Disasters Efforts by: aagman saini

A disaster is a sudden, calamitous event that seriously disrupts the functioning of a community or society and causes human, material, and economic or environmental losses that exceed the community’s or society’s ability to cope using its own resources. Though often caused by nature, disasters can have human origins.

What is Disaster ?

D : Detection I : Incident Command S : Safety and Security A : Assess Hazards S : Support T : Triage and Treatment E : Evacuation R : Recovery

What does Disaster stand for ?

A man-made disasters is a disaster resulting from human intent, negligence, or error.Manmade disasters can be both intentional and unintentional. It results in huge loss of life and property. It further affects a person's mental, physical and social well-being.

Man Made Disasters

The causes of man made disasters are: 

Reasons for Man Made Disasters

Reasons ignorance 5.2%unawreness 0.2%illiteracy 0.4carelessness 4.2%

Man made disasters can be the following: Nuclear disaster Chemical disasters Radiological emergencies Terrorism

Examples of Man Made Disasters

Precautions against man made disasters

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One should not look at the fire as it causes instant blindness.

Close all doors and windows as radioactivity does not penetrate into solid structures.

Cover all food and water.

Nuclear Accidents

Do not panic, evacuate calmly and quickly perpendicular to wind direction through the designated escape route

Keep a wet handkerchief or piece of cloth/ sari on face during evacuation

Do not consume the uncovered food/ water etc open to the air, drink only from bottle

Provide correct and accurate information to government official.

Inform others on occurrence of event at public gathering places (like school, shopping centre, theatre etc.).

Don’t pay attention to the rumours and don’t spread rumours.

Chemical Disasters

 Take cover yourself  Keep your condition till the flash, hot air, and flying and falling debris

 Be aware of intense flash-light coming from the explosion of a nuclear weapon.

 Then, head urgently for the nearest shelter without panic. You have 30-60 min before you reach the shelter.

 Protect your mouth and nose with swab/cloth etc.  You must wash your hands, face, hairs, and other uncovered

part of your body.  Take the necessary equipment with you and enter the shelter. 

Radiological emergencies

Terrorism is the use of fear and acts of violence in order to intimidate societies or governments. Many different types of social or political organizations might use terrorism to try to achieve their goals. People who do terrorism are called terrorists.

It is difficult to explain terrorism. Terrorism has no official criminal law definition at the international level. Common definitions of terrorism refer to violent acts which are intended to create fear (terror); are done for a religious, political, or ideological goal; and which target civilians. Some definitions now include acts of unlawful violence and war. The use of similar tactics by criminal gangs is not usually called terrorism, though these same actions may be called terrorism when done by a politically motivated group.

Terrorism

Example of man made disaster…

London smog The Al-Mishraq Fire The Nuclear Power Plant Explosion in

Chernobyl The Kuwait Oil Fires The Destruction of the Aral Sea

The disasters has only caused loss to life and property, the animals face the threat of extinction, good yielding land turns into a waste land humans suffer from severe ailments every where there is a health problem.

Effects of Disasters