twitter / own webpages etc to appeal for help.
Decide what help and how you are going to need and from whom to
accept it
4. Find a place to gather people and volunteers
E.g parking lots, mosques, auditoriums
Arrange generator if possible
5. Database & record everything
Assess damage - paper pencil / cell phone
6. Train 7 of yourself
Involve others you yourself will burn out quickly


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As long as you are organized with very
simple preparatory steps, you dont need
to wait for a large organization to come
and rescue. Youre not alone at least a
few people in every area affected by
disaster will step up and start
putting the community back together
again.
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This presentation has been made with the help and support of
Mil College of Engg Risalpur (Dr Jawed)
Thank You
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