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=== Other International Definitions === | === Other International Definitions === | ||
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{{definition|A serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society involving widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses and impacts, which exceeds the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources. <ref> [http://www.unisdr.org/files/7817_UNISDRTerminologyEnglish.pdf 2009 UNISDR Terminology on Disaster Risk Reduction]</ref>}} | {{definition|A serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society involving widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses and impacts, which exceeds the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources. <ref> [http://www.unisdr.org/files/7817_UNISDRTerminologyEnglish.pdf 2009 UNISDR Terminology on Disaster Risk Reduction]</ref>}} | ||
<big>Disasters are often described as a result of the combination of: the [[exposure]] to a [[hazard]]; | <big>Disasters are often described as a result of the combination of: the [[exposure]] to a [[hazard]]; | ||
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=== National Definitions === | === National Definitions === | ||
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{{definition|Disaster is a serious [[disruption]] to community life which threatens or causes death or injury in that community and/or damage to property which is beyond the ay-today capacity of the prescribed statutory authorities and which requires special mobilisation and organisation of resources other than those normally available to those authorities. <ref name="MAIMAus">[https://www.em.gov.au/Documents/Manual03-AEMGlossary.PDF Australian Emergency Management Glossary, Emergency Management Australia (1998)]</ref>}}<br /> | {{definition|Disaster is a serious [[disruption]] to community life which threatens or causes death or injury in that community and/or damage to property which is beyond the ay-today capacity of the prescribed statutory authorities and which requires special mobilisation and organisation of resources other than those normally available to those authorities. <ref name="MAIMAus">[https://www.em.gov.au/Documents/Manual03-AEMGlossary.PDF Australian Emergency Management Glossary, Emergency Management Australia (1998)]</ref>}}<br /> | ||
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{{definition|An event that results when a [[hazard]] impacts a vulnerable community in a way that exceeds or overwhelms the community’s ability to cope and may cause serious [[harm]] to the safety, health or welfare of people, or [[damage]] to property or the environment.<br /><br />Événement qui se produit lorsque la manifestation d’un danger affecte une collectivité vulnérable d’une façon qui dépasse ou qui accable sa capacité à faire face à la situation et qui peut causer un prejudice grave à la sécurité, à la santé et au bien-être de la population, ou endommager les biens ou l’environnement. <ref name="canada">[http://www.bt-tb.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/publications/documents/urgence-emergency.pdf Vocabulaire de la gestion des urgencies/Emergency Management Emergency Management Vocabulary 281 (2012)]</ref>}} | {{definition|An event that results when a [[hazard]] impacts a vulnerable community in a way that exceeds or overwhelms the community’s ability to cope and may cause serious [[harm]] to the safety, health or welfare of people, or [[damage]] to property or the environment.<br /><br />Événement qui se produit lorsque la manifestation d’un danger affecte une collectivité vulnérable d’une façon qui dépasse ou qui accable sa capacité à faire face à la situation et qui peut causer un prejudice grave à la sécurité, à la santé et au bien-être de la population, ou endommager les biens ou l’environnement. <ref name="canada">[http://www.bt-tb.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/publications/documents/urgence-emergency.pdf Vocabulaire de la gestion des urgencies/Emergency Management Emergency Management Vocabulary 281 (2012)]</ref>}} | ||
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{{definition| Disaster is essentially a social phenomenon that results when a hazard intersects with a vulnerable community in a way that exceeds or overwhelms the community’s ability to cope and may cause serious harm to the safety, health, welfare, property or environment of people. <ref> [http://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/rsrcs/pblctns/mrgnc-mngmnt-frmwrk/index-eng.aspx An Emergency Management Framework for Canada (Second Edition) </ref>}} | {{definition| Disaster is essentially a social phenomenon that results when a hazard intersects with a vulnerable community in a way that exceeds or overwhelms the community’s ability to cope and may cause serious harm to the safety, health, welfare, property or environment of people. <ref> [http://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/rsrcs/pblctns/mrgnc-mngmnt-frmwrk/index-eng.aspx An Emergency Management Framework for Canada (Second Edition) </ref>}} | ||
A disaster may be triggered by a naturally occurring phenomenon which has its origins within the geophysical or biological environment or by human action or error, whether malicious or unintentional, including technological failures, accidents and terrorist acts.<br /><br /> | A disaster may be triggered by a naturally occurring phenomenon which has its origins within the geophysical or biological environment or by human action or error, whether malicious or unintentional, including technological failures, accidents and terrorist acts.<br /><br /> | ||
− | ====Finland==== | + | ====[[Finland]]==== |
{{definition|(1) Katastrofi: tilanne, jolla on tai voi olla vakavia vaikutuksia ihmisiin, ympäristöön tai omaisuuteen, kulttuuriperintö mukaan lukien.<br/><br/>Disaster is a situation which has or may have serious effects on people, the environment or property, including cultural heritage. -''unofficial translation''- <ref name=TSK>[http://www.spek.fi/loader.aspx?id=1c66e01d-a75e-4a9a-80ec-9816340ce752 Vocabulary of Comprehensive Security. Helsinki (TSK 47) (2014)]</ref>}}<br /> | {{definition|(1) Katastrofi: tilanne, jolla on tai voi olla vakavia vaikutuksia ihmisiin, ympäristöön tai omaisuuteen, kulttuuriperintö mukaan lukien.<br/><br/>Disaster is a situation which has or may have serious effects on people, the environment or property, including cultural heritage. -''unofficial translation''- <ref name=TSK>[http://www.spek.fi/loader.aspx?id=1c66e01d-a75e-4a9a-80ec-9816340ce752 Vocabulary of Comprehensive Security. Helsinki (TSK 47) (2014)]</ref>}}<br /> | ||
{{definition|(2) Suuronnettomuus: onnettomuus, jota on kuolleiden tai loukkaantuneiden määrän, ympäristöön tai omaisuuteen kohdistuneiden vahinkojen määrän taikka onnettomuuden laadun perusteella pidettävä erityisen vakavana.<br/><br/>Disaster is an [[accident]] which must be considered especially serious on the basis of the number of casualties or injuries, volume of damages to the environment or property, or the nature of the accident. -''unofficial translation''- <ref name=TSK>[http://www.spek.fi/loader.aspx?id=1c66e01d-a75e-4a9a-80ec-9816340ce752 Vocabulary of Comprehensive Security. Helsinki (TSK 47) (2014)]</ref>}}<br /> | {{definition|(2) Suuronnettomuus: onnettomuus, jota on kuolleiden tai loukkaantuneiden määrän, ympäristöön tai omaisuuteen kohdistuneiden vahinkojen määrän taikka onnettomuuden laadun perusteella pidettävä erityisen vakavana.<br/><br/>Disaster is an [[accident]] which must be considered especially serious on the basis of the number of casualties or injuries, volume of damages to the environment or property, or the nature of the accident. -''unofficial translation''- <ref name=TSK>[http://www.spek.fi/loader.aspx?id=1c66e01d-a75e-4a9a-80ec-9816340ce752 Vocabulary of Comprehensive Security. Helsinki (TSK 47) (2014)]</ref>}}<br /> | ||
− | ==== Germany ==== | + | ==== [[Germany]] ==== |
{{definition|A disaster is a (large-scale) [[emergency]] resulting from natural causes (earthquake, storm tides, volcanic eruption, etc.) or human activities (chemical accident, aircraft crash, attack, etc.) which may lead to an acute danger to the life or health of a large number of people, to the environment or to other significant objects of legal protection and which the authorities responsible for [[hazard]] control are unable to handle adequately with their own personnel and resources. <ref>http://www.kritis.bund.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/Kritis/EN/Baseline%20Protection%20Concept.pdf Protection of Critical Infrastructures – Baseline Protection Concept: Recommendation for Companies, BMI.</ref>}} | {{definition|A disaster is a (large-scale) [[emergency]] resulting from natural causes (earthquake, storm tides, volcanic eruption, etc.) or human activities (chemical accident, aircraft crash, attack, etc.) which may lead to an acute danger to the life or health of a large number of people, to the environment or to other significant objects of legal protection and which the authorities responsible for [[hazard]] control are unable to handle adequately with their own personnel and resources. <ref>http://www.kritis.bund.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/Kritis/EN/Baseline%20Protection%20Concept.pdf Protection of Critical Infrastructures – Baseline Protection Concept: Recommendation for Companies, BMI.</ref>}} | ||
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{{definition|Een ramp is een zwaar ongeval of een andere gebeurtenis waarbij het leven en de gezondheid van veel personen, het milieu of grote materiële belangen in ernstige mate zijn geschaad of worden bedreigd en waarbij een gecoördineerde inzet van diensten of organisaties van verschillende disciplines is vereist om de dreiging weg te nemen of de schadelijke gevolgen te beperken. <br />(A disaster is a major accident or other [[event]] which threatens or has impacted the live and health of many people, the environment or major material interests and which requires a coordinated action by services and different disciplines to remove the [[threat]] or to minimise the [[impact]].) <ref>http://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0027466/tekst_bevat_ramp/geldigheidsdatum_19-02-2015#1_Artikel1 Artikel 1 of the Wet Veiligheidsregio's</ref>}}<br /><br /> | {{definition|Een ramp is een zwaar ongeval of een andere gebeurtenis waarbij het leven en de gezondheid van veel personen, het milieu of grote materiële belangen in ernstige mate zijn geschaad of worden bedreigd en waarbij een gecoördineerde inzet van diensten of organisaties van verschillende disciplines is vereist om de dreiging weg te nemen of de schadelijke gevolgen te beperken. <br />(A disaster is a major accident or other [[event]] which threatens or has impacted the live and health of many people, the environment or major material interests and which requires a coordinated action by services and different disciplines to remove the [[threat]] or to minimise the [[impact]].) <ref>http://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0027466/tekst_bevat_ramp/geldigheidsdatum_19-02-2015#1_Artikel1 Artikel 1 of the Wet Veiligheidsregio's</ref>}}<br /><br /> | ||
− | ==== Republic of Trinidad & Tobago ==== | + | ==== [[Republic of Trinidad & Tobago]] ==== |
{{definition|A serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society involving widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses and impacts, which exceeds the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources. <ref>[http://www.odpm.gov.tt/sites/default/files/Comprehensive%20Disaster%20Management%20Policy%20Framework%20for%20Trinidad%20and%20Tobago.pdf Comprehensive Disaster Management Policy Framework for Trinidad and Tobago]</ref>}} <br /><br /> | {{definition|A serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society involving widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses and impacts, which exceeds the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources. <ref>[http://www.odpm.gov.tt/sites/default/files/Comprehensive%20Disaster%20Management%20Policy%20Framework%20for%20Trinidad%20and%20Tobago.pdf Comprehensive Disaster Management Policy Framework for Trinidad and Tobago]</ref>}} <br /><br /> | ||
− | ==== Russian Federation ==== | + | ==== [[Russian Federation]] ==== |
{{definition|A local disaster is a situation where there are less than 10 casualties, no more than 100 person's vital activities are disrupted, material cost are not extensive and the (spatial) impact of the disruption does not exceed the specific industrial or social object. <ref>Postanovlenie Pravitelstvo RF, ‘O klassifikatsii chrezvychainyh situatsii prirodnogo I tehnogennogo haratera’, no. 1094, 13 September 1996.</ref>}}<br /> | {{definition|A local disaster is a situation where there are less than 10 casualties, no more than 100 person's vital activities are disrupted, material cost are not extensive and the (spatial) impact of the disruption does not exceed the specific industrial or social object. <ref>Postanovlenie Pravitelstvo RF, ‘O klassifikatsii chrezvychainyh situatsii prirodnogo I tehnogennogo haratera’, no. 1094, 13 September 1996.</ref>}}<br /> | ||
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{{definition|A sudden, unplanned calamitous [[event]], usually causing great damage or loss, making an organization unable to provide critical business functions for some predetermined minimum period of time. <ref>Singapore Standard SS 540: 2008 on Business Continuity</ref>}}<br /> | {{definition|A sudden, unplanned calamitous [[event]], usually causing great damage or loss, making an organization unable to provide critical business functions for some predetermined minimum period of time. <ref>Singapore Standard SS 540: 2008 on Business Continuity</ref>}}<br /> | ||
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{{definition|An occurrence that has resulted in property damage, deaths, and /or injuries to a community. <ref>FEMA, Definitions and Terms, Instruction 5000.2, 1990</ref>}} | {{definition|An occurrence that has resulted in property damage, deaths, and /or injuries to a community. <ref>FEMA, Definitions and Terms, Instruction 5000.2, 1990</ref>}} | ||
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===Standard Definition=== | ===Standard Definition=== | ||
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{{definition|situation where widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses have occurred which exceeded the ability of the affected organization, community or society to respond and recover using its own resources. <ref>ISO 22300:2012(en) Societal security — Terminology</ref>}} | {{definition|situation where widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses have occurred which exceeded the ability of the affected organization, community or society to respond and recover using its own resources. <ref>ISO 22300:2012(en) Societal security — Terminology</ref>}} | ||
− | ==== ISO/PAS 22399:2007 ==== | + | ==== [[ISO|ISO/PAS 22399:2007]] ==== |
{{definition|Event that causes great damage or loss. <ref>[http://www.iso.org/iso/catalogue_detail?csnumber=50295 ISO/PAS 22399:2007 Societal security - Guideline for incident preparedness and operational continuity management.]</ref>}} | {{definition|Event that causes great damage or loss. <ref>[http://www.iso.org/iso/catalogue_detail?csnumber=50295 ISO/PAS 22399:2007 Societal security - Guideline for incident preparedness and operational continuity management.]</ref>}} | ||
Revision as of 01:25, 18 July 2015
Contents
Definitions
European Definitions
Other International Definitions
UNISDR
Disasters are often described as a result of the combination of: the exposure to a hazard; the conditions of vulnerability that are present; and insufficient capacity or measures to reduce or cope with the potential negative consequences. Disaster impacts may include loss of life, injury, disease and other negative effects on human physical, mental and social well-being, together with damage to property, destruction of assets, loss of services, social and economic disruption and environmental degradation.
National Definitions
Australia
Canada
Événement qui se produit lorsque la manifestation d’un danger affecte une collectivité vulnérable d’une façon qui dépasse ou qui accable sa capacité à faire face à la situation et qui peut causer un prejudice grave à la sécurité, à la santé et au bien-être de la population, ou endommager les biens ou l’environnement. [3]
A disaster may be triggered by a naturally occurring phenomenon which has its origins within the geophysical or biological environment or by human action or error, whether malicious or unintentional, including technological failures, accidents and terrorist acts.
Finland
Disaster is a situation which has or may have serious effects on people, the environment or property, including cultural heritage. -unofficial translation- [5]
Disaster is an accident which must be considered especially serious on the basis of the number of casualties or injuries, volume of damages to the environment or property, or the nature of the accident. -unofficial translation- [5]
Germany
Netherlands
(A disaster is a major accident or other event which threatens or has impacted the live and health of many people, the environment or major material interests and which requires a coordinated action by services and different disciplines to remove the threat or to minimise the impact.) [7]
Republic of Trinidad & Tobago
Russian Federation
Singapore
United States
DHS/FEMA
Standard Definition
ISO 22300:2012(en)
ISO/PAS 22399:2007
Other Definitions
Ontario (Canada)
Sinistre: perturbation grave, dans une région donnée, ayant d’importants impacts sur le plan humain, matériel, économique ou environnemental, ces impacts étant tels que la ou les collectivités affectées ne peuvent les surmonter avec leurs seules ressources. [14]
See also
Notes
- ↑ 2009 UNISDR Terminology on Disaster Risk Reduction
- ↑ Australian Emergency Management Glossary, Emergency Management Australia (1998)
- ↑ Vocabulaire de la gestion des urgencies/Emergency Management Emergency Management Vocabulary 281 (2012)
- ↑ [http://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/rsrcs/pblctns/mrgnc-mngmnt-frmwrk/index-eng.aspx An Emergency Management Framework for Canada (Second Edition)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Vocabulary of Comprehensive Security. Helsinki (TSK 47) (2014)
- ↑ http://www.kritis.bund.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/Kritis/EN/Baseline%20Protection%20Concept.pdf Protection of Critical Infrastructures – Baseline Protection Concept: Recommendation for Companies, BMI.
- ↑ http://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0027466/tekst_bevat_ramp/geldigheidsdatum_19-02-2015#1_Artikel1 Artikel 1 of the Wet Veiligheidsregio's
- ↑ Comprehensive Disaster Management Policy Framework for Trinidad and Tobago
- ↑ Postanovlenie Pravitelstvo RF, ‘O klassifikatsii chrezvychainyh situatsii prirodnogo I tehnogennogo haratera’, no. 1094, 13 September 1996.
- ↑ Singapore Standard SS 540: 2008 on Business Continuity
- ↑ FEMA, Definitions and Terms, Instruction 5000.2, 1990
- ↑ ISO 22300:2012(en) Societal security — Terminology
- ↑ ISO/PAS 22399:2007 Societal security - Guideline for incident preparedness and operational continuity management.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Province of Ontario’s Emergency Management Glossary of Terms