Disaster Management: Types, Phases, Mitigation, Preparedness and Fire and Flood Response

A disaster management lesson working through the terms and definitions, the natural types - meteorological, topological, tectonic and biological - and the man-made ones from bioterrorism and chemical warfare to explosions. It then takes the five phases from warning through impact, response, relief and rehabilitation, the tangible and non-tangible impacts, mitigation as structural and non-structural measures, preparedness, and closes on managing a fire disaster with burn assessment, medical first aid and organised relief, and on flooding.