DISASTER MANAGEMENT

Disaster management (or emergency management) is the creation of plans through which communities reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters. Disaster management does not avert or eliminate the threats, instead it focuses on creating plans to decrease the impact of disasters. Failure to create a plan could lead to damage to assets, human mortality, and lost revenue. Currently in the United States 60% businesses do not have emergency management plans. Events covered by disaster management include acts of terrorism, industrial sabotage, fire, natural disasters (such as earthquakes, hurricanes, etc.), public disorder, industrial accidents, and communication failures.
 

Disaster is define as a serious disruption of the functioning of the community or a society. Disaster involves wide spread human, material, economic or environmental impacts, which exceeds the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources.         

 

Types of Disaster

               

 

Disaster Prevention

These are the activities design to provide permanent protections from disaster. Not all disasters, particularly natural disasters, can be prevented, but the risk of loss of life and injury can be mitigated with evacuation plan, environmental planning and design standards. It offers guiding principles, priorities for action, and practical means for achieving disaster resilience for vulnerable communities.