DISASTER

MANAGEMEN
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WHAT IS A DISASTER?
A sudden accident or a natural catastrophe
that causes great damage or loss of life.
or
An occurrence either natural or man-made that
causes human sufferings and creates human
needs that victim cannot alleviate without
assistance.
CONTESNTS
-Classifications & types of disaster.
-Recent disaster in India.
-Vulnerability Profile of India.
-Phases of disaster management.
-Developments in Disaster management.
-Institutional framework.
-International Co-operation.
 NATURAL
DISASTER
TOPOGRAPHI ENVIRONME
METEOROLOGI
CAL NTAL
CAL DISASTER
DISASTER DISASTER
Floods Global
Tsunami Earthquak warming
Hurricane es
Typhoon Volcanic Ozone
Snow Storm eruptions depletion
Land
slides Solar flare
 Worst Natural Disasters

-Kashmir Earthquake in 8th th -Indian Ocean tsunami 26th

th

October 2005 December 2004.

-Death toll – aprox 1 lakh -Due to Earthquake in Indian
people ocean
-Magnitude of 7.6 rectare -Death toll-aprox 2,28,000
-Flood of Bihar 18th
th August 2008 -Kedarnath disastrous Land
-Due to overflow of Koshi river. slide 16th
th June 2013

-Drained area of about 15000 -Due to heavy Rainfall(375%

square kilometre. more than usual
-Death toll of about 434 until 27th
th

August rainfall)
 MAN MADE
DISASTER

TECHNOLOGI
INDUSTRIAL WARFARE
CAL
Transport Chemical War
failure spills Terrorism
Public Internal
place Radioactiv conflicts
failure e spills Civil
Fire unrests
 Worst Man-made Disaster

-Chernobyl(SSR) Nuclear -Bhopal Gas Tragedy 2-3

disaster 25-26 April 1986 December 1984
- Due to system test failure -MIC gas leak at UCIL(Union
-50 tones of radioactive Carbide India Limited)
material into air -Due to backflow of water in
Terrorist attack at World -Deadliest Mumbai attack
Trade Centre 11 September (attack of 26/11) 2008
2001 -Lasted until 29th
th November

Plane was made to crash 2008

into the building. -Carried out by 10 members of
Disasters Occurred in
Indian Territory
VULNERABILITY PROFILE OF INDIA
EARTHQUAKE FLOOD

12 %
58 %
TSUNAMI LAND SLIDE
DROUGHT

16%
8% 3%
HASES OF DISASTER MAMAGEMEN
Disaster
Preparedness

Disaster Impact

Disaster
Response
Disaster
Recovery
 Disaster Preparedness
Co-ordination of a variety of sectors to
carry out -
Evaluation of the risks.
Adopt standards and regulations.
Organize communication and response
mechanism.
Ensure all resources-ready and easily
DISASTER IMPACT & RESPONSE

Search, Rescue
and First Aid

Field Care

Triage

Tagging

Identification of
dead
dical and Public Health Respons
Pre-hospital emergency services-
-Linkage to govt. incident command system.
-External medical services and extraction workers.
-Search and rescue teams.
Asessment of immediate health needs.
Identification of medical and health resources.
Temporary field treatment
prompt and proper treatment to save lives.
NDRF BATTLIONS OF INDIA
DEVELOPMENTS IN DISASTER
MANAGEMENT
High powered committee set up in 1999
Until 2001-Responsibility was under Agriculture
Ministry
Transferred to ministry of Home Affairs in 2002
National Disaster management Authority
established on 28th sept 2005
Inclusion of disaster management in seventh
schedule of the Indian Constitution
23rd December 2005, Disaster management act
was passed
 Institutional Framework
Disaster management structure
NDMA with apex body with Prime Minister as chairperson
National Executive Committee-secretaries of 14 ministries and Chief
of integrated defence staff.
Centre Level
Central ministries; NDMA
NIDM(National Institute of Disaster Management)
NDRF(National Disaster Response Force)
State Level

SDMA the Head by Chief Minister of the state

District Level

DDMA Head by the District Magistrate

 International Co-
operation
UN office for Coordination of Humanitarian
Affairs(UNOCHA) for all international disaster
response.
United Nation development Programme for
mitigation and prevention aspects.
UN Disaster Assessment and Coordination(UNDAC)
System
Streamlining Institutional Arrangements for
The Asian Disaster
Disaster Response.
Reduction Centre in
Kobe(1998)