Topic conclusion

Summary

The essential first step in any mitigation strategy is a comprehensive understanding of the nature of the hazards being addressed.The understanding of each hazard will require a full comprehension of its causes; its geographical distribution; magnitude of severity; probability/frequency of occurrence; economic and social consequences of the hazard; and those elements that are most vulnerable.

Mitigation involves not only the saving of lives and reducing injury and property losses, but also the reduction of the adverse consequences of natural hazards to the economic and social infrastructure of communities.

Mitigation planning should aim at developing a safe environment for all members of the community to inform them of the hazards they face, know how to protect themselves and their property and support the protection efforts of others in the community. The development of such strategies to meet the needs of the community should be a consultative one involving not only those responsible for emergency management but also the community who may be affected by the hazard.

Assignment Activity 5.8   I would now like you to commence to draft the prevention and mitigation actions section for your major assignment (Assignment 2). Review the assignment guidelines and criteria required to be addressed and use the answers and comments that you have provided in the above activities to provide the content for your discussion of the prevention and mitigation actions etc. relevant to the pre-impact phase of your selected event. Your discussions should include: Listing and explaining the mitigation strategies that were in place prior to your event. Identifying and discussing those that were taken. Identifying and discussing those that were not taken and provide reasons why they were not.