Emergency Preparedness Overview

_______ The knowledge and capacities developed by governments, professional response and recovery organizations, communities and individuals to effectively anticipate, respond to, and recover from, the impacts of likely, imminent or current hazard events or conditions during extreme emergencies and disasters

_______ activities and measures to avoid existing and new disaster risks

_______ lessening or minimizing the adverse impacts of a hazardous event

_______ a formal plan of action usually prepared in written form for coordination during the event of a disaster within the institution or the surrounding community. An important tool in the process of building capacity

_______ Result of the combination of the: exposure to a hazard; the conditions of vulnerability that are present; insufficient capacity or measures to reduce or cope with the potential negative consequences

_______ The provision of emergency services and public assistance during or immediately after a disaster in order to save lives, reduce health impacts, ensure public safety and meet subsistence needs of the people affected

______ have WEAKNESS to SUFFER, have STRENGTH to WITHSTAND

The combination of probability of an event and its negative consequences is known as ______

Each office must come up with a local disaster risk reduction and management plan covering aspects of disaster preparedness, response, prevention, mitigation, and rehabilitation and recovery. The ______ must be fully qualified for the incident.

______ is best defined as a group of people who, regardless of the diversity of their backgrounds, have been able to accept and transcend their differences

The standardized approach to on-scene, all-risk incident management concept to the command, control, and coordination of emergency response is known as the ______ System.

The person in charge at an incident is the ______.

______ is the combination of all the strengths, attributes and resources available within an organization, community or society to manage and reduce disaster risks

The Essential Health Service Packages include categories like Medical and Public Health, Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Nutrition, and Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) including Psychological First ______.

In Planning: Hazard Assessment, Vulnerability Assessment, ______

Increase disaster risk has increased the paradigm shift from ______ to ______

Each community/institution is advised to develop a Disaster Risk Reduction Management Team that focuses on Disaster Prevention, Risk Mitigation, and ______.

The Current DOH Health Emergency Management Bureau Vision emphasizes the importance of enhancing ______ and response capacity.