Natural disasters can occur randomly manmade disasters can be just unpredictable. It is always important to learn about potential hazards near you to ‘get head of what’s ahead. Due to unique geo climatic and socio coast line condition of India has been vulnerable to natural as well as human made disasters.
1. Natural disasters –
- Flood
- Earthquake
- Thunderstorms
- Extreme heat
- Epidemic
- Epidemic/Pandemic
- Drought
- Wildfire
- Hurricanes
- Winter Storm
- Landslides
2. Unpredictable incidents/ Intentional & accidental -
- Chemical
- Biological
- Nuclear radiation/Incidents
- Explosions/Disruptive activities
3. Mental health
- Psychological/ emotional impact of disasters
- Helping women, children and old aged in disaster’s recovery
‘Let's be a prepaid community'
Your family may not be together when disaster happens the best way to keep everyone safe is to make an contingency/ emergency plan ahead of time.
How to make a plan –
Disasters can happen without warning so it’s important that you and your family make a plan including the following information and items –
Name, nickname , maiden names, Social Security numbers, date of birth, medical information , address of each one for their schools, workplaces , contact numbers ,emergency contacts, your doctors, contact numbers, insurance policy numbers, and so on.
