Disaster
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