A paper presented to the Australia and New Zealand Disaster Management Conference in May 2014 on the development of four disaster resilience capacities: wellbeing, knowledge, security and connection. Aim of the paper: This paper suggests a number of disaster resilience capacities and the factors that contribute to them. These broad capacities have at their core an understanding of the […]
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A basic tool designed for volunteers to determie where they will target their community preparedness activities
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Advancing Disaster Preparedness through Research and Scientific Collaboration The Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC) is committed to strengthening the knowledge base for disaster preparedness programming through research. We collaborate with universities, research institutions, and practitioners to build this evidence base and foster impactful cross-learning opportunities. Our Approach The GDPC prioritizes action-oriented research based on the
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In the Greater Chicago Region of the American Red Cross we have been running a fire preparedness and mitigation program called Team Firestopper (TFS) for almost 15 years. TFS was developed to specifically target the communities most impacted by home fires within our 13 county region in Northeastern Illinois and Northwestern Indiana. The program provides fire
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The prevention of destructive fires is an integral element of land-use policies and fire management strategies. Fire prevention must address a broad range of elements and sectors of society, natural resources and environmental management, land-use planning, and technology development. Fire policies and strategies vary from country to country because of the different ecosystem characteristics and
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USAID CIDI’s Guidelines for Effective Giving
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When you live in a valley surrounded by mountains, you see everything coming. For the past few years, we feared tanks and troops. This time was different. As spring slowly transformed the mountains, humanitarian trucks appeared on the horizon. It was 1995, I was seven years old, and the post-soviet civil war had forced my
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USAID CIDI’s 55 Ways to Repurpose a Material Donation
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Published by GeoHazards International, this working draft guidebook is designed to help local leaders prepare their communities for tsunamis using a whole-community approach. This guidebook is for anyone who would like to be an advocate for tsunami preparedness in their community.
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