AAR5220- Urban Contingency Planning and Practice
9. Preparedness and Recovery plan According to IFCR disaster preparedness can be defined as “... measures taken to prepare for and reduce the effects of disasters. That is, to predict and - where possible - prevent disasters, mitigate their impact on vulnerable populations, and respond to and effectively cope with their consequences, at local, national and international levels” (IFCR, n.d.) .Disaster recovery is a preventive strategies for after disasters to return back to the normal situation as soon as possible. Disaster recovery plan collaborates with different organization and communities for the fast results.
Preparedness and recovery plans can take different forms but are usually focused on some main axes: early warning systems, workshops for citizens and staffs, business continuity plans and public-private partnerships.
Early warning system It involves weather forecast and different communication media like television, radio and internet to provide time to prepare for the disaster. Based on the information of early warning system transportation, communication, supply companies, businesses and other will prepare plan to minimize the impact.
Workshop Disaster management authority and private actors will provide workshops for staffs and the public. The workshop aims to provide knowledge on the emergency services, evacuations,policy and legal framework of the preparedness plan, disaster response, recovery phase, business continuity plan and so on. Public-private partnerships “Public-private partnerships (PPP) have become a popular way for governments to engage private actors in the delivery of government infrastructure and services to increase quality and providing better value for money” (Zairol A. Auzzira*, 2014).The main role of private sectors is to overcome any weakness on the government side (Nathan E. Busch, 2013).
In the scenario of limited funding, the municipality collaborates with the business will to share the financial burden of the disaster with risk financing tools such as insurance and CAT bonds. 27
