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(c) Green Tag. The patients fall in the third priority in the evacuation they
might have injuries or they needs care, but these injuries and sickness is
not life threatening.
(d) Black Tag. This is a least priority category. Black tags are placed on
the dead, i.e. causality without a pulse or respirations who have
remained in that condition for over 20 minutes, or whose injuries render
resuscitation procedure impossible.
(2) Guidelines for Efficient Evacuation
(a) Advance planning.
(b) Prior arrangements for shelters at earmarked evacuee‟s lodgment sites.
(c) Provision of basic facilities e.g. water supply, sanitation etc. at the site.
(d) Identification of Evacuation routes/circuits under intimation to all
concerned.
(e) Enforce measures for timely evacuation of the elderly, pregnant women
and disabled persons.
(f) Fool proof security arrangements for the evacuated areas as well as
camp sites.
(g) Adequate arrangements for transportation of the affected communities
and their minimum belongings, including livestock. Separate camps for
the latter.
4. Assessment. In an emergency the assessment is needed to understand the situation and
to make decision what kind of resources and capacities are required for effective response. Following
paragraphs deals primarily with two types of assessment i.e rapid assessment or initial assessments
to establish the nature & scale of emergency and the likely need for external assistance. Detailed
sectoral assessments to plan, implement and coordinate the response have also been highlighted.
a. Initial Rapid Assessment 18 . The initial rapid assessment is the exercise of collecting
information, in order to identify the basic needs e.g. food, non food items, shelter,
water, sanitation, health etc that require immediate response in the aftermath of the
disaster. It would also helps to assess the internal capacities and what kind of support
and capacities are needed for effective response. The rapid assessment should be
completed in first 48-72 hours to get immediate picture of the disaster. This
assessment provides the basis for the immediate response for the first 8-10 weeks.
After the completion of 4-5 weeks, the expanded rapid assessment should be done
while building upon the earlier initial rapid assessment to gather more detailed
information from the field using secondary sources information and interview with key
18 WHO Assessment Guidelines, UNICEF Assessment Guidelines, MaCRAM, UNICEF