3.STATEMENT AND EVALUATION OF THE PUBLIC INTREST QUESTION.
Cross cutting issues in the curriculum disaster risk reduction. Cross cutting issues are issues that touch a number of different aspects of the society, on general principles such as democracy, human rights, good governance, children 's rights, gender equality, population and family life education, poverty alleviation, environment and development. Integrating crosscutting issues into teaching makes the education offered meaningful and relevant to the individual and the society at large .
Accidents are prone to happens at an time and anywhere, where disaster management is introduced early to learners so that they know how to react to therefore avoid causing more destruction; for example in the fatal security drill that occurred Strathmore university in 2015 where security experts faulted the fact that students were not aware of the drill and had not been prepared on how to react in such a situation.
Preparation reduces damage and vulnerability. So the KICD empowers learners by preparing them for anything that may happen and how to move on incase of a disaster.
The concept of disaster risk management is introduced into the curriculum through various means for example the teachers resource handbooks that are developed by the KICD.
The UN-ISDR 's vast Living with Risk report suggests that disaster risk reduction is "the systematic development and application of policies, strategies and practices to minimize
In the past, students have practiced drills so they would know what to do during the lockdowns. Staff and administration were prepared and knew exactly what do in case of a real emergency.
Organisational safety management implies that disasters happen out of a complexity of intermingled reasons but not due to technical factors alone. Proper event management is a
Explain possible priorities and responses when dealing with two particular incidents or emergencies in a health and social care setting.
The presentation will cover several areas dealing with the university’s ability to prepare for an emergency or catastrophic event. The areas covered include:
and Dentistry and Director of the Program in Disaster Mental Health in the Department of Psychiatry and the UR Center for Disaster Medicine and Emergency Preparedness. For over a decade, he has responded to numerous national disasters as a volunteer with the American Red Cross. He has also developed comprehensive disaster mental health training programs for the New York State Office of Mental Health and the New York State Department of Health currently being disseminated throughout every county, state psychiatric center and acute healthcare facility throughout New York State.
When disasters occur suddenly, the following days makes it difficult for people to get to work due to fallen trees or destroyed cars and home or roads flooded. By evaluating a given area or even country, can reduce these negative impacts by using risk identification, risk reduction and risk transfer. This is the important job of risk manager to do these risk assessments in order to better prepare for unfortunate events that will occur sometime in the future. There are public assistance programs set in place in the event of a disaster destroying a town or city for example.
“We teach them a little bit about a hazard, whether it is a hurricane or a tsunami. We teach them the signs behind the hazard, how to prepare and what to do in case of a hazard. We also teach them a little bit about fire safety and coping skills – how to handle the stressful situation of an emergency,” Preparedness Manager Disaster Services with the Hawaii State Chapter Carole Kaapu said.
The purpose of this paper is to show that I have clear understanding of how to properly respond in a disaster. Also, for the purpose of this paper the citizens must be informed of a plan that will hopeful lead them to a safe risk management plan. The point is to eliminate the potential risk factor in
Data obtained by assessing social vulnerability must be implemented within each phase of the emergency management process; mitigation, response, and recovery. First, to effectively respond and recover from incidents emergency management agencies must concentrate on the mitigation phase to prevent incidents from happening in the first place. This is achieved through a thorough hazard/vulnerability analysis (HVA). This type of analysis assesses the risk of physical, economic, and social vulnerability within all communities of a given jurisdiction (Lindell et al., 2006, p. 165). Additionally, the basis of the HVA allows emergency managers to effectively plan for disaster by creating pre-planned responses to disasters (rather than improvised response) and staging resources to locations with the highest probability of risk; ultimately contributing to the mitigation and response phases.
In the article, Storm Warning by Tammy Lee, Meredith Kier, and Kelsey Phillips, described a 5E lesson they did that had to do with learning about hurricanes. Throughout the three days of the lesson, students built structures that they think would withstand a simulated hurricane. The teachers used the first E, engage, by having students answer engaging questions like: “‘What is the difference between a natural hazard and a natural disaster’,” (Lee, Kier, and Phillips, 2016). Then, they had students split into different groups and they used a jigsaw approach by having students answer specific questions in each group and then having them teach what they learned to the other students. Some of the questions were: “What are some natural protections that can help protect areas from more destruction from a natural hazard like a hurricane?”, “What could you do to prepare if you lived in a coastal community?” (2016).
Disasters have become an inevitable part of businesses and organizations as well. They not only have a major effect on business and organizational continuity; they also result to an overhaul in organizational operational mechanisms (Awasthy, 2009). It is for this reason that many organizations and business resort to preparing business continuity plans and disaster recovery plans that will facilitate better disaster management in future. Effective disaster recovery plans are important to every business and organization (Thejendra, 2008).
An effective crisis management response plan outlines specific procedures for administrator, teachers, and students during evacuation emergencies. Administrators work with teachers, students, parents, law enforcement officers, business and community members, to develop an effective emergency and crises plan. The administrator provides leadership in developing and monitoring the school safety plan and also establishes procedures for emergency evacuation and crisis management at different stages of the plan. However, an effective leader develops a comprehensive prevention education plan, and regularly reviews the code of conduct manual for revisions and current laws.
Actions taken to minimize adverse impact of disasters. These including structural measures like building of flood defences and non-structural measures like training etcetera. Public awareness related to disaster risk reduction, contribute in promoting a "culture of prevention" by changing attitudes. It revolves around civil institutions responsible to prevent disasters.
While natural disasters such as floods, drought and hurricanes are commonly thought to occur due to environmental forces such as weather, climate and tectonic movements; a deeper investigation into the ‘disaster’ displays other contributing forces. Human factors have a large, if not equal, contribution to the occurrance and outcome of such disasters (Pelling, 2001). As Pelling (2001) argues, there is both a physical and human dimension to ‘natural disasters’. The extent to which the natural occurrence of a physical process, such as a flood or earthquake, impacts on society is constructed by that society, creating a ‘disaster’ as measured by a
Risk for disasters is a part of life; emergency situations occur more frequently than many people believe. A wise person plans for the worse, and hopes for the best. After a disaster, how well a community can recover will depend largely on how well they prepared in advance. Risk management includes identifying any potential risks to a community and proactively planning to minimize the threat. Proactive organization of resources and people to respond to emergencies can mean the difference between a community’s ability to regroup and recover, and the loss of life. To better