community-based disaster risk management and the media media kit

Introduction
Early Warning and Preparedness
chapter 3. useful information for the media
chapter 3
useful information
for the media
Early warning and preparedness are two very important functions in
saving lives and property, particularly in the developing countries, where
authorities may not have huge amounts of resources to undertake
structural mitigation measures.
The media has a very important role in promoting disaster preparedness
and communicating about warning. Therefore, you must interact with
the scientifi c experts and authorities before the approaching of a hazard
and communicate to people about what actions they can take to reduce
loss of life and property.
In order to assist you, in this part, information has been provided about
various actions that people can undertake at the family or community
level to avoid losses from different hazards that may occur in your
country, e.g. typhoons, fl oods, landslides, forest fi res, drought, tsunami
or earthquake. Most of these hazards are seasonal in nature and they
occur during certain months of the year on an annual basis.
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