DISASTER MANAGEMENT

METHODS
Presented by,
MARIYA AVINA
S5 CIVIL
DISASTER MANAGEMENT ACT
(2005)
 A disaster refers to a catastrophic calamity
or grave occurence from natural or
manmade causes ,which is beyond coping
capacity of affected community
 It involves planning and implementing
measures for;
 Prevention of danger or threat
 Mitigation of any consequence of a disaster
 Capacity building including research and
knowledge management
 Preparedness to deal with any disaster
 Assessing the severity of magnitude of
any disaster
 Evacuation , rescue and relief
 Reconstruction and recovery
ELEMENTS OF DISASTER
MANAGEMENT
PRE DISASTER PHASE
PREVENTION
MITIGATION
PREPAREDNESS

POST DISASTER PHASE

RESPONSE
REHABILITATION
RECONSTRUCTION AND
RECOVERY
PREVENTION
 Focuses mainly on preventing hazards
primarily from natural and terrorist attacks
 Provides permanent protection from
disasters
 However all disasters can not be prevented
 Risk of loss of life and injury can be limited
 GOOD EVACUATION PLANS
 ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING
 DESIGN STANDARDS
MITIGATION
 Effort to reduce loss of life and property
by lessening impact
 Structural and non structural measures
 STRUCTURAL MITIGATION
 It changes characteristics of building or
environment
 Flood control projects
 Flood resistant buildings
 Flood control dams
 NON STRUCTURAL MITIGATION
 It can be considered as set of adaption
measures that do not make use of
traditional structural measures
 Provides information and education
 Communication tools like flood maps
 Public presentations
 Flood action plans on local scale
PREPAREDNESS
 It increases a community’s ability to respond
when adisaster occurs
 It focuses on pre preparing equipments and
procedures for use when a disaster occurs
 It includes construction of shelters
 Installation of warning devices
 Creation of life-line services
 Rehearsing evacuation plans
 Preparation of disaster supplies kit
RESPONSE
 Mobilisation of emergency services
 Activating emergency operation centers
(EOC)
 Opening shelters
 Providing medical care
 Fire fighting
REHABILITATION
 Restoring local services related to
immediate needs
 Provides support for physical ,
psychological and social well-being of
survivors
 Temporary agreements established as a
part of emergency
 Transition phase between immediate
response and long term recovery
RECONSTRUCTION AND
RECOVERY
 RECONSTRUCTION
 Long term development which would affected
areas to rebuild
 Permanent restoring of damaged structures and
resources
 RECOVERY
 Restoration of all aspects of disaster’s impact on
local economy to some sense of normalcy
 Attaining social economic and environmental
stability
 Rehabilitation and reconstruction are essential for
complete recovery from disaster
THANK YOU