Disaster prevention and recovery

1. DISASTER PREVENTION AND
RECOVERY

2. A disaster prevention plan is a written, approved,
implemented, and periodically tested program
specifically outlining all actions to be taken to
reduce the risk of avoidable disaster and
minimize the loss should a disaster occur.
WHAT IS DISASTER PREVENTION ?

3. Elements of a disaster prevention and
recovery plan
Disaster planning and recovery comprises a number of elements:
• Risk assessment
• Planning and recovery
• Vital records protection
• Risk assessment
The intent of assessing risks to records is to attempt to prevent the occurrence of disaster
situation in the first instance.
• Planning and recovery
Planning for disaster prevention and recovery involves formulating a simple written plan.
Simplicity is a prerequisite of comprehensive and effective planning.
• List of vital records and their locations - vital records are those which are essential to
re-create the financial and legal interests of the University. Secondly, they are records
that protect the interests of all stakeholders of the University, whether these are
students, employees or the wider community

4. The following is a list of general objectives departments should consider
when creating an Information Disaster Prevention and Recovery Plan:
• Ensure the safety of all employees and visitors at the site/facility
• Protect vital information and records
• Secure business sites and facilities
• Safeguard and make available vital materials, supplies and equipment
to ensure the safety and recovery of records from predictable disasters
• Reduce the risk of disasters caused by human error, deliberate
destruction, and building or equipment failures
• Be better prepared to recover from a major natural catastrophe
• Ensure the organization's ability to continue operating after a disaster
• Recover lost or damaged records or information after a disaster
General Objectives of a Disaster Plan.

5. COMMITTES RESPONSIBLE FOR DISASTER
PREVENTION AND RECOVERY
Disaster management organizations
• National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)
• National Disaster Response Force (NDRF)
• National Civil Defense College (NCDC)
• National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM)

6. National Disaster Management Authority
(NDMA)
National Disaster Management Authority, abbreviated as NDMA is
an agency of the Ministry of Home Affairs whose primary purpose is
to coordinate response to natural or man-made disasters and for
capacity-building in disaster resiliency and crisis response
National Disaster Response Force (NDRF)
The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) is a
specialized force constituted "for the purpose of specialist
response to a threatening disaster situation or disaster" under
the Disaster Management Act, 2005.

7. National Civil Defense College
(NCDC)
• The National Civil Defense College,(abbreviated as NCDC) was formerly
known as Central Emergency Relief Training Institute (CERTI), which was
founded on 29 April 1957 in Nagpur district of Maharashtra in India. It is the
first disaster management training institute of the country.
National Institute of Disaster
Management(NIDM)
National Institute of Disaster Management. NIDM, is a premier
institute for training and capacity development programs for
managing natural disasters in India, on a national as well as
regional basis.

8. INDIA FLOODS 2017-RELIEF AND RECOVERY PLAN BY
INDIAN RED CROSS(SERVING ALL)
• The Indian Red Cross seeks 26 crore INR (approx. 4 million USD) to deliver
humanitarian assistance and recovery support to 250,000 people affected by floods
across India, with a focus on health, shelter and non-food relief items, water,
sanitation and hygiene promotion, livelihoods, education and disaster risk reduction.
• July 2017: Monsoon season with above average heavy rains cause intense flooding
across western, northern and north-eastern parts of India. Relief operations
commence.
• 28 July 2017: A first allocation of the IFRC’s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF)
amounting 323,333 Swiss Francs (approx. 2.6 crore INR) is released to assist 25,000
people affected in Assam and Manipur.
• 22 August 2017: A second DREF allocation of 397,440 Swiss francs (approx. 2.7
crore INR) is released to assist 25,000 people affected in Bihar.
• September 2017: Emergency relief distributions continue, along with recovery and
long-term support to those most affected.

9. • Red Cross branches in Bihar, Assam, Manipur, Uttar Pradesh and
West Bengal continue to distribute relief materials to 50,000 most
vulnerable persons, supported by Red Cross and Red Crescent
Movement (IFRC and ICRC) and local partners.
• Relief items include mostly non-food items such as tarpaulins,
mosquito nets, kitchen sets, family packs including clothing, sheets
and blankets, buckets, solar lanterns and hygiene items.
• Four water purification units are installed in Assam and Manipur,
which are currently supplying drinking water to affected families.
• 50 life straw community membrane water filters are currently being
installed in Bihar. Chlorine, bleaching powder, lime and alum are
being used to purify water and used as disinfectant

10. • One hundred temporary toilets have been erected in the neediest areas of
Manipur.
• Soaps and sanitary napkins are distributed to promote hygiene and safe
menstrual practices.
• Jerry cans and buckets were distributed to ensure water storage for families
in need.
• Red Cross branches in affected states also started fundraising and
collecting donations towards the relief effort.
• In Bihar, 12 truckloads of dry rations were collected through local donations
and distributed across the affected districts.
• Meanwhile, branches in other parts of the country have also contributed
actively, through dispatch of relief items from their stocks as well as through
the deployment of trained staff.
• National headquarters assumed the overall coordination of relief efforts,
including the mobilization of pre-positioned relief stock from its six regional
and national warehouses.

11. CONCLUSION
• The disaster recovery plan itemizes all the potential risks and
possible solutions for the Learning business operations. It provides
a speedy system recovery and availability in case of any of the
disasters. While no country in world is entirely safe lack of capacity
to limit the impact of hazards remains a major burden for developing
countries. An estimated 97% of natural disaster related deaths each
year occur in developing countries although smaller in absolute
figure the percentage of economic loss in relation to the GNP(gross
national product) in developing counties far exceeds the one in
developed countries.