Question

What are the three phases of disaster management planning?
A. Preparation, Planning and Perception
B. Evacuating, Rebuilding and Re-branding
C. Planning, Evacuating and Recovery
D. Preparation, Response and Recovery

Answer 1

Hint: Disaster management is fundamentally disaster risk management. There are three main phases in disaster risk management. These are collectively called the Disaster Management Cycle.

Complete answer:
The three major phases of disaster management planning include the following:
1. Preparation
2. Response
3. Recovery

Disasters can be natural or even man-made. It is very tough to eliminate disasters at all. Therefore, we need to have the proper planning for disaster management to reduce its impact on our life as well as property. Its planning involves the following phases:

1) Preparation means a government with the people and the civic bodies must be prepared always. They must have the knowledge about what to do and also if any disaster happens, then how to reduce its effects.

2) Response means that search and rescue should include the making of the availability of all human needs. These needs are food, shelter, medical help etc.

3) Recovery is the last phase and it is being done after the threat of the disaster is over. It includes the main task for bringing the affected area and people back to their normal condition.

Hence, the correct answer is option D.

Additional Information:
All the activities, programmes and measures which can be performed before, during and even after the disaster, is termed as the Disaster Risk Management. Its main purpose is to avoid the disaster and to reduce its impact from the losses due to it.

Note:
In a broad sense, there are six phases in the Disaster Management Cycle. These are Prevention, Mitigation, Preparedness, Response, Recovery and Reconstruction.