Introduction to Disaster
Management
Disasters are sudden, catastrophic events that
cause significant disruption to life, property,
and the environment. They can be natural,
such as earthquakes, floods, and hurricanes,
or man-made, like industrial accidents and
terrorist attacks. The primary goal of disaster
management is to minimize the impact of
these events by preparing, responding, and
recovering efficiently.
Acknowledgement
I would like to express my special thanks to
my economics teacher Mrs. Susmita Sen for
her suggestions and her instructions has
Served on the major attribution towards the
completion of the project and providing me
with all facility that was required to make it
full proof success.
WHAT IS A DISASTER?
• A disaster is a natural or man-made hazard
resulting in an event of substantial event
causing significant physical damage or
destruction, loss of life, or drastic change to
the environment.
• It is a phenomenon that can cause damage
to life and property and destroy the
economic, social and cultural life of people.
• Definition of the word "Disaster" by WHO.
"A disaster can be defined as any occurrence
that cause damage, ecological disruption, loss
of human life. deterioration of health and
health, services on a scale, sufficient to
warrant an extraordinary response from
outside the affected Community or area".
• The word "Disaster" was derived from a
French word "desastre" which in Greck means
Bad Aster.
TYPES OF DISASTER
→NATURAL DISASTER:
A natural disaster is a disaster caused by
nature, and men have no control over them.
Earthquakes tsunamis, floods, landslides
hurricanes, wildfires, droughts, volcanic
eruptions are some examples of natural
disasters. Such disasters cause massive loss of
life, property and many other miseries.
→MAN-MADE DISASTER:
A man-made disaster is a disaster caused by
human beings some examples of man-made
disasters include spills, explosions, chemical
attack nuclear blasts, traffic collisions such as
train accidents, plane crashes etc. Most of
these disasters are in the form accidents and
cause deaths. loss of property and injuries.
CYCLONE:
A cyclone is a large air mass that rotates
around a strong centre of low atmospheric
pressure, counterclockwise in the northern
hemisphere as viewed from above. These are
inward spinning winds, that rotate about a
zone of low pressures Cyclone has a speed of
20 to 30 miles per hour often brings heavy
rain. Cyclones form as warm moist air rises
over the waters of south pacific and Indian
Ocean forming clouds and winds.
EARTHQUAKE
An earthquake is the shaking the of the
Surface of earth resulting from the sudden
release of energy in the earth's lithosphere
that creates seismic waves. The movement
releases Stored-up elastic strain energy in this
form of seismic waves which propagate
through the earth and causes the ground to
shake.
WILDFIRE:
A wildfire, forest fire, bushfire, wildland fire or
rural fire is an unplanned, uncontrolled fire in
an area of combustible vegetation starting in
rural and urban areas. some forest
ecosystems in their natural state depend on
wildfire. These fires often reach the
proportions of a major conflagration.
TSUNAMI:
Tsunamis are giant waves caused by
earthquakes or volcanic eruptions. under the
sea cut in the depths of the ocean, tsunami
waves don't dramatically increase in height,
but as the wave travel in land, they build up to
higher heights.
WHAT IS DISASTER Management?
• Disaster management is a process of
effectively preparing for and responding
to disasters. It involves Strategically
organising resources to lessen the harm
that disasters generally cause It also
involves a systematic approach to
managing the responsibilities of disaster
prevention, preparedness, response and
recovery."
• Disaster management involves examining
and managing casual factors. It requires
assessing the extent to which a
community can withstand a disaster. Some
communities are more vulnerable than
others.
01. MITIGATION
Mitigation and prevention efforts aim to
reduce the potential damage and suffering
that disasters can cause. While disaster
management cannot prevent disasters, it can
prevent them from becoming compounded as
a result of neglecting casual factors and
manageable risks. Mitigation specifically
refers to actions taken that can lessen the
severity of a disaster's impact. Investing in
measures that Limits hazards can greatly
reduce the burden of disasters.
Strategies of that disaster management
professional Implement to protect vulnerable
communities and limit hazard include the
following:
→Raising awareness about potential hazards
and how to address them.
→ Educating the public about how to
property prepare for different types.
02. PREPAREDNESS
Well-coordinated responses to disasters
require prior planning. This helps ensure fast,
effective response efforts and limits
duplicated efforts.
Disaster preparedness plans:
• Identify organization resources.
• Designate roles and responsibilities.
• Create procedures and policies.
• Organize all activities that improve
disaster redline.
Plans may include the following:
• Emergency Shelter sites.
• Evacuation sites.
• Emergency energy and water sources.
03. RESPONCES
During and immediately after an emergency,
disaster management focuses on delivering
help, and Interventions that can save lives
safeguard health and protect buildings,
animals and community property. Following
are initial response, effort shift towards
Supporting communities as they rebuilt
emotionally, economically and physically.
Examples of disaster relief are:
• Selling up temporary shelters that provide
a safe place to sleep, food and emotional
support from trained personnel.
• Delivering meals and water.
• Distributes emergency supplies and
necessities, a such as toiletries for
hygiene, shovels, trash bags etc.
04. RECOVERY
Emergency management helps communities
rebuild their lives after trauma. This involves
longer term efforts to restore:
• Houring.
• Economics.
• Infrastructure Systems.
• Individuals and community health.
Federal agencies and supporting organizations
help Communities with problem solving and
finding resources as they develop and
revitalize.
Recovery assistance may include the
following:
• Unemployment assistance.
• Houring assistance
• Legal services
• Mental health counselling.
Conclusions
Disaster risk management is the application.
disaster risk reduction policies and strategies
to prevent new disaster risk, reduce existing
disaster risk and manage residual risk
management action can be categorised into
pro-paction. Disaster action risk losses
management and prospective the message
being put across is that in order to move
towards safer development project should be
sensitive towards disasters mitigation our
mission is to vulnerability reduction to all
types of hazards be it normal or man-made.
From this project, I was able to understand
more about disaster management or the red
Cross, they tell us what to do before, during
and after the disaster.
Thank You😊
Bibliography
Some Source from Where I gathered the
information:
→www.google.com
→www.youtube.com
→www.pinterest.com
→www.googlelens.com
