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Created with Fabric.js 1.4.5 Step #1 LEARN THE BASICS! Getting to know what Disaster and Emergency Management (DEM) is: Defined: Phases of a disaster? DO YOU WANT TO BE A MASTER OF DISASTERS? DISASTER & EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 101: KNOWLEDGE IS POWER PREPAREDNESS RESPONSE RECOVERY RESILIENCE PREVENTION &MITIGATION WHAT IS A HAZARD? Okay...But what EXACTLY constitutes a DISASTER?! GEOLOGICAL HAZARDS HUMAN INDUCED HAZARDS BIOLOGICAL HAZARDS TECHNOLOGICAL HAZARDS METORLOGICAL HAZARDS SPACE HAZARDS (i.e.earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, tsunamis) (i.e. diseases, epidemics, insect plagues) (i.e. terrorism, transportation accidents, climate change, oil spills) (i.e. cyber attacks, power failure,dam failures) (i.e. hurricanes, floods, droughts, tornadoes heat waves, wildfires) (i.e. impact events, solar storms) Prevention, sometimes called mitigation, "measures seek to reduce the likelihood or consequences of hazard risk before a disaster even occurs (Coppolla, 2011, p. 209). Preparedness is defined as actions taken in advance of a disaster to ensure adequate response to its impacts, and the relief and recovery from its consequences(Coppolla, 2011, p. 251). When disasters strike, individuals, communities, and countries must initiate disaster response, working within the confines of their limited funding, resources, ability, and time to prevent the onset of a catastrophe(Coppola, 2011, pp. 305). Resilience is the ability of a social system to respond and recover from disasters and includes those inherent conditions that allow the system to absorb impacts and cope with an event, as well as post-event, adaptive processes that facilitate the ability of the social system to re-organize, change, and learn in response to a threat" (Cutter, S. et al. (2008), p.599). ? ? ? Good question! There are many working definitions of "disasters". But to put it easily, they are theinterface of extreme hazards (listed above) and people. "Disaster wreak havoc on the living, on built structures, and on the environment..." but when prevention/mitigation and preparedness strategies are not enough recovery will take place post-disaster (Coppolla, 2011, p.377). These actions involve, clean-up, planning and rebuilding steps. Yes...but I'd just like to add, that it isn't JUST the intersection of populations in general with hazards. Rather, it is the convergence of VULNERABLE populations and these extreme HAZARDS that create a disaster.These vulnerable people are unable to cope, either because of limited resources or knowledge, age, gender or physical impairment, or a combination of these elements which inhibit them from being able to plan for, respond to, or recover from these events. Get informed! Educate Others! Stay Safe! Step #2 DON'T BE AFRAID TO ASK QUESTIONS! Step #3 KEEP LEARNING! THE PILLARS OF DISASTER & EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT EDUCATE YOURSELF BEFORE YOU EDUCATE OTHERS
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