Reaching out: getting the community involved in preparedness.
Material type: TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: 1991Description: 25p., 46 refsSubject: Effective emergency preparedness requires public support and public involvement. This report demonstrates how to get an ever increasing number of persons and organizations involved in everything from hazard evaluation to recovery. It examines how to build a public agenda by identifying hazards and risks. It shows how to make this known to specific groups and the public through networking and disaster education, and how to use that educational process to eliminate the many false beliefs about disaster. The report covers the various options of mitigation procedures, warning systems & disaster response. It discusses the role of the media and concludes with an examination of the process of recovery and the problem of keeping plans up to dateItem type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Books | Australian Emergency Management Library | BOOK | 302.22 SCA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 005277985 | ||
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Reprinted from Canadian Police College Journal; 1991; Vol 15, No 1; pp1-25
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Effective emergency preparedness requires public support and public involvement. This report demonstrates how to get an ever increasing number of persons and organizations involved in everything from hazard evaluation to recovery. It examines how to build a public agenda by identifying hazards and risks. It shows how to make this known to specific groups and the public through networking and disaster education, and how to use that educational process to eliminate the many false beliefs about disaster. The report covers the various options of mitigation procedures, warning systems & disaster response. It discusses the role of the media and concludes with an examination of the process of recovery and the problem of keeping plans up to date
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