Disaster Readiness And Risk Reduction.docx

DISASTERS Are inherently unexpected or come quickly with little or no warning. DISASTER caused widespread death, injury, and property damage. IMPACTS OF DISASTER: 1. MEDICAL EFFECTS: Include traumatic injuries, emotional stress, epidemic disease, and Indigenous disease affected by the disaster. 2. DAMAGE TO CRITICAL FACILITIES: Widespread disaster can be destroy or damage facilities that may be critical not only maintaining a safe environment and public order, but also in responding to the disaster. Among these are communication installation, electrical generating and transmission facilities, hospital, water facilities (storage, purifications, and pumping), and other public and private buildings. 3. DISRUPTION OF TRANSPORTATION: During the initial stages of disaster, almost all surface means of transportation within a community are disrupted by broken bidges and roads and streets that are rendered impassable by landslides or foods. The restricted mobility of vehicles makes rescue and other emergency operations doubly difficult. 4. ECONOMIC IMPACT: As a result of destruction damage to critical facilities, especially to transportation and communication facilities, disaster disrupt economies as, normal business operations and other economic activities are curtailed. People must also leave their jobs and devote their time to disaster-related activities, such as research and rescue, or to caring for survivors. 5. GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT CHANGE: There is increasing of global climatic change brought about by both by human activity and disaster. Although the long-range consequences are hard to predict, more severe cyclonic storms, an increase in both flooding and drought, and a trend towards desertification cannot be ruled out. The changes could result in a wide range of more Hazards such as wildfires and mudslides, reduce productivity in the oceans, and weakened immune systems of people and animals. 6. SOCIAL AND POLITICAL IMPACT: As a large segment of population in developing countries consist the poor, who are the most vulnerable whenever a disaster strikes, these countries are the most affected. The poor are the most prone to disasters like earthquakes and typhoons because of the structures they live in which are unreinforced and poorly built. These are also often located