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DISASTER
is a sudden, calamitous event that seriously disrupts the functioning of a community or society and causes human, material, and economic or environmental losses that exceed the communitys or societys ability to cope using its own resources.
CLASSIFICATION OF DISASTER Natural Disasters Acts of God are naturally occurring physical phenomena caused either by rapid or slow onset events which can be geophysical,
Technological or Human are Engineered events that are Disasters by caused humans and occur inor close to human settlements.
Natural Disasters
Technological Disasters
Disaster Management
Is the organization and management of resources and responsibilities for dealing with all humanitarian aspects of emergencies, in particular preparedness, response and recovery in order to lessen the impact of disasters.
Disaster Preparedness It refers to measures taken to prepare for and reduce the effects of disasters.
To predict and prevent disasters, mitigate vulnerable their impact on and populations,
2) Disaster Response
The
primary
aims
of
disaster from
response of the
are physical
rescue and
3) Disaster Recovery
It refers to programs which assist those who have suffered the full impact of a disaster to rebuild their homes, lives and services and to strengthen their capacity to cope with future disasters.
to anticipate key risk factors and reduce them to ensure that staff are well trained (with regular updates) at detecting and responding to incidents and the disasters that they might escalate to and are efficient in the disaster recovery process
to get the organization back on its feet and operating as quickly and as safely as possible, a particularly important objective in organizations with public programs.
LOSS CONTROL
Reducing & eliminating the occurrence of undesired events through engineering controls, enforcement of established procedures, frequent training and continuous evaluation.
Undesired Events
Not an Accident, but a Loss Incident 3 Causes 1. Lack of Control
Lack of Control
Inadequate Systems
Program in place hire, train and evaluate desirable associates. Procedures in place to perform critical tasks
Inadequate Standards
Basic Causes
Basic Causes have 2 major categories 1. Personal Factors
2.
Environmental
Inadequate Capability lack of Knowledge Lack of Shill Inadequate Leadership Inadequate Equipment Inadequate Engineering
Immediate Causes
The unsafe act or condition that caused the event to occur. 2 Categories 1. Substandard Acts (Behavior)
Improper Lifting Failure to Lock Out equipment Using Equipment improperly
2.
Substandard Conditions
Mitigation
is a planning and prevention technique, involves taking those actions that will reduce the impact of a disaster occurrence on occupants, the building itself and the various business components.
a)
2) Nature of business operations 3) Time Frames - Determination of the level of downtime, which is the allowable time for using alternate procedures for a business to function again. 4) Cost -Alternative procedures used to maintain the business function should be cost-effective.
Take actions which can reduce the occurrence of a disaster Take actions which can minimize potential losses
loss
prevention
The management must give their 100% commitment to this program of loss prevention Areas of loss prevention must be identified Key levels of authority for implementing loss prevention must
Assigned personnel for a particular loss prevention area must be able to identify all possible hazards to ensure the safety of other personnel.
3) Determine Priorities
Recovery
- Nature of disaster
For a successful and appropriate loss prevention program, the following factors must be considered:
Flood Loss
Floods and ash ooding almost always occur in Metro Manila and many other states in the US. Areas at particular risk are those located in
According to FEMA1, oods are the most widespread of all disasters, with the exception of re. Most communities in the United States is expected to experience some ooding after:
Dam failures -are potentially the worst ood event . -is usually the result of
Neglect poor design or structural damage caused by a major event such as earthquake When a dam fails, a gigantic quantity of water is suddenly let loose downstream, destroying anything in its path.
A flood watch advisory is issued when ooding is possible within an area. A ood warning advisory is issued when a ood is in progress or when ooding is imminent. When ood warnings are issued, immediate preventive measures should be initiated.
Preventive measures may include actions such as: relocating building contents to areas within the facility that are above predicted ood levels initiating electrical system shutdown procedures readying evacuation procedures and even intentionally ooding below-grade areas.
Records Recovery
Records recovery issues that should be addressed include: Post-ood records access. Damage assessment. Salvage planning. Removal and packing of waterdamaged records and data. Records/data disposal. Vacuum and freeze drying processes. Storage.
A well-organized records recovery plan not only reduces the costs of salvage and restoration, it also minimizes the impact on those functions that are essential to business continuity.
REFERENCES
[2] Saltbones, O.A. (2006). Disaster Definitions. Retrieved from http:// www.jhsph.edu/research/centers-and-institutes/center-for-refugee-and-disaster[3] Davis, I. Emergency Health Training Programme for Africa. Retrieved from http://www.who.int/disasters/repo/5506.pdf [4] http://www.doe.gov.bz/documents/EIA/False%20Caye%20EIA%20%20PDF%20Version/Chapter%208%20Disaster%20Management.pdf Retrieved August 30,2012.
[1] International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Disaster Management. Retrieved August 27, 2012 from http://www.ifrc.org/en/what-we-do/disaster-management/about-disasters/definit