Professional Documents
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National Perspective
Zone Magnitude
Introduction to concepts
Flood
Cyclone
Earthquake
Tsunami
Landslide
2) Disaster management - awareness
and preparedness in schools.
Teachers training
programme
– 33 teachers’ trained so
far by CBSE
– Training of teachers by
the States.
Schools to prepare DM
plans based on the
hazard that they are
vulnerable to.
– More than 500 plans
have been prepared
Steps for preparation of DM
Plans
1. Sensitisation meeting for awareness Teachers, School Management
and students.
2. Formation of School Disaster Management Committee
• School principal
• Vice principal
• Sub Divisional Magistrate of the area
• DEO (District Education Officer)
• President of Parents Teachers Association
• Parents (1-2)
• Local Medical Officer
• Market trader association
• Fire Officer
• Police
• Members of Civil Society (NCC,NSS, Red Cross, Scouts and Guides)
• 4 Students
Steps for preparation of DM Plans
(cont…)
3. Hazard identification
• History of disasters
• Identification of potential hazard
• Preparation of seasonality calendar
4. Inventory of resources
5. Mapping
• Social Mapping
• Resource Mapping
• Vulnerability / Risk Mapping
• Safe and Opportunity Mapping
Social Mapping - Schools
School teacher
Student (3 nos. most communicative)
Evacuation
–All class teachers
School DM Team……..
– First Aid team
Resident doctor of the school/medical consultant
Teachers 2nos.
Students 2 numbers (10th / 12th class)
Disaster DM Team….
Fire safety
Teachers (2 numbers)
Students (4 numbers, 10th class)
School Building
Non - structural safety
Because books represent a considerable mass, strong anchorage
and bracing of the shelves in both main directions is necessary
A glance into this
side street
reveals a vast
amount of fallen
façade materials.
Rescue work, fire
trucks access,
etc. is seriously
hampered.
Bicycle rickshaw driver taking children home after School. New Delhi.