Hazard and Disaster Classification Session 1

Major Categories Natural Hazards Natural Hazards Anthropogenic Non-Intentional Anthropogenic Non-Intentional Anthropogenic Intentional Anthropogenic Intentional

Earth Hazardous to your health? 516 active volcanoes, eruption every 15 days (average) 516 active volcanoes, eruption every 15 days (average) 2,000 tremors daily 2,000 tremors daily 2 significant earthquakes daily, severe damage times annually 2 significant earthquakes daily, severe damage times annually 1,800 thunderstorms at any given time 1,800 thunderstorms at any given time

Still hazardous? Lightning strikes 100 times per second Lightning strikes 100 times per second Late summer, an average of 5 hurricanes developing Late summer, an average of 5 hurricanes developing 4 tornadoes per day or annually 4 tornadoes per day or annually 11 blizzards annually in the United States 11 blizzards annually in the United States

Categories of Natural Hazards Atmospheric (Meteorological) Atmospheric (Meteorological) Geological (Earth) Geological (Earth) Hydrological (Water) Hydrological (Water) Extraterrestrial Extraterrestrial Biological Biological

Atmospheric-Sourced Processes Tropical cyclones Tropical cyclones Thunderstorms Thunderstorms Tornadoes Tornadoes Lightning Lightning Hailstorms Hailstorms Windstorms Windstorms Ice storms Ice storms Snowstorms Snowstorms Blizzards Blizzards Cold waves Cold waves Heat waves Heat waves Avalanches Avalanches Fog Fog Frost Frost

Geological-Sourced Processes Earthquakes Earthquakes Volcanoes Volcanoes Tsunami Tsunami Landslides Landslides Subsidence Subsidence Mudflows Mudflows Sinkholes Sinkholes

Hydrological-Sourced Processes Floods Floods Droughts Droughts Wildfires Wildfires

Extraterrestrial Processes Meteorites Meteorites Asteroids Asteroids

Biological Processes Diseases Diseases Epidemics Epidemics Pandemics Pandemics Overpopulation Overpopulation Famine Famine

Anthropogenic Non-Intentional Technological Technological Hazardous Materials Hazardous Materials Environmental Environmental Industrial Industrial Mining Mining Nuclear Nuclear Transportation Transportation Structural Structural

Technological Acts of People Acts of People Technological systems that fail because of complexities and human fallibility (accidents) Technological systems that fail because of complexities and human fallibility (accidents)

Hazardous Materials Can classify in different categories Can classify in different categories

Environmental

Industrial Factories Factories Refineries Refineries

Mining Coal Coal Safety Standards Safety Standards

Nuclear Power plants Power plants Industrial use Industrial use Medical use Medical use

Transportation Aviation Aviation Highways Highways Railroads Railroads Maritime Maritime

Structural Fires Fires Collapse Collapse

Anthropogenic Intentional Hazards Mass Shootings Mass Shootings Civil Disobedience Civil Disobedience Terrorism Terrorism Weapons of Mass Destruction Weapons of Mass Destruction

Mass Shootings School shootings School shootings Workplace violence Workplace violence Hate crimes Hate crimes

Civil Disobedience Labor riots Labor riots Race riots Race riots Political riots Political riots

Terrorism State/State Sponsored State/State Sponsored International Non-state International Non-state Domestic Domestic

Weapons of Mass Destruction Explosives Explosives Chemical Chemical Biological Biological Nuclear/Radiological Nuclear/Radiological