Disaster Preparedness - Trainer's Guide - 1st Edition (Disaster Management Training Programme, 57 p.): PART ONE : PLANNING FOR DISASTER PREPAREDNESS: 23. Categories or response mechanisms

Disaster Preparedness - Trainer's Guide - 1st Edition (Disaster Management Training Programme, 57 p.)

PART ONE : PLANNING FOR DISASTER PREPAREDNESS

		5. Question on activities already undertaken
		6. Vulnerability assessments
		7. Categories of information
		8. Objectives of assessing vulnerability
		9. Requirements of a plan
		10. Typical structure of a disaster plan
		11. Types of disaster
		12. The planners
		13. Question on entities involved in planning
		14. Status of the plan
		15. Statement on institutional framework
		16. Question on designating a focal point
		17. National disaster assistance organization
		18. Roles and responsibilities
		19. Sample information system
		20. Resource base
		21. Question on planning a resource base
		22. Statement on warning systems
		23. Categories or response mechanisms
		24. Possible needs in different types of emergencies
		25. Public education and training
		26. What rehearsals can accomplish

23. Categories or response mechanisms

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Have participants read to themselves the categories listed. Explain that once an effective disaster preparedness plan is in place, these response mechanisms should be familiar to potential beneficiaries or to those with the responsibility of implementing such measures.

Some of the categories of response in plans for a variety of hazards include:

· evacuation procedures
· search and rescue
· security of affected areas
· assessment teams
· activating special installations (such as emergency hospitals)
· activating distribution systems
· preparing emergency reception centers and shelters
· activating emergency programs for airports, harbors and land transport