Disaster Management Plan
A Disaster Management Plan is a continuous process of organizing, planning, coordinating, and implementing measures to prevent, mitigate, and respond to disasters.
Goals of the Plan
- Protecting the environment and people
- Protecting installations
- Restoring production and salvage operations
- Reducing the risk of disasters
- Ensuring an organization can continue operating after a disaster
- Improving the ability of emergency responders to save lives
Five Steps of Disaster Management
- Prevention
- Mitigation
- Preparedness
- Response
- Recovery
Important Elements of Disaster Management
- Risk analysis: Identifies hazards and analyzes what could happen if a disaster occurs.
- Coordinating roles and responsibilities: Involves responders, private sector organizations, public agencies, nonprofits, and volunteers.
- Training: Helps improve disaster response.
- Setting up infrastructure: Establishes infrastructure to help communities survive disasters.
India's National Disaster Management Plan
The first National Disaster Management Plan (NDMP) was released in 2016 to make India more disaster-resilient and reduce the loss of lives and assets.
Regional Plans
- South Andaman (Update Required)
- North & Middle Andaman (Update Required)
- Nicobar
Specific Plans
- South Andaman Plan
- North and Middle Andaman Plan
- Nicobar Plan