Form Student Committees

1. Students can help with disaster

preparedness by forming a committee to
oversee such actions. Either by a
volunteer process or by teacher selection,
students can meet monthly and educate
themselves on proper disaster
management. The team should be given
a list of crisis situations and the school's
guidelines for taking action. Students can
trade ideas on other ways to avoid
incidents and maintain order.
Keep Other Students Informed
2. Students are often the best source of
information for other students. The
student disaster management team can
put together information to pass on to
other students and create posters to hang
in the school hallways reminding
students of rules and emergency exits.
 Have them perform skits or presentations
to educate their classmates on proper
behavior in case of an emergency.
Students could create pamphlets and
fliers that spell out proper emergency
procedures and why they should be
followed. Hold workshops to teach
students ways to avoid crisis situations or
how to diffuse a high-stress situation.
Students could also set up information
booths during lunchtime to answer
questions about crisis management and
provide further information about their
program.
Conducting Drills
3. Finally, students can prepare for
disasters by holding drills. Students
should distribute information informing
the school about drills and how to
properly act or evacuate. During these
 drills, students can assist teachers by
retrieving or delivering class lists, taking
attendance and helping maintain order.
Students can also assist in disaster
cleanup and preparations for continuing
classes elsewhere while the building
returns to normal. Through these drills,
students prepare themselves for how to
behave properly if a real crisis should
occur.

Students have a major role to play in

managing disasters:
 1) They can spread awareness about
disasters and tips to handle them.

2) Organize mock camps in their

holidays
3) In neighboring villages to train
people to come up with disasters like
earthquakes

4) Be part of 'emergency rescue teams'

- mostly the training goes side by side
along with 'compulsory military training'
programs
(Another opinion: Search and rescue is
a highly specialized job and should be
left to professionals)
5) A big aspect of disaster
management is preparedness.

6) The basic role of the student is

AWARENESS of what to do during and
after disasters. This would lessen
panicking, paranoid and uncontrollable
people running around. Knowing what
to do when disaster strikes will also
lessen the death toll. Knowing what to
do after disaster, and at least basic first
 aid, will enable students help the
authorities in saving lives.
* Students can help in rehabilitation and resettlement of victims
  * they can spread awareness through rallies in streets
  * Volunteer in the information centers and form associations for the Disaster-Day
  * Provide the victims with basic needs

Role of Students in Disaster

  * Preventing disasters

Management

 A student is a person who is having a great

zeal at any subject.  Our educational system
should include the training programs to the
students from school level to rouse the
helping nature in them at times of
need. A disaster is the misfortune
of natural or human made perils that
negatively affects society. It needs unity in
people to come out of that disaster.  Thus
disaster management plays a major role and
youth plays a vital role in getting out the
victims as fast as possible. The students can
play a major role in disaster management. A
disaster can be defined as any tragic event
with great loss from events such
as earthquakes, floods, accidents, fires,
cyclones or explosions. So military training
programmer are being given to students to
give them moral education and also for
nation’s safety.
 
Role of Students in Disaster Management
- Training for Students
 
When the students are trained well, they can
help in rehabilitation and resettlement of
victims at times of floods, earthquakes and
drought etc., .They can play a very
important role in disaster management. They
can spread awareness to all about the
precautions to be taken at times of these
national disasters.  They will help the
victims with basic needs and they will do
whatever they can at times of these
disasters.  It is the duty of the teachers and
school management to let them understand
their duties and responsibilities during and
after the disasters.  This will minimize the
panicking and uncontrolled disaster to the
most extent.  We should have to train
them with the knowledge of basic first aid to
save lives of millions. Hence, I feel
students play a very important role in
disaster management.
 

Role of Students in Disaster Management

- Students Power
 
Student power cannot be compared and
distinguished with any other power.  Such a
great force is with students.  So it is the
responsibility of the nation to make
utilization of such powerful resources of the
nation from the students by giving excellent
training and social service awareness. Then
if there is a disaster they will be able to
protect themselves and others too. With
effective disaster management it is possible
to minimize the potential risks by
developing early warning policies.  It helps
to prepare and implement developmental
plans to provide flexibility to such disasters
and also to mobilize activities including
communication and medical services. The
students with effective managing role help
in rehabilitation and post-disaster
reconstruction.  Hence, I strongly
feel Educating a student is educating parents
& Community.