Every population in the world experienced disasters at a certain time with little and sometimes no warning. Adequate preparation and training are necessary to ensure optimal outcomes‚ whether the disaster is natural or a human made. Preparation for disasters must include conducting a comprehensive assessment of systems‚ risks‚ and resources available. Essential human services can be interrupted for significant amounts of time despite the type of disaster. That can produce exceptional needs and placing
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Cyclone and Other Natural Disasters Scheme 2011-2012 Role of Ministry of Environment & SD The scheme is in four parts A. Cyclone Emergency Scheme After a cyclone A.2.11: MoESD to form part of the Local Cyclone Committees which will be set in each Municipal and District Council. A.5.1: Immediately after a cyclone‚ MoESD to attend the standing Cabinet Cyclone Committee at the PMO. A.5.2: MoESD to form part of the Committee of Officials which is concerned mainly with work of relief and reconstruction
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Reportage- Natural Disasters: How do they affect the human beings? It is the 31 December of 2004. We are heading for a new year with new expectations‚opportunities and goals. However we have experienced a Tsunami that just very recently struck Thailand. This has left some traces and marks. How has this natural disaster really affected the human beings? I am about to find out. As I walk the beach of Khao Lake I see destruction so far from the paradise pictures I am used of seeing. It is forenoon
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World’s Natural Disasters 2010-2013 April 16‚ 2013: Mega earthquake in Iran-Pakistan border Mega earthquake in Iran-Pakistan border region -Magnitude 7.8 mega earthquake hits Iran-Pakistan Border region. -It is the biggest earthquake in Iran in 40 years. -Tremor was felt in United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi)‚ Kuwait‚ India‚ Oman‚ Iran‚ Pakistan‚ Kuwait‚ Bahrain‚ Afghanistan‚ Saudi Arabia. Death toll has risen to 36. More than 3‚000 houses are reported to be destroyed in Mashkeel area of Pakistan
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resources making vulnerable to this hazard. Forms of Biological Hazards: 1. Independent Biological Hazard • Contributes to‚ develop into & exacerbate vulnerability leading to disaster (e.g. HIV-AIDs) 2. Dependent BH e.g. war » famine » malnutrition » diseases » less resistance to diseases » deaths 3. Trigger of disaster e.g. pest infestation-famine (Irish famine 1845-1848) Important factors of vulnerability on biological hazards: 1. Micro-environment; (risk at refugee camps e.g. poor water
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and Contrast Natural Law and Relativism as approaches to decision-making. Morality serves two universal human needs. It regulates both conflicts of interest between people and those within the individual born of different desires and drives that cannot be satisfied at the same time (Wong‚ D. 1993). Natural Law and Relativism are two opposing approaches to morality. In comparing and contrasting the two approaches I will also briefly outline the background and principles of each. Natural law can be
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Project Follow Through: What We Should Have Learned Cathy Watkins (1997) reviewed the largest and most expensive experimental project in education that was funded by the U.S. federal government in her book titled Project Follow Through: Case Study of Contingencies Influencing Instructional Practices of the Educational Establishment. Acknowledging key areas that have an impact on education‚ in her case study‚ Watkins (1997) thoroughly reviewed Project Follow Through in the following components: history
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“Disaster‚ Disaster” Oh Disaster‚ Disaster how cruel you are Oh Disaster‚ Disaster how rude you are You shake the ground beneath my feet You attack me‚ and you wake me up from my sleep I have so little time to get away from you I never though you would become my foe Oh Disaster‚ Disaster what have I done Oh Disaster‚ Disaster why did you have to come? Because of you I have nothing left Except for bricks and rocks and the smell of dust You made me cry‚ you make me scream You make me panic and entangled
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT CYCLE The disaster cycle or the disaster life cycle consists of the steps that emergency managers take in planning for and responding to disasters. Each step in the disaster cycle correlates to part of the ongoing cycle that is emergency management. This disaster cycle is used throughout the emergency management community‚ from the local to the national and international levels. Preparedness The first step of the disaster cycle is usually considered to be preparedness although
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Essay on The Natural Disaster (Flood In Pakistan) There are many questions emerging from the recent floods in Pakistan‚ ranging from attempts to understand the atmospheric phenomena behind the downpours to the search for where ultimate responsibility lies for the ensuing human calamity. This short essay investigates some of those questions. A pinch of geography is necessary to explain why Pakistan received such an extraordinary amount of rain during this rainy season. The Indian monsoon can
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