ITU Southern and East Africa Workshop on the use of Telecommunications/ICT for Disaster Management: Savings Lives Lusaka‚ Zambia‚ 17-18 July 2008 Role of Telecommunications and ICTs in Disaster Management Jacob Munodawafa Executive Secretary July 2008 Copyright 2008 © SATA Secretariat‚ All Rights Reserved 1 Overview of Association of Telecom Operators & ICTs Players in the SADC (Southern African Development Community‚ which is an economic grouping of 14 Member States)
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at our fingertips‚ people are able to hear about all sorts of different disasters going on around the world. We see in the news and on the internet the sad news of plane crashes‚ a home burning down‚ a city destroyed by an earth quake‚ or village flooded by a tsunami. Even with the knowledge of the horrible events occurring we still never think much of it because people feel so disconnected by them. When facing a major disaster many of us cannot comprehend how we would behave‚ or we would just assume
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OF NATURAL DISASTERS ABSTRACT: Disasters of both natural and technological origin have a considerable impact on communities. The effects of disasters in India are significantly reduced by well established counter disaster arrangements at all three levels of government. These arrangements comprise comprehensive plans of prevention‚ preparedness‚ response and recovery and in more recent times‚ of mitigation. The economic effects of disasters can be devastating and widespread. When disasters strike houses
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of the student‚ in my opinion‚ is AWARENESS of what to do during and after disasters. This would lessen panicking‚ paranoid and uncontrollable people running around. Also‚ knowing what to do when disaster strikes will also lessen the death toll. Knowing what to do after disaster‚ and at least basic first aid‚ will enable students help the authorities in saving lives. If students are well trained then if there is a disaster they are able to protect themselves and they can also help others.Student branch
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Asare 1 Charles Asare English II Mr. Phillips 29 October‚ 2013 The Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster The Space Shuttle Challenger exploded in a ball of fire less than two minutes of launching resulting from a gas tank leakage. The disaster was broadcast live on broad day light news stations across the nation. The Challenger‚ as it is popularly known among all other space shuttles was the first to explode. America was terrified by the horrible incident as it was the first time US astronauts
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As Tropical Storm Harvey continues to drench southeast Texas and flood the Houston area‚ people aren’t the only ones seeking higher ground. The wild animals are‚ too. Reports and images of swimming snakes and lurking alligators are making the rounds on social media‚ and some are not current or real. Some alligator photos were from 2016. A fake photo shows a shark that was definitely not swimming down a flooded city freeway. But the Houston area is home to thousands of American alligators that reside
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Nature vs. Nurture Kristi Dunn Western Governors University GLT-1 Nature vs Nurture are studies that have been going on for years within the scientific community to explain multiple issues. Some studies will suggest that nature makes us who who are‚ meaning genetic factors are the major contributor of being who we are. These include what personality traits‚ intelligence‚ and emotional characteristics we will inherit from our parents. Thus‚ these studies ultimately
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Course Case Study # 02 Worksheet NATURAL DISASTERS AND THE DECISIONS THAT FOLLOW Version 1.0: 21 Jun 2013 Presented by: Hossam Bashir I. Problem Definition: * Natural disasters such as hurricane‚ winter snowstorms and summer thunderstorms have many effects on countries’ different industries such as Insurance and Airlines companies. Also‚ how the organizations manage these disasters and the decisions that may follow these disasters have serious effects on customers and so finanacial
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Denver International Airport Baggage Handling System: Case of a Project Failure Auxence Memini Sima Bellevue University Abstract The challenge of every project is to make it work and be successful within the triple constraints. The new Denver International Airport (DIA) baggage handling system was one ambitious project that failed. Despite the several billions of US dollars invested within a period of ten years to make the system work‚ “ the baggage system designed and built by BAE Automated
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KEGWORTH AIR DISASTER PRE-CRISIS British Midlands Airways Limited (trading as BMI or British Midland International) was an airline with its head office in Donington Hall in Castle Donington‚ close to East Midlands Airport‚ in United Kingdom. It was acquired by international Airlines Group in April 2012 and was merged into British Airways by 28th October 2012. The airline flew to destinations in Europe‚ the Middle East‚ Africa and Central Asia from its operational base at London‚ Heathrow Airport. Although
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