disaster preparedness
Emergency response readiness
Disaster preparedness is the planning and readiness measures taken before emergencies strike—stockpiling supplies, creating evacuation plans, running drills.
The term covers both individual efforts Every household should have a disaster preparedness kit and institutional programs: government agencies, hospitals, and schools all develop disaster preparedness protocols for earthquakes, hurricanes, pandemics, and other crises.
- first aid trainingInstruction in emergency care
- safety protocolsRules ensuring harm prevention
- contingency planningPreparing for possible problems
- emergency alertsUrgent public safety broadcasts
- emergency broadcastUrgent public safety announcement
shelter in place · risk assessment · community workshops · climate adaptation · evacuation routes · early warning systems · emergency planning · storm cellar · emergency kits · go bag · bug out bag · survival kit · grab and go · volunteer coordination · public awareness campaigns · batteries · rations · medical resources
- disaster responsesearch and rescue, first responders, emergency shelter, evacuation plans, rescue team
- emergency preparednessemergency kit, evacuation plan, emergency plan, emergency alerts, emergency supplies
- emergency responsefirst responders, emergency services, fire alarm, 911, call 911
- humanitarian aidaid, aid organizations, aid workers, aid agencies, emergency aid
- public safetypolice, 911, ambulance, fire department, firefighters
- safetysafety helmet, hazard, airbag, alert, occupational safety
disaster preparednessunpreparedness
Lacking readiness beforehand
unreadiness · vulnerability · unprepared · defenselessness · helplessness
disaster preparednessdisaster response
Organized aid after catastrophe
emergency response · crisis management · damage control · cleanup operations · relief efforts
disaster preparednessnegligence
Failure to exercise care
complacency · recklessness · carelessness · heedlessness · denial