Post on 11-May-2015
2. Understanding Family Disaster Preparedness 3. Disaster Preparedness is the administrative, individual/family and the community acts to minimize loss of life and damage Facilitate effective rescue, relief, rehabilitation It also involves plans forecasting and taking precautionary measures prior to an imminent threat or evacuation education and training of official and populati on at risk Establishment of policies, standards, organizational arrangements and operational plans following disaster 4. Aims of Disaster Preparedness To minimize the adverse effects of hazard through effective readiness measures to ex pedite emergency actions, rehabilitation, and recovery To ensure timely, appropriate and effective delivery of relief and assistance following a disaster 5. How? effective readiness measures to expedite emergency actions, rehabilitation and recover y planning for evacuation education and training of officials and population at risk establishment to policies and standards organizational arrangements operational plans following a disaster 6. THANK YOU VERY MUCH