DISASTER MANAGEMENT

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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