Post Disaster
Stage
Disaster Management Continuum
6 elements – PRE-
PREDISASTER DISASTER
(Prevention, STAGE
mitigation and
preparedness)
POSTDISASTER
(Rehabilitation,
reconstruction and
recovery)
POST-
DISASTER
Disaster Mitigation and Management - JEYASHREE STAGE
Response
• Prompt and effective response minimizes loss
of life and property
• The existing and the new institutional
arrangements need to ensure an integrated,
synergized and proactive approach in dealing
with any disaster
Response
• Response measures are those which are
taken immediately prior to and following
disaster. Such measures are directed
towards saving life and protecting
property and to dealing with the
immediate damage caused by the disaster.
Characteristics of response
Effective response to the impact of disaster is critical mainly to:
• Limit casualties
• Alleviate hardship and suffering
• Restore essential life support and community systems
• Mitigate further damage and loss
• Provide the foundation for subsequent recovery
Requirements of Effective Response
Effective response depends fundamentally
on two factors:
• Information
• Resources.
Relief and Rehabilitation
• Relief is no longer perceived only as gratuitous assistance or
provision of emergency relief supplies on time.
• It is on the contrary, viewed as an overarching system of
facilitation of assistance to the victims of disaster for their
rehabilitation in States and ensuring social safety and security
of the affected persons.
Relief camps
• The temporary relief camps will have adequate provision of
drinking water and bathing, sanitation and essential health
care facilities
• Agencies to supply the necessary stores will be identified in
the pre-disaster phase .
• The possibility of providing food through community kitchens,
and provision of education through the restoration of schools
will be done
Socio-Economic Rehabilitation
• Af ter major disaster, a demand always arises to generate
temporary livelihood options for the affected community and
the State Governments should recognize this aspect in their
DM planning process
• Infrastructure and amenities created should be hazard
resistant, durable, sustainable, and cost -efficient
Response Vs Recovery
RESPONSE RECOVERY
• D e a l s w i th u r g e n t p r o b l ems • Not an urgent problems
w h i ch w i l l n o t wa i t
• Freedom of action does not
• Fr e e d o m o f a ctio n ca n b e
a p p l ied f o r r e s p o n s e s tag e
apply to recovery
• E m e r g e ncy r e s p o n s e a cti o n i s • Communities tend to be
a cce p te d a n d s u p p o r ted b y more questioning, and
com m unities to r e l ie ve th eir perhaps demanding for
i m m e diate p r o b l e ms
recovery actions
Reconstruction and Recovery
• Incorporating disaster resilient features to ‘build back
better ’ will be the guiding principle.
• Reconstruction projects contemplated do not create any
side effects on the physical, socio-cultural or economic
environment of the communities in the affected areas
• Systems for providing psychosocial support and trauma
counselling need to be developed for implementation during
the reconstruction and recovery phase.
Recovery
• Rebuilding homes
• Replacing property
• Resuming employment
• Restoring businesses and
• Permanently repairing and rebuilding
infrastructure
Recovery
Partners in Recovery
• All levels of government
• Business community
• Political leadership
• Community activists
• Volunteer organizations and
• Individuals
Linking Recovery with Safe
Development
• Emphasis will be laid on plugging the gaps in the social and
economic infrastructure
• Other aspects warranting attention will be roads, housing,
drinking water sources, provision for sanitary facilities,
availability of credit, supply of agricultural inputs, upgradation
of technologies in the on -farm and off-farm activities, storage,
processing, marketing, etc.
Recovery Strategy
Strategy for recovery include:
• major areas of recovery need
• envisaged time frame for recovery action
• interlinking of recovery with national development
• broad assessment of resources available
• system for monitoring recovery from national
government level.
