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Introduction to Disaster ManagementCOURSE OVERVIEW
Lecturer:Major Mior Rosli Bin Mior Mohd Jaafar, TUDM (Bersara)Msc HRD, LLB, DPATel: 019 3556540Email: [email protected]
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Welcome to Introduction to Disaster Management
All communities are vulnerable to disasters, both natural and man-made.
This is a University level course was designed to increase knowledge of disaster management, with the aim of reducing this vulnerability and improving disaster responsiveness.
1923 Kanto Earthquake Japan
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1991 Mt Pinatubo Eruption
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2008 Bangor Fire Tornado
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Flood in Pakistan
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2010 Summer Heatwave
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Slum Area Fire, Nairobi Kenya
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Air Crash , Russia
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Drought
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WAR, INTERNATIONAL CRISIS
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CLEAN WATER CRISIS
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BEAST ATTACKS
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BIRD RAIN
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COLLAPSED BUILDINGS
Introduction to Disaster Management
This course is intended for people who require an introductory-level understanding of the concepts underpinning, and practical processes involved in, the management of disasters.
You do not need any prior knowledge of the topic, although your own personal experiences or those of other people in your community will be very valuable in your learning.
Course outcomesUpon completion of Introduction to Disaster
Management you will be able to:
Define and describe disaster management, hazard, emergency, disaster, vulnerability, and risk;
Identify and describe the types of natural and non-natural disasters and the implications of disasters on your region and environment;
List and describe the main hazards to which your region is, or may be, vulnerable;
Define the various phases of the disaster management cycle;
Course outcomes
Explain the importance of disaster mitigation and disaster preparedness;
Describe how disaster management can be integrated into public policy and how planning and design of infrastructure should take into account the vulnerability of communities;
Develop and write an emergency operations plan (EOP);
State and explain the importance of the Community-Based Approach to education and public awareness;
Course outcomesDescribe how a community-based action plan for
disaster management can be actively implemented;
Describe how and why training personnel to acquire skills and knowledge are essential in mitigating the impact of disasters;
Recognise the contribution and participation of volunteer agencies;
Define the contents of a school-based programme on disaster management;
Course outcomesDefine and explain how culture contributes to
people’s response to education and public awareness programmes;
Compare the importance of indigenous knowledge in education and public awareness on disaster management;
Define Emergency Management Systems (EMS);
Identity how the EMS assists in hazardous material management, emergency medical services, and response and recovery operations;
Course outcomesExplain how Global Information Systems (GIS) Global
Positioning Systems (GPS) technology are utilised within all phases of the disaster management cycle;
State the advantages and disadvantages of using Remote Sensing Systems (RSS) in disaster management;
Explain the role of the media in disaster management;
State the advantages and disadvantages of using Remote Sensing Systems (RSS) in disaster management;
Course outcomesIdentify the components involved in emergency
medicine;
Describe a suitable infrastructure and procedures in accessing emergency medicine services;
Identify the main communicable diseases common in disaster situations; the risk factors that increase the likelihood of an outbreak and ways of preventing/minimising such outbreaks;
Explain the importance of water sources and the minimum standards for water quality and quantity;
Course outcomesDescribe processes to monitor and evaluate
vector control measures and environmental health programmes in emergency situations;
State the impacts of a disaster on society;
Develop contingency plans to minimise food distribution problems in the post-disaster period;
Assess the impacts of disaster on people’s income, earning capacity and overall social welfare;
Course outcomesIdentify the stages of disaster recovery and
associated problems;
Identify and list the most vulnerable groups in disaster and post-disaster times;
Describe briefly how we can reduce the effects of disasters on vulnerable groups.
Study skills
As an adult learner your approach to learning will be different to that from your school days: you will choose what you want to study, you will have professional and/or personal motivation for doing so and you will most likely be fitting your study activities around other professional or domestic responsibilities.
Study skills
Essentially you will be taking control of your learning environment. As a consequence, you will need to consider performance issues related to time management, goal setting, stress management, etc. Perhaps you will also need to reacquaint yourself in areas such as essay planning, coping with exams and using the web as a learning resource.
Study skills
Your most significant considerations will be time and space i.e. the time you dedicate to your learning and the environment in which you engage in that learning.
Assignments
There are seven short assignments set for modules 2-7 and module 9 of this course. You will need to spend about two hours on each of these assignments.
Self-Assessments
There is a self-assessment exercise for each of the 14 modules in this course which you can use to make sure that you have understood the key concepts in this course. You should spend about one hour on each self-assessment exercise.
Resources
In learning more on this subject, I shall provide you with a list of additional resources at the end of each module; these may be books, articles or web sites.
