Module 3 Notes
Phases
 Mitigation: long term avoidance of damages; land-use regulations, hurricane shutters,
tornado shelters
 Preparedness: also the pre-impact phase, includes actions before the impact
-organizational level: deploying emergency plans, training employees, having needed
equipment and conducting drills
-household level: storing food and water, having an emergency plan, battery powered
radio, evacuation plan
 Response: impact and post-impact phase, the immediate needs of those living in the
impacted areas are the focus
-detecting threats, disseminating warnings, evacuating threatened populations,
searching for and rescuing trapped survivors, providing emergency medical care
 Recovery: reconstruction or post-disaster phase; repair, rebuild, reconstruct
Mitigation
 Hazard mitigation means the sustained action taken to reduce or eliminate the longterm risk to human life and property from hazards and their effects
 The reduction of long-term risk
 Combination of technical and social efforts, every location and every hazard type will
require different adjustments to resist the hazard
 A process that requires an awareness of how natural systems work, their potential
impact upon human settlements, and a change in attitude about the role of human
beings in the natural process
In Class Notes
-tax the local economy
-11.5 billion in FEMA funding