Disaster and Emergency Preparedness : Guidance for Schools

Communities around the world are faced with natural hazards-extreme environmental events such as floods, cyclones, earthquakes, fires, and tsunamis. For some communities, these natural hazards turn into disasters, resulting in tremendous losses and...

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Main Author:	International Finance Corporation
Format:	Publications & Research
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCIDENT ACCIDENTS AIR AIR POLLUTION AIRWAYS ALTERNATE ROUTE AMBULANCE APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE AVALANCHE BLANKET BLANKETS BLEEDING BUILDING CODES BUS BUSES CAR CAREER CELLULAR PHONES CHEMICAL INCIDENT CHEMICALS CIVIL DEFENCE CLIMATE CHANGE CONTINGENCY PLANNING CONTINGENCY PLANS CRED CROSSINGS CURRICULUM DAMAGE ASSESSMENT DEGREES DISASTER DISASTER MANAGEMENT DISASTER MITIGATION DISASTER PLAN DISASTER PLANNING DISASTER PREPAREDNESS DISASTER PREVENTION DISASTER RESPONSE DISASTER RESPONSE TEAM DISASTER RISK DISASTER RISK REDUCTION DOCUMENTS DRAINAGE DROUGHT DROUGHTS EARLY WARNING EARTHQUAKE EARTHQUAKES EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION EDUCATIONAL PLANNING EMERGENCIES EMERGENCY CALL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AUTHORITIES EMERGENCY MANAGER EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES EMERGENCY OPERATIONS EMERGENCY PERSONNEL EMERGENCY PLANS EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS EMERGENCY RESPONSE EMERGENCY SERVICES EMERGENCY SHELTER EMERGENCY SITUATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EVACUATION EVACUATION ROUTES EXPLOSION EXPLOSIVE EXTREME WEATHER FAULT LINE FIRE FIRE BREAKS FIRE DEPARTMENT FIRE EXTINGUISHER FIRE PREVENTION FIRST AID FIRST AID KIT FIRST AID KITS FLOOD FLOOD PRONE AREAS FLOODING FLOODS FOOD SHORTAGE FOREST FIRES FUEL GENERATOR HEALTH RISK HEAT WAVE HIGH ENERGY HIGHWAY HUMAN RIGHT HURRICANES INJURY INJURY PREVENTION INSTRUCTION INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION LANDSLIDE LEARNING LIGHTING LOCAL PUBLIC SAFETY MEDICAL ASSISTANCE MORGUE NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL HAZARDS NOISE OIL SPILLS PANDEMIC PEDESTRIAN PEDESTRIAN CROSSING PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALKS PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES POLICE PUBLIC SAFETY PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS RESCUE TEAMS RISK ASSESSMENT RISK REDUCTION ROAD ROADS ROUTE ROUTES SAFETY SAFETY EDUCATION SAFETY ISSUES SANITATION SCHOOL TRANSPORT SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION SCHOOLS SEARCH &AMP; RESCUE SEARCH AND RESCUE SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM SEAT BELTS SIGNAGE SMOKE STAFF DEVELOPMENT STOP SIGNS STORMS STUDENT BODY TEACHER TEACHER TRAINING TEACHERS TEACHING TEACHING ASSISTANTS TERRORISM TERRORIST THUNDERSTORM TORNADO TRAFFIC TRAFFIC ACCIDENT TRAFFIC LIGHTS TRAINING RESOURCES TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION RESOURCES TRANSPORTATION SAFETY TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS TRANSPORTATION USES TRIPS TRUE TSUNAMI TYPHOONS UNDERGROUND UNIVERSITIES VEHICLE VEHICLE SAFETY VEHICLES VICTIMS VOLCANO WALKING WATER SHORTAGE WATER SHORTAGES WEAPON WINTER STORMS WORKERS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/01/18806915/disaster-emergency-preparedness-guidance-schools http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17669