Disaster Recovery and the Road Ahead - IGNOU

ANNEXURE 1
IMPORTANT EXERCISES
1) Try to visit the office of any governmental or non-governmental organization engaged in the area
of disaster management and enlist their specific functions.
2) Go through the various media reports and note down the role of any international agency
involved in disaster resistant building construction in your state.
3) Prepare a list of all national NGOs working for disaster management in your city or state.
4) Make a list of the factors involved in disaster recovery process.
5) Prepare a list of various counselling tips that could be given to the disaster victims.
6) Try to conjure up an image of a person caught up in a disaster situation, and make a list of
the ways to counter panic and stress in such a situation.
7) Attempt to obtain a copy of your town or district development plan, and identify those
developmental programmes or schemes that could include long-term disaster management
components.
8) Explain briefly how vulnerability and development are linked.
9) Enquire whether there is an Emergency Operations Centre (Control Room/ EOC) in the vicinity
of your area? If yes, what are its contact telephone numbers? Who is the officer responsible
at the EOC?
10) Find out if any disaster preparedness plan has been prepared for your area? If yes, make
efforts to study it. In your opinion what improvements could be made in that disaster preparedness
plan?
11) Study the Land-Use Zoning Act, and other rules and regulations in your local area from the
point of view of disaster preparedness.
12) Go through the different building codes being followed in your area and ascertain if a No
Objection Certificate (NOC) is obtained by the builders from the concerned authorities before
the construction of new buildings.
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