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1. Helps with planning for various kinds of disaster, both internal and external disasters.
2. Interacting with various local agencies for crisis management ( sheriff, police, fire department, ambulance etc.)
3. Training of both staff and personnel, including practice drills.
4. Evaluation and improvement of plans.
5. Dissemination of disaster plans, including simplified version posted in each classroom.
6. When disaster occurs, the principal is often the one who determines which kind of disaster is taking place and appropriate action.
7. The principal if often the person who makes outside contacts such as calling central office, sheriff department etc.
8. Along with assigned staff, principal makes sure doors are shut and locked, students are in assigned places ( not in hallways or restrooms etc.)
9. Following the drill, the principal makes the determination and, possibly, the announcement that the drill or disaster is over and what to do next ( school dismissal, proceed to next scheduled class, gather in auditorium etc.)
10. Do all follow up written and oral reports on the disaster.

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General Preparedness
v Each Department and Government agency
involved in Disaster Management and
mitigation will:
v Designate a Nodal officer for emergency
response and will act as the contact person
for that department/agency.
v Ensure establishment of fail-safe two-way
communication with the state, district and
other emergency control rooms and within
the organisation.
v Emphasis on communication systems used
regularly during LO with more focus on
the use of VHFs with automatic repeaters,
mobile phones with publicised numbers,
HF radio sets etc. It should be remembered
that SAT phones fail during prolonged
emergencies and electric failure if the
phones cannot be re-charged.
v Work under the overall supervision of the
SRC / the district Collectors during
emergencies.
2. Agriculture
Prevention Activities:
v Awareness generation regarding various
plant diseases, alternate cropping practices
in disaster-prone areas, Crop Insurance,
provision of credit facilities, proper
storage of seeds, etc.
v Hazard area mapping (identification of
areas endemic to pest infections, drought,
flood, and other hazards).
v Develop database village-wise, cropwise,
irrigation source wise, insurance
details, credit facilities, etc.
v Regular monitoring at block level; the
distribution and variation in rainfall.
Prepare the farmers and department
officers to adopt contingency measures and
take up appropriate course of action
corresponding to the different emerging
conditions.
v Detail response manuals to be drawn up
for advising the farmers for different types
of disasters, e.g., rain failure in July or
September & development of a dynamic
response plan taking into account weekly
rainfall patterns.
v Develop IEC materials to advise the
farming communities on cropping practices
and precautionary measures to be
undertaken during various disasters.
v Improving irrigation facilities, watershed
management, soil conservation and other
soil, water and fertility management
Role of State Government Departments /
Agencies in Disaster Management
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measures keeping in mind the local agroclimatic
conditions and the proneness of
the area to specific hazards.
v Promotion of alternative crop species and
cropping patterns keeping in mind the
vulnerability of areas to specific hazards.
v Surveillance for pests and crop diseases
and encourage early reporting.
v Encourage promotion of agro service
outlets/enterprise for common facilities,
seed and agro input store and crop
insurance.
Preparedness Activities before disaster
seasons
v Review and update precautionary
measures and procedures and especially
ascertain that adequate stock of seeds and
other agro inputs are available in areas
prone to natural calamities.
v Review the proper functioning of rain
gauge stations, have stock for immediate
replacement of broken / non-functioning
gadgets/equipments, record on a daily
basis rainfall data, evaluate the variation
from the average rainfall and match it with
the rainfall needs of existing crops to ensure
early prediction of droughts.
Response Activities:
v Management of control activities
following crop damage, pest infestation and
crop disease to minimise losses.
v Collection, laboratory testing and analysis
of viruses to ensure their control and
eradication.
v Pre-positioning of seeds and other agro
inputs in strategic points so that stocks are
readily available to replace damage caused
by natural calamities.
v Rapid assessment of the extent of damage
to soil, crop, plantation, irrigation systems,
drainage, embankment, other water bodies
and storage facilities and the requirements
to salvage, re-plant, or to compensate and
report the same for ensuring early supply
of seeds and other agro inputs necessary
for re-initiating agricultural activities
where crops have been damaged.
v Establishment of public information
centres with appropriate and modern
means of communication, to assist farmers
in providing information regarding
insurance, compensation, repair of agro
equipments and restarting of agricultural
activities at the earliest.
Recovery Activities
v Arrange for early payment of
compensation and crop insurance dues.
v Facilitate provision of seeds and other
agro inputs.
v Promotion of drought and flood tolerant
seed varieties.
v Review with the community, the identified
vulnerabilities and risks for crops, specific
species, areas, which are vulnerable to
repetitive floods, droughts, other natural
hazards, water logging, increase in salinity,
pest attacks etc. and draw up alternative
cropping plans to minimise impacts to
various risks.
v Facilitate sanctioning of soft loans for farm
implements.
v Establishment of a larger network of soil
and water testing laboratories.
v Establishment of pests and disease
monitoring system.
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v Training in alternative cropping
techniques, mixed cropping and other
agricultural practices which will minimise
crop losses during future disasters.
3. Health Department
3.1. Disaster Events
Prevention Activities:
v Assess preparedness levels at State,
Distict and Block levels.
v Identification of areas endemic to
epidemics and natural disasters.
v Identification of appropriate locations for
testing laboratories.
v Listing and networking with private health
facilities.
v Developing a network of volunteers for
blood donation with blood grouping data.
v Strengthening of disease surveillance,
ensuring regular reporting from the field
level workers (ANMs/LHV etc) and its
compilation and analysis at the PHC and
District levels, on a weekly basis (daily
basis in case of an epidemic or during
natural disasters), forwarding the same to
the State Disease Surveillance Cell and
monthly feed back from the State to the
district and from the District to the PHC.
v Formation of adequate number of mobile
units with trained personnel, testing
facilities, communication systems and
emergency treatment facilities.
v Identification of locations in probable
disaster sites for emergency operation
camps.
v Awareness generation about various
infectious diseases and their prevention.
v Training and IEC activities
v Training of field personnel, Traditional
Birth Attendants, community leaders,
volunteers, NGOs and CBOs in first aid,
measures to be taken to control outbreak
of epidemics during and after a disaster,
etc.
v Arrangement of standby generators for
every hospitals.
v Listing of vehicles, repair of departmental
vehicles that will be requisitioned during
emergencies for transport of injured.
Prepardness Activities before Disaster
Seasons
v For heat wave : preparation and
distribution of IEC materials, distribution
of ORS and other life-saving drugs, training
of field personnel on measures to be taken
for management of patients suspected to be
suffering from heatstroke;
v For flood and cyclone : Assessment and
stock pilling of essential medicines, anti
snake venom, halogen tablets, bleaching
powders. ORS tablets, Pre-positioning of
mobile units at vulnerable and strategic
points.
Response activities:
v Stock piling of life-saving drugs, detoxicants,
anaesthesia, Halogen tablets in
vulnerable areas.
v Strengthening of drug supply system with
powers for local purchase during LO.
v Situational assessment and reviewing the
status of response mechanisms in known
vulnerable pockets.
v Ensure adequate availability of personnel
in disaster sites.
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v Review and update precautionary
measures and procedures, and apprise the
personnel who will be implementing those.
v Sanitation
v Dispensing with post-mortem activities
during L1, L2 and L3 when the relatives
and/or the competent authority is satisfied
about cause of death.
v Disinfections of water bodies and drinking
water sources.
v Immunization against infectious diseases.
v Ensure continuous flow of information.
Recovery Activities
v Continuation of disease surveillance and
monitoring.
v Continuation of treatment, monitoring and
other epidemic control activities till the
situation is brought under control and the
epidemic eradicated.
v Trauma counselling.
v Treatment and socio-medical
rehabilitation of injured or disabled
persons.
v Immunisation and nutritional surveillance.
v Long term plans to progressively reduce
various factors that contribute to high level
of vulnerability to diseases of population
affected by disasters.
3.2 Epidemics
Preventive Activities:
v Supply of safe drinking water, water
quality monitoring and improved sanitation.
v Vector Control programme as a part of
overall community sanitation activities.
v Promotion of personal and community
latrines.
v Sanitation of sewage and drainage systems.
v Development of proper solid waste
management systems.
v Surveillance and spraying of water bodies
for control of malaria.
v Promoting and?strengthening Primary
Health Centres with network of paraprofessionals
to improve the capacity of
surveillance and control of epidemics.
v Establishing testing laboratories at
appropriate locations to reduce the time
taken for early diagnosis and subsequent
warning.
v Establishing procedures and methods of
coordination with the Health Department,
other local authorities/departments and
NGOs to ensure that adequate prevention
and preparedness measures have been
taken to prevent and / or minimise the
probable outbreak of epidemics.
v Identification of areas prone to certain
epidemics and assessment of requirements
to control and ultimately eradicate the
epidemic.
v Identification of appropriate locations and
setting up of site operation camps for
combating epidemics.
v Listing and identification of vehicles to be
requisitioned for transport of injured
animals.
v Vaccination of the animals and
identification of campsites in the probable
areas.
v Promotion of animal insurance.
v Tagging of animals
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v Arrangement of standby generators for
veterinary hospitals.
v Provision in each hospital for receiving
large number of livestock at a time.
v Training of community members in
carcasses disposal.
Preparedness activities before disaster
seasons
v Stock piling of water, fodder and animal
feed.
v Pre-arrangements for tie-up with fodder
supply units.
v Stock-piling of surgical packets.
v Construction of mounds for safe shelter of
animals.
v Identification of various water sources to
be used by animals in case of prolonged
hot and dry spells.
v Training of volunteers & creation of local
units for carcass disposal.
v Municipalities/Gram Panchayats/ BDOs to
be given responsibility for removing
animals likely to become health hazards.
Response Activities:
v Eradication and control of animal diseases,
treatment of injured animals ~ Protection
of abandoned and lost cattle.
v Supply of medicines and fodder to affected
areas.
v Ensure adequate availability of personnel
and mobile team.
v Disposal of carcasses ensuring proper
sanitation to avoid outbreak of epidemics.
v Establishment of public information centre
with a means of communication, to assist
in providing an organised source of
information.
v Mobilising community participation for
carcass disposal.
Recovery Activities:
v Assess losses of animals assets and needs
of persons and communities.
v Play a facilitating role for early approval
of soft loans for buying animals and
v ensuring insurance coverage and disasterproof
housing or alternative shelters/
mounds for animals for future emergencies.
v Establishment of animal disease
surveillance system.
5. Water Supplies and Sanitation (Public
Health Engineering & Rural Water
Supply & Sanitation)
Prevention Activities:
v Provision of safe water to all habitats.
v Clearance of drains and sewerage systems,
particularly in the urban areas.
Preparedness Activities for disaster seasons
v Prior arrangement of water tankers and
other means of distribution and storage of
water.
v Prior arrangement of stand-by generators.
v Adequate prior arrangements to provide
water and halogen tablets at identified
sites to used as relief camps or in areas
with high probability to be affected by
natural calamities.
v Raising of tube-well platforms,
improvement in sanitation structures and
other infrastructural measures to ensure
least damages during future disasters.
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v Riser pipes to be given to villagers.
Response Activities:
v Disinfections and continuous monitoring of
water bodies.
v Ensuring provision of water to hospitals
and other vital installations.
v Provision to acquire tankers and establish
other temporary means of distributing
water on an emergency basis.
v Arrangement and distribution of emergency
tool kits for equipments required for
dismantling and assembling tubewells, etc.
v Carrying out emergency repairs of
damaged water supply systems.
v Disinfection of hand pumps to be done by
the communities through prior awareness
activities & supply of inputs.
Recovery Activities:
v Strengthening of infrastructure.
v Review and documentation.
v Sharing of experiences and lessons learnt.
v Training to staff.
v Development of checklists and
contingency plans.
6. Police:
Prevention Activities:
v Keep the force in general and the ODRAF
in particular fighting fit for search, rescue,
evacuation and other emergency operations
at all times through regular drills.
v Procurement and deployment of modern
emergency equipments while modernising
existing infrastructure and equipments for
disaster response along with regular
training and drills for effective handling
of these equipments.
v Focus on better training and equipments
for ODRAF for all types of disasters, e.g.
diving equipments.
v Rotation of members of ODRAF so that
the force remains fighting fit.
v Ensure that all communication equipments
including wireless are regularly functioning
and deployment of extra wireless units in
vulnerable pockets.
v Ensure interchangibility of VHF
communication sets of police and OSDMA
supplied units, if required.
v Keeping close contact with the District
Administration & Emergency Officer.
v Superintendent of Police be made Vice
Chairperson of District Natural Calamity
Committee.
v Involvement of the local army units in
response planning activities and during the
preparation of the annual contingency plans
to ensure logistics and other support to
armed forces during emergencies.
Response Plan:
v Security arrangements for relief materials
in transit and in camps etc.
v Senior police officers to be deployed in
control rooms at State & district levels
during L 1 level deployment onwards.
v Deploy personnel to guard vulnerable
embankments and at other risk points.
v Arrangement for the safety.
v Coordinate search, rescue and evacuation
operations in coordination with the
administration
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v Emergency traffic management.
v Maintenance of law and order in the
affected areas.
v Assist administration in taking necessary
action against hoarders, black marketers
etc.
7. Civil Defence
Prevention Activities
v Organise training programmes on first-aid,
search, rescue and evacuation.
v Preparation and implementation of first
aid, search and rescue service plans for
major public events in the State.
v Remain fit and prepared through regular
drills and exercises at all times.
Response Activities
v Act as Support agency for provision of first
aid, search and rescue services to other
emergency service agencies and the public.
v Act as support agency for movement of
relief.
v Triage of casualties and provision of first
aid and treatment.
v Work in co-ordination with medical
assistance team.
v Help the Police for traffic management and
law and order.
8. Fire Services:
Prevention Activities:
v Development/enforcement of relevant
legislations and regulations to enhance
adoption of fire safety measures.
v Modernisation of fire-fighting equipments
and strengthening infrastructure.
v Identification of pockets, industry , etc.
which highly susceptible to fire accidents
or areas, events which might lead to fires,
building collapse, etc. and educate people
to adopt safety measures. Conduct training
and drills to ensure higher level of
prevention and preparedness.
v Building awareness in use of various fire
protection and preventive systems.
v Training the communities to handle fire
emergencies more effectively.
v VHF network for fire services linked with
revenue & police networks.
v Training of masons & engineers in fireproof
techniques.
v Making clearance of building plans by fire
services mandatory.
Response Activities:
v Rescue of persons trapped in burning,
collapsed or damaged buildings, damaged
vehicles, including motor vehicles, trains
and aircrafts, industries, boilers and
pressure vessels, trenches and tunnels.
v Control of fires and minimising damages
due to explosions.
v Control of other dangerous or hazardous
situations such as oil, gas and hazardous
materials spill.
v Protection of property and the environment
from fire damage.
v Support to other agencies in the response
to emergencies.
v Investigation into the causes of fire and
assist in damage assesment.
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9. Civil Supplies:
Preventive Activities
v Construction and maintenance of storage
godowns at strategic locations.
v Stock piling of food and essential
commodities in anticipation of disaster.
v Take appropriate preservative methods to
ensure that food and other relief stock are
not damaged during storage, especially
precautions against moisture, rodents and
fungus infestation.
Response Activities
v Management of procurement
v Management of material movement
v Inventory management
Recovery Activities
v Conversion of stored, unutilised relief
stocks automatically into other schemes
like Food for Work. Wherever, it is not
done leading to damage of stock, it should
be viewed seriously.
10. Works/ Rural Development Departments
Prevention Activities :
v Keep a list of earth moving and clearing
vehichles / equipments (available with
Govt. Departments, PSUs, and private
contractors, etc.) and formulate a plan to
mobilise those at the earliest.
v Inspection and emergency repair of roads/
bridges, public utilities and buildings.
Response Activities
v Clearing of roads and establish
connectivity. Restore roads, bridges and
where necessary make alternate
arrangements to open the roads to traffic
at the earliest.
v Mobilisation of community assistance for
clearing blocked roads.
v Facilitate movement of heavy vehicles
carrying equipments and materials.
v Identification and notification of alternative
routes to strategic locations.
v Filling of ditches, disposal of debris, and
cutting of uprooted trees along the road.
v Arrangement of emergency tool kit for
every section at the divisional levels for
activities like clearance (power saws),
debris clearance (fork lifter) and other tools
for repair and maintenance of all disaster
response equipments.
Recovery Activities:
v Strengthening and restoration of
infrastructure with an objective to eliminate
the factor(s) which caused the damage.
v Review and documentation.
v Sharing of experiences and lessons learnt.
v Training to staff.
v Development of checklists and
contingency plans.
11. Energy:
Prevention Activities:
v Identification of materials/tool kits
required for emergency response.
v Ensure and educate the minimum safety
standards to be adopted for electrical
installation and equipments and organise
training of electricians accordingly.
v Develop and administer regulations to
ensure safety of electrical accessories and
electrical installations.
v Train and have a contingency plan to
ensure early electricity supply to essential
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services during emergencies and
restoration of electric supply at an early
date.
v Develop and administer code of practice
for power line clearance to avoid
electrocution due to broken / fallen wires.
v Strengthen high-tension cable towers to
withstand high wind speed, flooding and
earthquake, modernise electric installation,
strengthen electric distribution system to
ensure minimum damages during natural
calamities.
v Conduct public/industry awareness
campaigns to prevent electric accidents
during normal times and during and after a
natural disaster.
Response Activities:
v Disconnect electricity after receipt of
warning.
v Attend sites of electrical accidents and
assist in undertaking damage assessment.
v Stand-by arrangements to ensure
temporary electricity supply.
v Prior planning & necessary arrangements
for tapping private power plants like those
belonging to ICCL, NALCO, RSP during
emergencies to ensure uninterrupted power
supply to the Secretariat, SRC, OSDMA,
Police Headquarters, All India Radio,
Doordarshan, hospitals, medical colleges,
Collectorate Control Rooms and other vital
emergency response agencies.
v Inspection and repair of high tension lines
/substations/transformers/poles etc.
v Ensure the public and other agencies are
safeguarded from any hazards, which may
have occurred because of damage to
electricity distribution systems.
v Restore electricity to the affected area as
quickly as possible.
v Replace / restore of damaged poles/
salvaging of conductors and insulators.
12. Water Resources Department:
Prevention Activities:
v Assess preparedness level.
v Annual assessment of danger levels &
wide publicity of those levels.
v Identify flood prone rivers and areas and
activate flood monitoring mechanisms.
v Provide water level gauge at critical
points along the rivers, dams and tanks.
v Identify and maintain of materials/tool kits
required for emergency response.
v Stock-pile of sand bags and other
necessary items for breach closure at the
Panchayat level.
Response Activities:
v Monitoring flood situation.
v Dissemination of flood warning.
v Ensure accurate dissemination of warning
messages naming GPs & Tehsils with
details of flow & likely damage.
v Monitoring and protection of irrigation
infrastructures.
v Inspection of bunds of dams, irrigation
channels, bridges, culverts, control gates
and overflow channels.
v Inspection and repair of pumps, generator,
motor equipments, station buildings.
v Community mobilisation in breach closure
Recovery Activities:
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v Strengthening of infrastructure and human
resources.
v Review and documentation.
v Sharing of experiences and lessons learnt.
v Training of staff.
v Development of checklists and contingency
plans.
13. Fisheries
Prevention Activities
v Registration of boats and fishermen.
v Building community awareness on weather
phenomena and warning system especially
on Do?s and Don?ts on receipt of weather
related warnings.
v Assist in providing life saving items like
life jackets, hand radios, etc.
v Certifying the usability of all boats and
notifying their carrying capacities.
v Capacity building of traditional fishermen
and improvisation of of traditional boats
which can be used during emergencies.
v Train up young fishermen in search &
rescue operation and hire their services
during emergency.
Response Activities
v Ensure warning dissemination to fishing
communities living in vulnerable pockets.
v Responsible for mobilising boats during
emergencies and for payment of wages to
boatmen hired during emergencies.
v Support in mobilisation and additional
deployment of boats during emergencies.
v Assess the losses of fisheries and
aquaculture assets and the needs of persons
and communities affected by emergency.
Recovery Activities
v Provide compensations and advice to
affected individuals, community.
v Plan for rehabilitation in the long run of
the fisherfolk including resettlement,
insurance, better boats, nets, etc., improved
communication system as a part of the
communication hub for warning
dissemination, especially for marine
fishermen and fishing communities
residing in high-risk areas.
14. Forest Department
Prevention activities
v Promotion of shelter belt plantation.
v Publishing for public knowledge details
of forest cover, use of land under the forest
department, the rate of depletion and its
causes.
v Keep saws (both power and manual) in
working conditions.
v Provision of seedling to the community and
encouraging plantation activities,
promoting nurseries for providing
seedlings in case of destruction of trees
during natural disasters.
15. Transport Department:
Prevention Activities
v Listing of vehicles which can be used for
emergency operation.
v Safety accreditation, enforcement and
compliance.
v Ensuring vehicles follow accepted safety
standards.
v Build awareness on road safety and traffic
rules through awareness campaign, use of
different IEC strategies and training to
school children.
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v Ensure proper enforcement of safety
regulations Response Activities.
v Requisition vehicles, trucks, and other
means of transport to help in the emergency
operations.
v Participate in post impact assessment of
emergency situation.
v Support in search, rescue and first aid.
v Failure to cooperate and misappropriation
of relief materials to invite disqualification
from the post.
Recovery Activities
v Provision of personal support services e.g.
Counselling.
v Repair/restoration of infrastructure e.g.
roads, bridges, public amenities.
v Supporting the G.Ps in development of
storage and in playing a key role and in the
coordination of management and
distribution of relief and rehabilitation
materials the Panchayat Samity and GP
members to be trained to act as an effective
interface between the community, NGOs,
and other developmental organisations.
v Provide training so that the elected
representatives can act as effectives
supportive agencies for reconstruction and
recovery activities.
16. Panchayati Raj
Preventive Activities
v Develop prevention/mitigation strategies
for risk reduction at community level.
v Training of elected representatives on
various aspects of disaster management.
v President, Zilla Parishad to be made
member of District Natural Calamity
Committee.
v Public awareness on various aspects of
disaster management.
v Organise mock drills.
v Promote and support community-based
disaster management plans.
v Support strengthening response
mechanisms at the G.P. level (e.g., better
communication, local storage, search &
rescue equipments, etc.).
v Clean drainage channels, organise through
community participation trimming of
branches before cyclone season.
v Ensure alternative routes/means of
communication for movement of relief
materials and personnel to marooned areas
or areas likely to be marooned.
v Assist all the government departments to
plan and prioritise prevention and
preparedness activities while ensuring
active community participation.
Response Activities
v Train up the G.P. Members and Support
for timely and appropriate delivery of
warning to the community.
v Clearance of blocked drains and roads,
including tree removal in the villages.
v Construct alternative temporary roads to
restore communication to the villages.
v PRls to be a part of the damage survey
and relief distribution teams to ensure
popular participation.
v Operationalise emergency relief centres
and emergency shelter.
v Sanitation, drinking water and medical aid
arrangements.
v IEC activities for greater awareness
regarding the role of trees and forests for
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protection during emergencies and also to
minimise environmental impact which
results owing to deforestation like climate
change, soil erosion, etc.
v Increasing involvement of the community,
NGOs and CBOs in plantation, protection
and other forest protection, rejuvenation
and restoration activities.
v Plan for reducing the incidence, and mini
mise the impact of forest fire.
Response Activities :
v Assist in road clearance.
v Provision of tree cutting equipments.
v Units for tree cutting and disposal to be
put under the control of OSDMA, SRC,
Collector during L1.
v Provision of building materials such as
bamboos etc for construction of shelters.
Recovery Activities :
v Take up plantation to make good the
damage caused to tree cover.
17. Information & Public Relations
Department
Prevention Activities
v Creation of public awareness regarding
various types of disasters through media
campaigns.
v Dissemination of information to public and
others concerned regarding do?s and don?ts
of various disasters.
v Regular liasioning with the media.
Response Activities
v Setting up of a control room to provide
authentic information to public regarding
impending emergencies.
v Daily press briefings at fixed times at state
& district levels to provide official version
(during LO also).
v Media report & feedback to field officials
on a daily basis from L1 onwards.
v Keep the public informed about the latest
of the emergency situation (area affected,
lives lost, etc).
v Keep the public informed about various
post-disaster assistances and recovery
programmes.
18. Revenue Department
v Co-ordination with Govt. of India
v Overall control & supervision
v Damage assessment, finalisation of reports
and declaration of L1/L2 disasters
v Mobilisation of finance
19. Home Department
v Requisition, deployment and providing
necessary logistic support to the armed
forces.
v Provide maps for air dropping, etc.
20. Orissa Disaster Rapid Action Force
Response
v To be trained and equipped as an elite
force within the Police Department and
have the capacity to immediately respond
to any emergency.
v Unit to be equipped with life saving,
search & rescue equipments, medical
supplies, security arrangements,
communication facilities and emergency
rations and be self-sufficient.
v Trained in latest techniques of search,
rescue and communication in collaboration
with international agencies.
v Co-opt doctors into the team.
Courtesy : OSDMA