DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Group - IName Roll
No.Shweta Ambre 3Kantesh Bhandari 6Komal Dhumale 22Asavari Jadhav 31Mayuri Joshi 36Asha Katke 40Suvet Mahadik 50
Sandeep Mane 52
Introduction
What is Disaster?
=>Affects Life,Property,Livelihood
=>Permanent changes
Types Of Disaster
Disaster
Man-madeNatural
TORNADO FLOODS
Natural Disaster
EARTHQUAKE TSUNAMI
Man-Made Disaster
NUCLEAR LEAKS TERRORISM
DISASTER MANAGEMENT(various measures before, during and after the disaster)
Awareness, education, laws and regulations
Prevention and mitigation measures
Prediction, warnings and preparedness
Response capability
Government, public, NGO’s participating
Why We Need Disaster Management?
=>For Early Warning
=>To foreseeing future disasters
=>To Take prevention methods on reliable information
=>To prohibit Natural disaster occurrence sources.
Natural Disaster
Tsunami
What do you mean by Tsunami?A tsunami (pronounced sue-nahm-ee) is a
series of huge waves that can cause great devastation and loss of life when they strike a coast.
Known as seismic waves
Caused by sudden changes in the seafloor
What to do During Tsunami?
1. Listen to a radio or television to get the latest emergency information.
2. If you hear an official tsunami warning or detect signs of a tsunami, evacuate at once.
3. Climb to higher ground. 4. Stay away from the beach.
What to do after Tsunami?
Destruction Caused During Tsunami
TORNADO
Speed and power.
Destroy’s everything.
Powerful spiraling around.
Large black funnel.
Introduction
Sizes of Tornado
Weak tornado
Strong tornado
Violent tornado
Destruction caused by tornado :
Loss of life
Effects on nature
Property damage
Prevention from tornado
Stay informed
Environmental clues :
Large hail
Greenish sky
Wall cloud
Man-Made Disaster
TERRORISM
Introduction
"Terrorism" is a word used so often and so loosely that it has lost a clear meaning..
"One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter."
2008 Mumbai Attack
Causes & Effects1. People lose their own lives, their loved ones
2. Cause a serious mental trauma.
3. Result in weakening the foundations of a society and their potential for growth.
PREVENTIVE MEASURES
Any suspicion and doubt should be immediately reported to police by people. While renting the premises to the persons who are new, there should be police check up. The investigating agencies should coordinate with central intelligence agencies.Politicians should not make terrorism a blame game.Finally the people of India should be utmost calm and have patience
NUCLEAR LEAKS
INTRODUCTIONOccurs due to reactor core.
Considered very serious ,releasing toxic elements.
A leak can cause severe damage to the reactor.
Nuclear installations are highly sophisticated and have control measures.
Accidents could still occur…..
Some of the worst known nuclear accidents have been at
Three Mile Island, near H Harrisburg Pennsylvania, USA in 1979.
Chernobyl (in current Ukraine), in (then) USSR, in 1986.
Explosion at the Fukushima No. 1 Atomic plant.
PROBLEMSRadioactive material might get discharged
into the environment.Enter human bodies…Primary ways:- Through contaminated
Air Food Water
MANAGEMENTIn case of an actual event, management authority will come into place.
As a general population, it might be most prudent to comply with the guidelines issues by such disaster management authority in such situations.
The disaster management authority is expected to issue specific guidelines.
PREVENTION AND PRECAUTIONFirst of all, stay indoors.Prepare for possible evacuation.Arrange for iodine tablets.Do Not consume Freshly harvested food products it might be contaminated. Do not use contaminated water.Now that we understand that we wont have access to fresh water, food etc., it might be good to anyways take general precautions
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