Pre-disaster management:

Explanation

The management measures taken before onset of a disaster is called pre-disaster management. In pre-disaster management, complete preparation and planning to face any type of disaster is done. For this purpose, following steps are taken.
(1) Identifying the areas where the disaster can strike. Such disaster-prone areas are to be thoroughly studied.
(2) Through predictive intensity maps and hazard maps, the information is collected about the intensity of disaster and probable sites of disasters respectively.
(3) Special training for disaster management is given to the concerned people.
(4) The mass awareness is created about disaster management through training programmes, mass media and internet, etc.