outdoors is of the highest priority. This is done by identifying the hazards and risks in all situations. It is also a legal requirement to make sure the children are safe this can be done by ensuring the five major hazards are considered‚ these are; Physical‚ Security‚ Fire‚ Personal and Food safety (each is explained in greater detail in the following paragraphs). Filling in risk assessments ensures the potential risks and hazards to the children are considered and measures taken to reduce the risk
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A community’s ability to cope after a disaster is critical in ensuring that the community and its citizens are able to return to a sense of normalcy after the disaster. Oftentimes‚ the response to a disaster can be a determining factor in the ability for the community to prepare for the next disaster. The conceptual model of societal response to disaster lays the framework for a society to understand the ways in which a disaster affects the community‚ either before‚ during‚ or after the event. The
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ROLE OF STUDENT IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT Knowledge on first aid‚ rescue and evacuation. Help in the preparation of the school disaster contingency plan. Aware the parents and community on various types of hazards and what are the preparedness measures to be taken. Plantation in the school premises. Boosting the morale of the community after the disaster. Senior students can help villagers in preparing the Village Disaster Preparedness and Response Plan. The students
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Natural Disasters A natural disaster is the effect of a natural hazard (For example‚ flood‚ tornado‚ hurricane‚ volcanic eruption‚ earthquake‚ landslide‚ etc.). These disasters depend on the vulnerability of the place to resist the hazard. For example‚ an earthquake is very unlikely to take place in a forest but a city like Kathmandu is prone to earthquakes. Thus the involvement of the term ‘natural’ is been disputed as these hazards do not take place without human involvement. Some of the deadliest
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Assignment Title: Hazards in settings Assignment Ref: 3a Issue Date Week beginning 30/9/13 End Date: Week beginning 04/11/13 Actual Hand-in Date: Unit/ AC Ref Assessment Criteria Achieved Evidence Location Comments/feedback from assessor P1 Explain potential hazards and the harm that may arise from each in a health or social care setting Yes/No P3 Carry out a risk assessment in a health or social care setting Yes/No M2 Assess the hazards identified in the
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readily implemented. This is especially the case where a constructor specializes in similar types of projects. For meaningful Development of Response Plan following considerations should be kept in mind: 1) Identification and assessment of hazard 2) Assessment of resources 3) Mean
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interventions are required to save and preserve human lives and or the environment. Disasters are frequently categorized according to their perceived causes and speed of impact. Yet in other sources like researchgate.com‚ it’s a natural or man-made hazard that causes significant physical damage or destruction‚ loss of life‚ personal injury and economic disruption of great magnitude or drastic change to the environment. All these definitions seem to agree however that disasters can cause serious disruption
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How to Write a Good Accident or Incident Report An incident report needs to include all the essential information about the accident or near-miss. The report-writing process begins with fact finding and ends with recommendations for preventing future accidents. You may use a special incident reporting form‚ and it might be quite extensive. But writing any incident report involves four basic steps‚ and those are the focus of today’s post. 1. Find the Facts To prepare for writing an accident
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Nursery/Pre-School has a responsibility to provide a safe environment for your child and the Manager is responsible for health and safety matters concerning the nursery premises. All staff are aware of potential hazards within the nursery and the surrounding environment and actively protect children from hazards. We aim to provide all staff with first aid training. All accidents and any incidents are recorded in the Accident Report Book. All accidents are accurately notified to the parent/carer as soon as possible
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child will think differently to an adult. A risk assessment can be carried out when planning trips as there are a lot of potential hazards and risks from that‚ also when you are doing an activity in the classroom or planning outings. When carrying out a risk assessment you need to adapt it to where the activity is going to be‚ so if you are doing something outdoors the hazards may be different from doing the same activity indoors. If you don’t do a risk assessment a child or a member of staff can be badly
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