Disaster risk reduction
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Disaster risk reduction aims to make disasters less likely to happen. The approach, also called DRR or disaster risk management, also aims to make disasters less damaging when they do occur. DRR aims
Different kinds of disasters
People have adapted the design of houses to protect them from rising flood waters. Small boats are used to transport people and food to sustain livelihoods. This kind of disaster risk reduction is also a method for climate change adaptation.
Panel on Disaster Risk Reduction in the age of Climate Change during a 2012 European Union Development Day
Emergency management
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Disaster management is the systematic reduction of a community's vulnerability to natural and man-made hazards as well as the coordinated response to disasters after they occur. Emergency management f
Disaster risk reduction
…and exposure. This is illustrated in the risk equation. Disaster risk reduction is extensive: Its scope is much broader and deeper than conventional emergency management. The objectives of DRR align with many sectors of development and humanitarian work. DRR is such an all-embracing concept that it has proved difficult…
A mobile emergency operations center, in this case operated by the Air National Guard
A team of emergency responders performs a training scenario involving anthrax.
Surgical debridement of left leg necrotizing fasciitis
An airport emergency preparedness exercise