1. DURING DISASTER DISASTER MANAGEMENT CYCLE PRE - DISASTER POST- DISASTER

2. ROLE PLAYERS IN DISASTERS People : Individuals, House -Holds, Volunteers Gram Panchayat : Sarpanch, Panchayati Secretary, Panchayati Members Village Elders : Caste/Community/Religious Leaders, Teachers, Doctors, Engineers, Retired Army & Police Personnel Govt. Deptl. Officers : Agriculture, Medical, Engineers (Housing, Roads & Buildings, Irrigation) Revenue Department, Public Health, Police etc. NGOs

3. DISASTER PREPAREDNESS Disaster preparedness aims at minimizing the adverse effects of a hazard - Through effective precautionary actions Ensure timely, appropriate and efficient organisation and delivery of emergency response following the impact of a disaster.

4. SOME TIPS TO COPE WITH DISASTER

5. THINGS TO REMEMBER WHEN TRYING TO UNDERSTAND DISASTER EVENTS NO ONE WHO SEES A DISASTER IS UNTOUCHED BY IT IT IS NORMAL TO FEEL ANXIOUS ABOUT YOUR ONE SAFETY AND THAT YOUR CLOSE FRIENDS PROFOUND SADNESS, GRIEF & ANGER ARE NORMAL REACTIONS TO AN ABNORMAL EVENT ACKNOWLEDGING YOUR FEELINGS HELPS YOU RECOVER FOCUSSING ON YOUR STRENGTHS & ABILITIES WILL HELP YOU HEAL ACCEPTING HELP FROM COMMUNITY PROGRAMS & RESOURCES IS HEALTHY

6. THINGS THAT ADULTS NEED CRISIS COUNSELING/STRESS MGMT ASSISTANCE DIFFICULTY COMMUNICATING THOUGHTS EASILY FRUSTRATED INCREASED USE OF DRUGS/ALCHOL POOR WORK PERFORMANCE DISORIENTATION/CONFUSION DIFFICULTY IN CONCENTRATION DEPRESSION/SADNESS FEELING OF HOPELESSNESS

7. WAYS TO EASE DISASTER RELATED STRESS TALK WITH SOMEONE ABOUT YOUR FEELINGS, ANGER, SORROW & OTHER EMOTIONS EVEN THOUGH IT MAY BE DIFFICULT. DON’T HOLD YOURSELF RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DISASTROUS EVENT OR BE FRUSTRATED BECAUSE YOU FEEL THAT YOU CANNOT HELP DIRECTLY IN THE RESCUE WORK. SPEND TIME WITH FAMILY & FRIENDS. USE EXISTING SUPPORT GROUPS OF FAMILY FRIENDS & CHURCH. ESTABLISH A FAMILY EMERGENCY PLAN FEELING THERE IS SOMETHING YOU DO CAN BE VERY COMFORTING.

8. MITIGATION/PREVENTION

9. External DisasterInternal Crisis Leading to Disaster VolcanoOutrage EarthquakesSuppressed Anger and Ego FloodsGreed, Hoarding, Worry Cyclones/Hurricanes/TsunamisLust and Desire Famines/DroughtStinginess, Selfishness, Laziness, Depression EpidemicsGossip,Discontentment,Jealousy AddictionsAttachment NATURE OUTSIDE IS A REFLECTION OF NATURE INSIDE

10. VOLCANO OUTRAGE

11. EARTHQUAKES SUPPRESSED ANGER & EGO

12. Poverty and Suicides Genocide Political and Social Upheavals Refugees Robberies and Kidnapping Neglect of Aged and Differently able Persons Pilgrimage Disasters SOCIAL DISASTERS 7

13. Stock Market Upheavals Fiscal, Banking and Investment Scams Runaway Inflation FINANCIAL DISASTERS 3