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Disaster Management Flashcards

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  • Discipline dealing with and avoiding risks
  • Involves preparing, supporting, and rebuilding society when natural or man made disasters occur
  • Continuous process by which all individuals, groups, and communities manage hazards in an effort to avoid or ameliorate the impact of disasters resulting from the hazards
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT

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Why We Need Disaster Management

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  • For Early Warning
  • To foreseeing future disasters
  • To Take prevention methods on reliable information
  • To prohibit Natural disaster occurrence sources.
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Phenomenon of Natural Disasters

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  • Floods
  • Landslides
  • Earthquakes
  • Cyclones
  • Droughts
  • Volcanic eruptions
  • Tsunami
  • Epidemics
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Disaster Mitigation Methods

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  • Education
  • Training
  • Development of expertise
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Applications of Information Technology in Disaster Management

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  • GIS
  • Remote Sensing
  • Early Warning Systems
  • Internet (Victims and missing persons tracking through the internet)
  • National data bases
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  • is a situation which poses an immediate risk to health, life, property or the environment.
  • Most emergencies require swift action to prevent the situation from getting worse.
  • Being prepared and educated about disasters empowers all of us to help ourselves and our communities stay safe.
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EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

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  • Flooding is occurring or will occur soon; if advised to evacuate, do so immediately.
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Flood Warning

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Rapid flooding in which low-lying areas are completely submerged. In many instances, a flash flood occurs as the result of heavy rains, but it can occur due to the collapse of natural or man-made dams.

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Flash Flood

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  • A flash flood is occurring; seek higher ground on foot immediately!
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Flash Flood Warning

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What is the cause of nearly half of all flash flood related deaths?

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Nearly half of all flash flood fatalities are auto related.

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  • Always seek shelter during severe weather.
  • If you are swimming or boating, get out of the water and into shelter right away.
  • If you see high voltage lines down after the storm, stay away from them and tell an adult right away.
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Thunderstorm Safety

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Super Typhoon

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≥119 knots
≥220 km/h

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Typhoon

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64–119 knots
118–220 km/h

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Severe Tropical Storm

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48–63 knots
89–117 km/h

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Tropical Storm

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34–47 knots
62–88 km/h

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Tropical Depression

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≤33 knots
≤61 km/h

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  • Be prepared for aftershocks – smaller earthquakes often follow the main quake.
  • Most injuries come from collapsing walls, flying glass and objects.
  • Bolt heavy furniture like bookcases to the wall, secure TV and computers, and put heavy items on the lowest shelves.
  • Don’t hang mirrors and pictures over your bed or doorways where it may injure someone if they fall.
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Earthquake Safety

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released as bombs or sprayed into the air, difficult to make.

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Chemical Threats

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intentional release of bacteria, viruses and toxins into the community.

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Biological Threats

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bomb are the most common terrorist tool.

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Explosions

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unlikely, but deadly from the radiation, heat and fires,
and destruction it would create.

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Nuclear Blast

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often called a dirty bomb because its filled with radioactive materials.

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Radiological Dispersion Device (RDD)

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  • Making threats to cause physical harm to a person or to their
    property with the intent to scare or intimidate is considered terrorism
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Terrorism Safety

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Report threats, and suspicious activities to parents, school officials, and law enforcement.

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If you See Something Say Something

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keep your passwords safe and unique (harder to break).

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Protect yourself from cyber-terrorism

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stop & think before you connect to an unknown website.

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Stop, Think, Connect

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  • Discuss why you and your family should have a family emergency and communication plan.
  • Provide participants with a folder of forms to bring home for their parent/primary caregiver
  • Create your own emergency family and communication plans
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CREATE A PLAN

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  • Discusses how what supplies you have on hand can make a big difference in an emergency, and guides participants through the development of their own starter emergency preparedness kit.
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MAKE A KIT

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