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depending upon the warning available. The forced evacuation happens when the
disaster strikes. Following may be ensured:-
(1) Alert communities using siren, drum beating, radio, cable TV and other local
communication means for evacuation.
(2) Inform communities of evacuation routes.
(3) Tell communities about transportation arrangements.
(4) Notify communities about temporary shelter arrangements (Shelter site should
be within 5 km or one hour walk of dwellings, as far as possible.
(5) Involve local community leaders, CBOs/NGOs in the evacuation process.
(6) Prepare list of people who are being evacuated.
(7) Evacuate family together as a unit, minimizing chances of separation in a
family.
(8) Give priority to evacuate a seriously injured & sick people, pregnant women,
handicapped or disabled persons, elderly person, children and women.
(9) Display the list of evacuees in the relief camp.
(10) All evacuations are reported to the DEOC or designated officer by DCO or
relevant officer/camp manager.
c. In situations like floods, cyclones, conflicts government makes decisions for mandatory
evacuation, and then the responsible government officials at district and below district
level shall try to convince local communities for voluntary evacuation. At times,
government use pressure of force such as police, rangers and army to evacuate local
communities to protect them from the potential threat. In emergency evacuation,
whether it is voluntary or forced, communities should be allowed to take minimum
essential items/ belongings.
d. Evacuation of Injured. For evacuation of injured people tagging procedure
should be followed. Tagging is the process of prioritizing transfer of the injured people
based on first hand assessment by the medical officer on disaster site. The
identification of the patient is done by attaching tag to each patient. Different colors are
used for tagging different categories of patients for evacuation.
(1) Tagging Process
(a) Red Tag. The Red Tag indicates that the patient requires top
priority evacuation and needs immediate medical attention.
(b) Yellow Tag. The patients fall in the second priority in the evacuation,
they might have injuries or they need care, but these injuries and
sickness are not life threatening.