 | Community Emergency Preparedness: A Manual for Managers and Policy-Makers (WHO, 1999, 141 p.) |
 |  | (introduction...) |
| | Preface |
| | Acknowledgements |
|  | Chapter 1 Introduction |
| | Decision-making for emergency preparedness |
| | What is emergency preparedness? |
| | Community participation |
| | Project management |
| | Summary |
| | References |
| | Chapter 2 Policy development |
| | Policy |
| | Emergency preparedness policy |
| | Issues in emergency management policy |
| | Summary |
| | Reference |
| | Chapter 3 Vulnerability assessment |
| | Introduction |
| | The process of vulnerability assessment |
| | The planning group |
| | Hazard identification |
| | Hazard description |
| | Describing the community |
| | Description of effects and vulnerability |
| | Hazard prioritization |
| | Recommending action |
| | Summary |
| | References |
| | Chapter 4 Emergency planning |
| | Introduction |
| | An emergency planning process |
| | Planning group review |
| | Potential problem analysis |
| | Resource analysis |
| | Roles and responsibilities |
| | Management structure |
| | Strategies and systems |
| | Content of community emergency plans |
| | Summary |
| | References |
| | Chapter 5 Training and education |
| | Introduction |
| | A systematic approach to training |
| | Public education |
| | Summary |
| | References |
| | Chapter 6 Monitoring and evaluation |
| | Introduction |
| | Project management |
| | Checklists |
| | Exercises |
| | Summary |
| | Annexes |
| | Annex 1 - Project management |
| | Annex 2 - Hazard description tables |
| | Annex 3 - Emergency preparedness checklists |
| | Annex 4 - Personal protection in different types of emergencies |
| | Selected WHO publications of related interest |
Checklists
Checklists can be used to evaluate an existing emergency preparedness programme or to assist in developing a new programme. Checklists constitute a “closed set” in that they are not tools for developing new ideas or strategies. They can, however, form a compendium of current knowledge based on prior experience, and they are simple and easy to use.
Annex 3 contains a number of checklists for emergency preparedness, as well as for response and recovery. These checklists are not exhaustive, and can be added to as experience is gained or to suit the context of a community’s preparedness.1
1Further information on assessing health sector emergency preparedness can be found in Guidelines for assessing disaster preparedness in the health sector, Washington, DC, Pan American Health Organization, 1995.
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