Disaster Management Awake: Response and Recovery.

Disaster Management: Response and Recovery.

      Responding to disasters is not a single institutions mandate and is rather the cumulative actions taken by several institutions and people against a disaster. It starts with mitigation warnings or emergency plans in action in the absence of a warning. When the disaster happens recovery and response has the primary function of meeting the basic needs of those affected until a solution is found. The solution should be permanent or sustainable and with the target being the sustainable livelihoods of the affected as a solution is sort for. The solution should promote faster recovery.

Disaster Response.

      Emergency response seeks to provide aid in maintaining life, health and mental health of the affected. The response can be in evacuation from hostile war zones, emergency health care, temporary shelter and relief food. This response has a main function of meeting the needs of the stricken until a solution is developed.

Aims of Disaster Response

The IFRC defines its primary aims in disaster response as rescue of people from immediate danger and stabilization of physical and emotional states of survivors with an extension of body recovery and restoration of power, water and basic needs.

The main aims of disaster response can be summed up as.
1.   To restore self-reliance and essential services quickly from those at greatest risk and under privileged.
2. Ensure the survival of the maximum number of affected.
3. Facilitate the repair/replacement of damaged infrastructure and encouraged the resumption of economic activities.
4. In the care of was and civil unrest the ago would be ensuring the protection of the civilians esp. with the collaboration of the ICRC and standing international conventions that must be complied.

Benson Mutahi Githaiga