Part 1 NSTP

a systematic approach to identifying, assessing and reducing the risks of disasters. It aims to reduce socio-economic vulnerabilities to a disaster as well as dealing with the environmental and other hazards that trigger them.

• Emergency response planning
• Disaster risk acceptance
• Crisis management strategy
• Disaster risk reduction (DRR)

A situation that poses a level of threat to life, health, property or environment

N.B. If it does not affect human beings or properties then it is just a natural phenomenon.

• Hazards

• Everyday inconvenience
• Planned celebration
• Natural disaster

A probability or threat of a damage, injury, liability, loss, or other negative occurrence that is caused by external or internal vulnerabilities, and that may be neutralized through preemptive action.

• Opportunity
• Risk
• Benefit
• Security

The level of susceptibility or resiliency of the people and communities against the impact of the prevailing hazards based on the state of physical, social, and economic conditions in a given area.

• Vulnerability
• Imperviousness
• Invulnerability
• Resistance

a serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society involving widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses and impacts, which exceeds the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources.

• disaster

• celebration
• success
• victory

• - Poor people

• - Dependent children/minors

• - Dependent woman

• - Unskilled/untrained person with disability

• Vulnerable Groups

• Invulnerable Groups

• People who are Unskilled

• Dependent People

Physical impact of disturbance

• Risk

• Social impact of disturbance
• Hazards

• Financial impact of disturbance

Likelihood of harm, loss, disaster

• Opportunity
• Security
• Risk
• Safety

Elements affected by hazard (Choose only two elements)

• People

• Groups

• Community

• Family Members

Susceptibility and capacity to prepare, absorb, and recover from hazard

• Fragility
• Weakness
• Vulnerability
• Resilience