Frequently Asked Questions
1. What is a disaster?
A disaster is a sudden, calamitous event that seriously disrupts the functioning of a community or society and causes human, material, and economic or environmental losses that exceed the community's or society's ability to cope using its own resources.
2. What is a hazard?
A hazard is a threatening event, or probability of occurrence of a potentially damaging phenomenon within a given time period and area.
3. How do you define vulnerability?
Vulnerability can be defined as the diminished capacity of an individual or group to anticipate, cope with, resist and recover from the impact of a natural or man-made hazard.
4. Who do you contact in the event of a disaster?
5. What emergency supplies so I need to face a disaster event?
Click on the disaster preparedness checklist below:
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