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Setting up a National Disaster Preparedness and Response Mechanism – Guidelines for National Societies (NDPRM)

renata.barradas June 5, 2015

NDPRM – E-Book version – 2014: The updated version of the NDPRM guidance in  English – Spanish  is an Epub file that can be downloaded using the appropriate E-Book reader following the link with  Instructions for EPub files. The French version is available through iTunes search engine, using the NDPRM acronyms. It is also available  in a pdf version.

This interactive guide presents a set of practical recommendations that are designed to support National Societies in developing the processes, systems, teams involved in preparing for and responding to disasters. Developed for staff and volunteers of National Societies involved in disaster preparedness and response at national level, this application includes audios, videos, and an interactive quiz in each chapter. 

Specifications 
Product Type: eBook (ePub file, 120MB) 
Language: English and Spanish 
ePub reader application: iBook for Mac OS and iOS 
Adobe Digital Editions for Windows 
Google Play books for Android 
 
Instructions 
Step 1: Download the relevant eBook reader if you don’t have it already installed (iBook, 
Adobe Digital Editions, Google Play books), you will need this to open the NDPRM guide. 
NOTE: The file size is 120 MB so it can take long time to download. If you try to open 
the file directly it may will not work. 
 
Step 2: Save (right click save) the NDRPM Guide file in your computer or device. 
 
Step 3: Open the file with the selected eBook reader. 

NDPRM – PDF version – 2010:   English, French, Spanish, Arabic

For more information please visit  FEDNET: National Disaster Preparedness and Response Mechanism  or contact

Community Based Preparedness Senior Officer – Marjorie Soto Franco Marjorie.sotofranco@ifrc.org

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