Disaster Preparedness and Mitigation - IGNOU

Socio-economical, educational and cultural distribution in the population/community is also
considered.
Cattle and pet animal population
Crisis Information Management System (CIMS)
Major feature of CIMS is the ability to provide a distributed and seamless service across the range
of teams. The key focus and approach is on distribution of information services. CIMS builds on
open standards, allowing for easier integration with other software that is already in place, and
removing the requirement for all organizations involved in disaster response and recovery activities
to adopt the same software. A framework for CIMS should focus on:
Incident Management
People / Human Resource Management
Material /Resource Management
Information Management, and
Situational Awareness Management
DID YOU KNOW?
The Delhi government observes disaster preparedness month with activities designed to
convert the challenge of making Delhi a safer city by actively involving every stakeholder
in disaster mitigation and preparedness. GOI-UNDP Disaster Risk Management
Programme is one of the major initiatives undertaken by the Delhi Disaster Management
Authority to facilitate disaster preparedness, mitigation and response in the state.
Early Warning
The provision of timely and effective information, through identified institutions, which allows individuals
exposed to a hazard to take action to avoid or reduce their risk and prepare for effective response.
Early warning systems include a chain of concerns, namely: understanding and mapping the hazard;
monitoring and forecasting impending events; processing and disseminating understandable warnings
to political authorities and general population, and undertaking appropriate and timely actions in
response to the warnings.
Emergency Operations Centre - EOC
The Emergency Operations Centre provides a secure location to coordinate actions and make
critical decisions at the time of emergency and disaster situations. It would include the following
components:
EOC Operations Room – also called the Control Room. It is the main room where all disaster
management operations are planned, managed and executed
EOC Analysis Room – is meant for analyzing the information received from the EOC operations
room by the GIS experts, statisticians and data analysts
Emergency Information Centre (EIC) – is meant for the collection and dissemination of the
disaster related information to the media and the general public
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