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On Thursday, March 5, 2015, my class was visited by Captain Paulus. He is one of the member of the kopassus group 3. Mam Dhee (my english teacher) invited him to tell us about disaster management. And now, Mam Dhee give a task to make a report text about Disaster Management. So, enjoy with this one vvvvv

Disaster Management

Disaster management  is the creation of plans through which communities reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters.  Events covered by disaster management include acts of terrorism, industrial sabotage, fire, natural disasters (such as earthquakes, hurricanes, etc.), public disorder, industrial accidents, and communication failures.

The development of emergency plans is a cyclical process, common to many risk management disciplines, such as Business Continuity and Security Risk Management, as set out below:

·         Recognition or identification of risks

·         Ranking or evaluation of risks

·         Responding to significant risks

·         Tolerate

·         Treat

·         Transfer

·         Terminate

·         Resourcing controls

·         Reaction Planning

·         Reporting & monitoring risk performance

·         Reviewing the Risk Management framework

Disaster management consists of five phases: prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery.

1.     Prevention actions taken to avoid and incident.  Stopping an incident from occurring.  Deterrence operations and surveillance.

2.     Preparedness activities increase a community's ability to respond when a disaster occurs.  Typical preparedness measures include developing mutual aid agreements and memorandums of understanding, training for both response personnel and concerned citizens, conducting disaster exercises to reinforce training and test capabilities, and presenting all-hazards education campaigns.

3.     Response actions carried out immediately before, during, and immediately after a hazard impact, which are aimed at saving lives, reducing economic losses, and alleviating suffering. Response actions may include activating the emergency operations center, evacuating threatened populations, opening shelters and providing mass care, emergency rescue and medical care, fire fighting, and urban search and rescue.

4.     Recovery actions taken to return a community to normal or near-normal conditions, including the restoration of basic services and the repair of physical, social and economic damages.  Typical recovery actions include debris cleanup, financial assistance to individuals and governments, rebuilding of roads and bridges and key facilities, and sustained mass care for displaced human and animal populations.

5.     Mitigation refers to measures that prevent an emergency, reduce the chance of an emergency happening, or reduce the damaging effects of unavoidable emergencies.    Typical mitigation measures include establishing building codes and zoning requirements, installing shutters, and constructing barriers such as levees.