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Created with Fabric.js 1.4.5 Step #1 LEARN THE BASICS! VULNERABILITY & RESILIENCE 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 considered vulnerable because they are unable to cope, perhaps because of limited resources or knowledge, age, gender or physical impairment, (or any combination of these) which inhibit them from being able to plan for, respond to, or recover from these events properly. Get informed! Educate Others! Stay Safe! Step #2 DON'T BE AFRAID TO ASK QUESTIONS! Step #3 LEARN THE FACTS LIKE A DISASTER MASTER! THE PILLARS OF DISASTER & EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT EDUCATE YOURSELF BEFORE YOU EDUCATE OTHERS REFLECTION: What hazards exist in your community? Province? Country? What hazards have you experienced? What hazards might you experience given the environmental changes happening? Are you prepared to deal with those hazards if they occur? I think I understand... So, if someone is old, female and poor they ARE consideredVULNERABLE, right? And someone like us, employed, young and healthy ARE considered RESILIENT, right? ? ? ? GREAT QUESTIONS!You are almost there... YES, you would be MORE VULNERABLE and MORE RESILIENTin these certain positions, however, you cannot assume absolute vulnerabilty or resilience. Vulnerability is NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE of resilience, and vice versa. What I mean is, someone who is vulnerable (i.e. old) does not necessary mean that they are without their own resiliency - perhaps they have lived through a war and know how to ration food and first aid. Likewise, because you are employed does not mean you will be better off if an earthquake hits - though if your house is damaged you may be better insured,or be better equipped to deal with the damages. Here's a great quote aboutrace and class, and how these distinguishing variables were addressed during Hurricane Katrina. “...Communities and regions are not homogeneous, unified systems but rather mosaics of overlapping subsystems cross-cut by social and economic inequalities. Within these subsystems, individuals and families make sense of the threats posed by environmental hazards and respond to them in ways reflective of varying social and economic resources at their disposal” (Elliot & Pais, 2006, p. 296). REFLECTION: What are your resiliencies? What are your vulnerabilities? Who are populations in your community that are most vulnerable? What can you do to improve your resiliency, AND your community's? Hint: Learning about becoming a Disaster Master is the first part of that challenge! - RESILIENCY BUILDING -WHERE DO YOU BEGIN?WHERE DO YOU FIND IT?
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