Trainee's Manual on Disaster Preparedness (European Commission Humanitarian Office, 59 p.)

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Module I. Hazards, Disasters & Disaster Management Concepts

Session I. INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL, NATIONAL & LOCAL DISASTERS

Session II. NATURE & CHARACTERISTICS OF NATURAL AND MAN-MADE HAZARDS

Session III. HAZARDS MATRIX ORIENTATION & WORKSHOP

Session IV. DEFINITION OF DISASTER MANAGEMENT TERMS & THE DISASTER CYCLE

Session V. DISASTER MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS

Session VI. INTRODUCTION TO HAZARD & RISK MAPPING

Module II. Institutional Mechanisms for Disaster Management in the Philippines

Session I. DEVELOPMENT OF RP’s DISASTER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Session II. LEGAL BASIS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RP’s DISASTER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Session III. INTRODUCTION OF THE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF THE DISASTER COORDINATING COUNCIL

Session IV. DCC DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Session V. WORKSHOP OF DCC SERVICES

Session VI. ORGANIZATION OF DISASTER CONTROL GROUP (DCG)

Session VII. EFFECTIVE NETWORKING

Module III. Planning in the Handling of Disasters

Session I. INTRODUCTION TO PLANNING IN THE HANDLING OF DISASTERS

Session II. CAPABILITIES & VULNERABILITIES ASSESSMENT (CVA)

Session III. NEEDS ASSESSMENT

Session IV. PRINCIPLES IN DISASTER PLANNING

Session V. THE COUNTER-DISASTER PLAN (CDP)

Module IV. Emergency Services & Responses

Session I. SHARING OF DISASTER EXPERIENCES

Session II. COMMON EMERGENCY RESPONSES

Session III. COMMUNICATION & WARNING

Session IV. INFRASTRUCTURE & TRANSPORTATION

Session V. ACTIVATION/OPERATIONALIZING THE DISASTER OPERATIONS CENTER

Session VI. SEARCH & RESCUE

Session VII. TREATMENT AND CARE OF DISASTER VICTIMS

Session VIII. HEALTH & ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION

Session IX. EMERGENCY RELIEF OPERATIONS

Module V. Damage Assessment & Reporting

Session I. DAMAGE ASSESSMENT

Session II. DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FORMS

Session III. DNCA EXERCISES

Session IV. DISASTER REPORTING

Session V. REHABILITATION PLANNING

Module VI. Synthesis

Session I. EXODUS EXERCISE

Session II. BAHA EXERCISE

Session III. TYPHOON TRACKING EXERCISE