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Figure 5:Flooding, Houston, TX. Photo by Zachary West, 100th Exploring a Social Workers role in
MPAD
Disaster Management
 The 6 Phases of Disaster
Management:
Pre-Disaster

1. Prevention
2. Mitigation
3. Preparedness

Post-Disaster

4. Response Figure 6: Red Cross give preparedness insight, Sept. 27,2017, Photo
5. Recovery by Eugene Oliver.

6. Reconstruction
The Social Workers Role in the 6 Phases
of Disaster Management:

1. Prevention-Collaboration in the
Figure 2: Port Arthur, TX. August 31, 2017, Photo by
Social Workers play a Key development of policies and
procedures relevant to disaster
Staff Sgt. Daniel J. Martinez.
Role in all Phases of management.
2. Mitigation-Identify vulnerable
Hurricane Harvey Disaster Management. populations to reduce potential impact
before a severe weather disaster
Aftermath occurs.
3. Preparedness- Collaborative planning
Facts: How? efforts taken to provide support from
Category 4 Hurricane with a 280-mile response to recovery phases of disaster
The social work professional is often called
diameter and landfall windspeeds of management.
130 mph. upon before, during, and after, a severe weather
4. Response- Provide immediate
Record breaking 51 inches of rain in disaster. The goal of the social worker in
assistance with search and rescue
some parts of Texas. disaster management is to provide physical,
efforts, basic first-aid, PCPR,
Texas received a total of 27 trillion emotional and psychosocial support with
transportation, food and shelter.
gallons of rainfall over a 6-day period. emphasis placed on vulnerable populations
5. Recovery- Includes counseling, case-
Total damages estimated at $75 billion such as the elderly, the homeless, recent
management, advocacy, and resource
dollars. immigrants, minorities and children (Zakour,
referral.
450,000 requests for FEMA assistance. n.d.).
6. Reconstruction- Consists of needs-
62 Deaths caused by the storm.
based assessment, community support
26 Deaths caused by unsafe or
and development.
unhealthy conditions.
30,000 people in emergency shelters
because homes are destroyed.