 | 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 |
Summary
· Policy is strategic in nature, concerns the establishment of long-term goals, assigns responsibilities for achieving goals, may establish recommended work practices, and may determine criteria for decision-making.· Policy development is a process.
· Emergency management policy should be developed in line with accepted emergency management principles.
· Policy should be widely debated.
· Policy issues include:
- emergency preparedness and development planning;
- national emergency law and other relevant enabling legislation;
- national emergency management organization;
- responsibility and major mission of the national emergency management organization;
- tasks of the emergency management organization;
- community and provincial emergency preparedness;
- health sector emergency preparedness;
- involving other groups and citizens in emergency management;
- managing resources;
- evaluating an emergency preparedness and response programme;
- priorities in implementing emergency preparedness.
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