- "Emergency management is the managerial function charged with creating the framework within which communities reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters."
Disaster preparedness in the context of Family and Consumer Science and Family Health and Well-being refers to the proactive measures taken by individuals and families to mitigate risks, ensure safety, and maintain stability in the face of natural or man-made disasters.
Emergency Preparedness Planning: This topic covers the basics of planning and preparing for emergencies, including creating a family emergency plan, identifying potential risks, and building an emergency kit.
First Aid and CPR: Knowing basic first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) can be life-saving during emergencies. This topic covers essential skills for handling injuries, burns, and other medical emergencies.
Food and Water Storage: In a disaster situation, access to clean water and safe food may be limited. This topic discusses the importance of storing food and water and ways to do so safely.
Shelter and Evacuation Planning: Knowing how to shelter in place or evacuate during emergencies can make all the difference in staying safe. This topic covers how to create a shelter plan and evacuation routes.
Home Safety and Security: Keeping your home safe and secure can help protect you from harm during disasters. This topic covers tips for securing your home and identifying potential hazards.
Communication Planning: Having a communication plan can help you stay informed and connected with family and friends during emergencies. This topic covers ways to establish and maintain communication during disasters.
Mental Health Preparedness: Mental health is an essential aspect of disaster preparedness. This topic covers how to recognize and cope with stress and anxiety during and after emergencies.
Financial Preparedness: In a disaster situation, financial stability can be critical. This topic covers ways to prepare for financial emergencies and how to access available resources after disasters.
Community Emergency Response Team Training: Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training teaches individuals how to assist in emergency response efforts in their communities. This topic covers what CERT training entails and how to get involved.
Disaster risk reduction: Disaster risk reduction (DRR) focuses on reducing the impact of disasters on communities. This topic covers strategies and approaches for preventing disasters or minimizing their impact through mitigation, preparedness, and response.
Emergency evacuation plan: A plan outlining a safe and effective way to evacuate a family in the event of an emergency like a fire or natural disaster.
Emergency supplies kit: A set of essential supplies like food, water, and first aid items that can help you survive without power or emergency services.
Communication plan: A plan for staying in touch with family members and friends in the event of an emergency.
Alternative temporary housing plan: A plan for identifying and arranging alternative housing options like hotels, temporary rentals or houses of family/friends in the event that your home becomes uninhabitable.
Financial preparedness: Having insurance policies, good savings, important documents and records as well as securing your property can make disaster preparedness much easier.
Medical preparedness: Having a well-stocked first aid kit, necessary medication, emergency contact list for doctors and hospitals could all help make a medical emergency more manageable.
Emotional preparedness: Helping family members to understand dangers and overcome emotional responses to disasters is an important step in disaster preparedness.
Utility shut-off and safety plan: Know how to shut off gas, water, and electricity, as well as how to safely secure your property.
Neighborhood preparedness: Encouraging your neighbors to be prepared and work together during emergencies is a valuable step in community preparedness.
Natural disaster preparedness: Being knowledgeable and preparing for specific natural events like storms, floods, earthquakes, and wildfires can minimize damage and save lives.
- "Emergency management focuses on the management of disasters, which are events that produce more impacts than a community can handle on its own."
- "The management of disasters tends to require some combination of activity from individuals and households, organizations, local, and/or higher levels of government."
- "The activities of emergency management can be generally categorized into preparedness, response, mitigation, and recovery."
- "Other terms such as disaster risk reduction and prevention are also common."
- "The outcome of emergency management is to prevent disasters and where this is not possible, to reduce their harmful impacts."
- "Creating the framework within which communities reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters."
- "Minor events with limited impacts are managed through the day-to-day functions of a community."
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- "Some combination of activity from individuals and households, organizations, local, and/or higher levels of government is required."
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- "The outcome of emergency management is to prevent disasters and where this is not possible, to reduce their harmful impacts."
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- "Although many different terminologies exist globally..."
- "Emergency management is the managerial function charged with creating the framework within which communities reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters."