1. Hazard Response and Management
Response occurs at a range of levels:
Individual and local community
National
International

2. Hazard Response and Management
In the face of tectonic hazards that threaten their homes, communities and livelihoods, individuals have three basic choices:
Do nothing
Adjust/Modify
Leave

3. Hazard Response and Management
Adjustment or modification is usually the preferred method of coping. It usually takes one of three forms:
Modify the loss
Modify human vulnerability
Modify the event/cause
Increasingly technological
Task: where on the Park Model would these take place?

4. Hazard Response and Management
Type of response depends upon:
Magnitude of the hazard
Number of people involved (pop density)
Past experience
Frequency of the hazard
Economic ability to act
Technology
Perceptions of decision makers
infrastructure
Degree of preparedness
Geographical accessibility
Climate
Scientific understanding
Perceptions of those affected
Type of landscape (mountains etc)
Knowledge of options available
Education/training
Government competence
Sort these into physical and human factors.

5. The Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies , supported by the International Federation, work with communities to reduce risk, mitigate the effects of, prepare to respond, respond to and recover from disasters. Disaster Management can be defined as the organization and management of resources and responsibilities for dealing with all humanitarian aspects of emergencies, in particular preparedness, response and recovery in order to lessen the impact of disasters.

6. Disaster Risk Management Cycle

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8. Four Phases of Emergency Management
The plan is based on the Four Phases of Emergency Management:
Mitigation - efforts to reduce hazards or its impacts
Preparedness - efforts to prepare for a likely hazard
Response - actions taken to respond to an emergency or disaster
Recovery - actions taken to restore the community to pre-disaster condition
Task: classify the strategies on the sheet and identify where in the DRMC they would be used.