A disaster is a natural or man-made (or technological) hazard resulting in an event of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction‚ loss of life‚ or drastic change to the environment. A disaster can be ostensively defined as any tragic event stemming from events such as earthquakes‚ floods‚ catastrophic accidents‚ fires‚ orexplosions. It is a phenomenon that disasters can cause damage to life‚ property and destroy the economic‚ social and cultural life of people. In contemporary
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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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Disaster Planning Disaster Planning prevention‚ preparedness‚ response‚ recovery PRINCIPAL CAUSES OF DISASTERS .................................................................................................. 2 – NATURAL DISASTERS........................................................................................................................... 2 – MAN-MADE DISASTERS ...................................................................................................................
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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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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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Survival needs As people are human beings‚ they have to be motivated to live and survive for many reasons. They have many desires which are different depending on their life styles and needs that Quinn explains about Abraham Maslow’s psychological hierarchy which ranks human needs. The relationship of human beings and different levels of the hierarchy depends on their professions and lifestyles. Quinn mentions people needs may vary which describes something is essential for one person which might
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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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SURVIVAL SER RIES Th Long-Term Fa he n amily Survival Course i e 2 The Long-Term Family Survival Course Table of contents Introduction ................................................................................................................... 5 Family Values and Your Contribution ................................................................... 7 Survival is no kids game............................................................................................. 7 Planning
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ARMED FORCES DURING DISASTER ON A LARGE SCALE: DISASTER: It is a Catastrophe‚ mishap‚ calamity or grave occurrence in any area. It arises from natural or man-made causes‚ or by accident or negligence. It results in substantial loss of life or human suffering or damage to and destruction of property or damage to or degradation of environment. Disaster is of such a nature or magnitude as to be beyond the coping capacity of the community of the affected area. TYPES OF DISASTER: Two types
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Malka: Survival of the Fittest The fear of an empty-stomach‚ biting winter nights and death corrodes at a child’s innocence‚ shredding away at the soul and well-being. Being born into a vulnerable and miserable situation like of the Holocaust is not one that can be prevented. Once a child is thrown into the heinous world of the Nazi Germans‚ the future is weighted onto his or her fragile shoulders; there is no method to escape. With childhood abruptly terminated‚ survival mode hastily kicks in
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