Ready to go? The importance of being prepared for flood disaster

There is a growing awareness that disasters can strike anytime and anywhere. On an average, a disaster occurs in everyday somewhere in the world. Many developing countries, have limited preparedness for disaster response. Preparedness means preparing to handle an emergency and include plans or prep...

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Main Authors:	Aung, Khin Thandar, Nurumal, Mohd. Said, Abdul Rahman, Nurul 'Inayati, Ahayalimudin, Nurul'Ain
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Published:	Scholars Academic and Scientific Publisher (SAS Publisher) 2017
Subjects:	RA Public aspects of medicine RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
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spelling	iium-593852018-01-12T08:46:01Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/59385/ Ready to go? The importance of being prepared for flood disaster Aung, Khin Thandar Nurumal, Mohd. Said Abdul Rahman, Nurul 'Inayati Ahayalimudin, Nurul'Ain RA Public aspects of medicine RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine There is a growing awareness that disasters can strike anytime and anywhere. On an average, a disaster occurs in everyday somewhere in the world. Many developing countries, have limited preparedness for disaster response. Preparedness means preparing to handle an emergency and include plans or preparations made to save lives and to help response and rescue operations. If a disaster occurs in the community, local government and disaster-relief organizations will try to help the victim, but the victim itself needs to be ready as well. Local responders may not be able to reach the victim immediately, or they may need to focus their efforts elsewhere. The victim should also be ready to be self-sufficient for at least three days. This may mean providing for own shelter, first aid, food, water, and sanitation. This review paper aimed to study the impact of disaster preparedness, importance of preparedness in flood disaster, ways of emergency preparedness for flood disaster and benefits of preparedness for flood disaster. Scholars Academic and Scientific Publisher (SAS Publisher) 2017-10 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/59385/1/SJAMS-510A3836-3838.pdf%28RIGS%204%29.pdf Aung, Khin Thandar and Nurumal, Mohd. Said and Abdul Rahman, Nurul 'Inayati and Ahayalimudin, Nurul'Ain (2017) Ready to go? The importance of being prepared for flood disaster. Scholars Journal of Applied Medical sciences, 5 (10(A)). pp. 3836-3838. ISSN 2347-954X E-ISSN 2320-6691 http://saspublisher.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/SJAMS-510A3836-3838.pdf 10.21276/sjams-2017.5.10.5
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spellingShingle	RA Public aspects of medicine RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine Aung, Khin Thandar Nurumal, Mohd. Said Abdul Rahman, Nurul 'Inayati Ahayalimudin, Nurul'Ain Ready to go? The importance of being prepared for flood disaster
description	There is a growing awareness that disasters can strike anytime and anywhere. On an average, a disaster occurs in everyday somewhere in the world. Many developing countries, have limited preparedness for disaster response. Preparedness means preparing to handle an emergency and include plans or preparations made to save lives and to help response and rescue operations. If a disaster occurs in the community, local government and disaster-relief organizations will try to help the victim, but the victim itself needs to be ready as well. Local responders may not be able to reach the victim immediately, or they may need to focus their efforts elsewhere. The victim should also be ready to be self-sufficient for at least three days. This may mean providing for own shelter, first aid, food, water, and sanitation. This review paper aimed to study the impact of disaster preparedness, importance of preparedness in flood disaster, ways of emergency preparedness for flood disaster and benefits of preparedness for flood disaster.
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author	Aung, Khin Thandar Nurumal, Mohd. Said Abdul Rahman, Nurul 'Inayati Ahayalimudin, Nurul'Ain
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title	Ready to go? The importance of being prepared for flood disaster
title_short	Ready to go? The importance of being prepared for flood disaster
title_full	Ready to go? The importance of being prepared for flood disaster
title_fullStr	Ready to go? The importance of being prepared for flood disaster
title_full_unstemmed	Ready to go? The importance of being prepared for flood disaster
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publisher	Scholars Academic and Scientific Publisher (SAS Publisher)
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