disaster readiness
Emergency planning ahead
Disaster readiness is the state of being prepared for emergencies—natural disasters, industrial accidents, or other crises.
It encompasses planning, stockpiling supplies, training personnel, and establishing communication systems before catastrophe strikes.
The hurricane exposed gaps in the city's disaster readiness.
Organizations measure disaster readiness through drills and assessments.
Also called disaster preparedness.
- contingency plansPrepared responses to problems
- crisis managementHandling urgent threatening situations
- emergency kitsPre-assembled disaster supplies
- bug out bagEmergency evacuation kit
- CPR certificationEmergency revival training credential
72 hour kit · food storage · fire safety training · emergency drills · risk assessment · tornado drill · communication strategies · emergency contact · early warning systems · medical equipment · public awareness campaigns · first responders · search and rescue · stockpiling · storm shelter · safe room · inventory tracking · shelter-in-place
disaster readinessunpreparedness
Lacking readiness beforehand
vulnerability · unprepared · negligence · defenselessness · complacency
disaster readinesscrisis response
Action taken during emergencies
disaster response · emergency response · damage control · disaster recovery · triage
disaster readinesswillful ignorance
Purposely remaining uninformed
denial · inaction · paralysis · head in the sand · recklessness
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