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Besides water and nutrition bars, what other item within the 'Food and Water' category of a classroom emergency kit is designed to ensure safe drinking water?
Besides water and nutrition bars, what other item within the 'Food and Water' category of a classroom emergency kit is designed to ensure safe drinking water?
Water purification tablets
What is the overall goal of community-based disaster risk management (CBDRM)?
What is the overall goal of community-based disaster risk management (CBDRM)?
To reduce vulnerabilities and build resilient communities
Name one principle of Community Based Disaster Management (CBDM) that focuses on involving all members of the community.
Name one principle of Community Based Disaster Management (CBDM) that focuses on involving all members of the community.
Participatory process and content / Comprehensive
What is the primary focus of the 'Response' phase in disaster risk management?
What is the primary focus of the 'Response' phase in disaster risk management?
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During the Preparedness phase of DRRM, what regular activities help to train individuals?
During the Preparedness phase of DRRM, what regular activities help to train individuals?
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What are the four key areas of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction?
What are the four key areas of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction?
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What is the main goal of public awareness laws in the context of disaster risk?
What is the main goal of public awareness laws in the context of disaster risk?
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Name three types of plans or laws that a country might implement to safeguard citizens from various disasters?
Name three types of plans or laws that a country might implement to safeguard citizens from various disasters?
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What is the purpose of the 'assembly phase' in a disaster drill?
What is the purpose of the 'assembly phase' in a disaster drill?
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What does the 'Build Back Better' principle focus on within the context of disaster recovery?
What does the 'Build Back Better' principle focus on within the context of disaster recovery?
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Study Notes
Disaster Risk Management
- Sendai Framework Components: Understanding disaster risk, strengthening governance for disaster risk management, investing in disaster risk reduction, and enhancing disaster preparedness for effective response. The "Build Back Better" principle emphasizes recovery, rehabilitation, and reconstruction.
Cultural Heritage Protection
- Italy's historical sites: Special protocols are in place to protect these landmarks during emergencies.
Emergency Protocols
- Agencies' procedures: Defines procedures for efficient and coordinated disaster response, minimizing confusion and effort duplication.
Public Awareness
- Disaster preparedness: Promotes public education and information campaigns to prepare citizens for disasters.
Volunteer Frameworks
- Disaster response coordination: Regulates volunteer organization roles in disaster response and coordination with government agencies.
Flood Risk Plans
- Assessment and mitigation: Requires creation of flood risk assessments and strategies to minimize damage.
Building Codes
- Earthquake and flood resistance: Enforces construction standards ensuring structural safety from earthquakes and flooding.
Climate Adaptation Plans
- Extreme event risk mitigation: Develops strategies to address risks from extreme events caused by climate change.
Early Warning Systems
- Hazard preparedness: Mandates development of advanced warning systems for floods, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions.
Fire Prevention Laws
- Safety standards: Establishes safety standards and guidelines for fire risk reduction in urban and rural areas.
Health Emergency Plans
- Public health crisis preparedness: Prepares the country for public health crises like pandemics or biological hazards.
Disaster Drill Practices
- Alarm phase: Signals the occurrence or impending disaster.
- Response phase: Mobilization of units to respond to the disaster.
- Evacuation phase: Facilitates the safe and efficient evacuation of community members.
- Assembly phase: Assembling of people in an orderly manner for headcount.
- Headcount phase: Counting of names and participation.
- Evaluation phase: Assessment of drill effectiveness.
Emergency Survival Kit (School-Based)
- Personal Hygiene/Sanitation: Bucket with toilet seat lid, toilet paper, wet wipes, hand sanitizer, toilet bags, tarp and duct tape, and more.
- Food and Water: Water bottles or pouches, water purification tablets, and nutritional bars.
- Light and Communication: Emergency light stickers, survival whistle, flashlight (with phone charger), siren, radio, etc.
- Entertainment: Playing cards, portable board games
- First Aid: Bandages, medical tape, gauze and trauma pads, instant cold packs, rubbing alcohol/antiseptic wipes, cotton swabs, and latex-free gloves.
Community Empowerment and Development
- Training and programs: Strengthening community capacities through training and programs.
- Adapting to changes: Ensuring that each member grows and adapts with the world.
Community-Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM)
- People's participation: Acknowledges community-specific coping mechanisms and capacity, reducing vulnerabilities, and building resilient communities.
- Government and NGO roles: Collaboration of government and NGOs is crucial.
- Principles of CBDRM: Participatory processes, responsiveness, integration, proactiveness, comprehensiveness, and multi-sectoral/multi-disciplinary approach.
Disaster Preparedness/Response/Recovery
- Preparedness: Ongoing process for individuals, communities, businesses, and organizations to plan and train for disasters (e.g., drills, evacuations).
- Response: Actions taken after a disaster occurs; short-term and long-term responses, including removing hazards from affected areas.
- Recovery: Returning to a normal or near-normal state of life after a disaster; this can take years.
Disaster Risk Reduction
- Prevention: Permanent measures to minimize disaster risks.
- Mitigation: Minimizes loss of life by planning and implementing safety measures.
- Structural measures: Permanent safety measures in planning, like emergency stairways.
- Non-structural measures: Precautions beyond the construction of a building, like family communication plans.
Post Disaster Actions
- Emergency response: Inform others of safety, provide first aid, handle serious injuries, and transport injured people to the hospital.
Fire Safety
- Fire triangle components: Fuel, heat, and oxygen.
- Fire classes: Class A (wood, paper, textiles), Class B (flammable liquids like oil and petrol), Class C (gases), Class D (metals), Class E (electrical), and Class F (cooking oils).
- Fire emergency response procedures: Use fire extinguishers (pull, aim, squeeze, sweep), and prevent fire spread (avoid smoke inhalation, escape, etc.).
- Fire safety guidelines: Don't smoke in bed, properly dispose of cigarette butts, keep lighted items away from flammable material, check electrical installations regular, no overloading circuits, and more.
Stages of a fire
- Various stages of a fire are described in terms of its intensity, from ignition, growth, fully developed, and decay.
- Important factors about the fire are also mentioned, factors like intensity, density, and the materials in contact, that might lead to the spread of the fire.
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Explore essential components of disaster risk management, including the Sendai Framework and protocols for safeguarding cultural heritage. This quiz also covers emergency response procedures, public awareness efforts, and the role of volunteers in disaster coordination.
