* Hazard is an incident of
accident caused by Earth quake, Tsunami and floods.
* Hazard may result in Human loss,
Property loss and cattle
loss.
* A cyclone had killed more than 50,000 in Bangladesh in 1970.
* The word Tsunami was derived from Japanese language.
* Tsunami can occur at any time of the year, day or night.
* Central Emergency Relief
Training Institute (CERTI) was founded on 29th April
1957 at Nagpur.
* CERTI was renamed as National Civil Defence
College on 1st April1968.
* National Tsunami Warning System (NTWS)
has come into force from 2005.
* Staff of Disaster Management will be trained in First aid, Cleanliness and advices on mental /physical tensions.
* The world wide share on Earth
Quakes and Tsunamis in total Hazards is 8%.
* The high power committee on
Disaster Management, constituted in 1999, has
identified 31 various disasters categorized into 5 major sub
groups as
a) Water and Climate
related disasters.
b) Geological related disasters.
c) Chemical, industrial
and nuclear related disasters.
d) Accident related
disasters.
e) Biological related
disasters.
*
National Disaster
Management Authority (NDMA) is the apex body for Disaster
Management in India.
*
The National Executive Council is the executive committee of the NDMA.
*
State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) is headed by the Chief
Minister.
*
District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) is headed by the District Collector.
*
The general superintendence, direction and control of National Disaster
Response Force (NDRF) shall be vested in
and exercised by the NDMA.
*
The command and Supervision
of NDRF shall be
vested in DG of
Civil Defence and National Disaster Response Force.
*
The Pacific Tsunami Warning System (PTWS)
was developed with its operational center at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) near Honolulu,
Hawaii.
*
In India, the Survey of
India maintains a day-to-day maintenance of the tide gauge with the assistance from authorities of the Ports.
*
On 29th
October, 1999, Super cyclone with wind speed 260-300 km/hr hit the 140 Km coast
of Orissa.
*
On an average the life
cycle of a cyclone takes 6 days.
*
The longest cyclone is Typhoon John which lasted for 31 days (August to
September, 1994) in the north east and North
West Pacific basins.
*
Around 8% of the total land area in India is prone to cyclones.
*
About 2/3rd of the cyclones that occur in the
Indian coast line occur in the Bay of Bengal.
*
The Indian
Meteorological Department is the nodal department for wind detection, tracking and forecasting cyclones.
*
Cyclone warning is
disseminated by several means such as Satellite based disaster warning systems,
radio, television, telephone, fax, high priority telegram, public announcements
and bulletins in press.
* Around 12 %( 40 million hectare) of land in India is prone to floods.
* Around 68% of India’s total area is drought prone.
* The components of Disaster Management team are
a) First Aid Group.
b) Rescue and Evacuation Group.
c) Water
and Sanitation.
d) Trauma Counseling.
* The components of the Disaster
Management are
a) Rehabilitation
b) Reconstruction
c) Prevention
NTWS came into force in 2007
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