Mitigation,Preparedness, Response

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Mitigation,Preparedness, Response Recovery
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Preparedness

• Policies, procedures and plans to facilitate
  effective response when necessary.
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• government

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Municipal emergency plan City of Edmonton

• A guide for preparing for and responding to
  disasters and emergencies.
• Who is responsible for carrying out specific
  actions.
• Identifies personnel, equipment, facilities,
  supplies and other resources for use in a hazard
  situation.
• How actions will be coordinated.

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Response

• Actions taken immediately before, during, and
  after a disaster occurs to save lives, minimize
  damage to property, and enhance the effectiveness
  of recovery.

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Recovery

• Short-term activities to restore vital support
  systems and long-term activities to return life
  to normal.

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Mitigation

• Policies or activities that will reduce an areas
  vulnerability to damage from future hazards.
• Well before a hazard event.

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Past emphasis on response and recovery

• The CWFS will seek to greatly expand the
  wildland fire management toolbox by emphasizing
  hazard mitigation, preparedness, and recovery
  activities as well as maintaining a world-class
  response capability, said Hirsch, with Natural
  Resources Canadas Canadian Forest Service in
  Edmonton. In Canada, were very good at
  fighting wildfire, but maintaining and
  refurbishing our preparedness capacity will be a
  key challenge over the next decade as we lose
  expertise through waning equipment and retiring
  personnel.

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Warning systems

• To detect and monitor hazard activity and provide
  an early alert to officials and the public so
  that protective action can be taken.

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Engineered mitigation
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Building Codes
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Land Use Planning

• Avoidance of hazardous areas.
• Land use zoning restrictions to reduce exposure
  to hazards.
• Relocation of at-risk development.

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Education

• Increase awareness
• How to reduce risks

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Local government emergency management exercise