Disaster and Emergency Preparedness: Guidance for ... - INEE Toolkit

Assessing your hazards and risksUsing the Risk Assessment Matrix in the Addenda, work as a group to fill in the chart, takingthese steps:A. Identify all of the hazards that your school community may face. These may be of ”natural”and/or ”man-made” origin.B. Discuss how likely these hazards are. In the case of earthquake, flood, volcano, landslideand similar, check with scientific and technical or disaster management authoritiesto be sure that you have an accurate understanding of these likelihoods. Some hazardsare ever-present, some seasonal, some increase, and some are infrequent but inevitable.Rate the likelihood on a scale of 1 to 5. You should be planning for what may happensometime during your school career, or your children and grandchildren’s school years.HAZARDS 1 2 3 4 5Likelihood Very low Low Medium High Very highDisaster and Emergency Preparedness: Guidance for SchoolsC. Rate the impact severity for each of these hazards on a scale of 1 to 5. When rating impactseverity, consider the wide range of losses that your school and community face,including these factors:Human—deaths, injuries, disability;Physical—damage to buildings, equipment, supplies;Socia Cultural—disruption and loss of friends, mentors, communities, culturalheritage;Economic—cost of repair and replacement, cost to students and families of delayedor incomplete education, loss of livelihoods in education;Environmental—loss of natural resources and habitats;Psychosocial—lost continuities, hopes and dreams;Educational—disrupted or degraded services, quality, outcomes.Your community may be better prepared for some hazards than for others. As you reduceyour vulnerabilities there will be less to worry about.VULNERABILITIES 1 2 3 4 5Impact severity Minor Controllable Critical Devastating Terminal8