Prevention

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Definitions

European Definitions

All medical measures, health or other actions (e.g. social, political, economic) that reduce exposure or other risks, prevent the onset of a disease or a health event or limit the development, exacerbation, and ensure its demise. [1]


[In the RN field], the term “prevention” is also used to describe the first line of protection against nuclear terrorism. Prevention includes measures to protect nuclear and other radioactive materials against theft or other form of loss of control, illegal possession, smuggling, and unauthorized use, as well as measures to protect nuclear installations and transport against sabotage and other malicious acts that can result in radiation exposure to the general public or the environment. [1]



Other International Definitions

UNISDR

Prevention is the outright avoidance of adverse impacts of hazards and related disasters. [2]


Prevention (i.e. disaster prevention) expresses the concept and intention to completely avoid potential adverse impacts through action taken in advance.[3]

Examples include dams or embankments that eliminate flood risks, land-use regulations that do not permit any settlement in high risk zones, and seismic engineering designs that ensure the survival and function of a critical building in any likely earthquake. Very often the complete avoidance of losses is not feasible and the task transforms to that of mitigation. Partly for this reason, the terms prevention and mitigation are sometimes used interchangeably in casual use.

National Definitions

Australia

Prevention is regulatory and physical measures to ensure that emergencies are prevented, or their effects mitigated. [4]


Prevention are measures to eliminate or reduce the incidence or severity of emergencies. [4]


Canada

Prevention is actions taken to avoid the occurrence of negative consequences associated with a given threat.

Activités visant à éliminer les impacts de catastrophes pour protéger la vie, les biens et l’environnement, et pour éviter les perturbations économiques. [5] [6]

Prevention activities may be included as part of mitigation.

Finland

(1) Onnettomuuksien ehkäisy: toiminta, jolla pyritään estämään onnettomuuksien tapahtuminen ja minimoimaan vahingot etukäteen.

Accident prevention is an action aiming at preventing the occurrence of accidents and minimising the damages beforehand. -unofficial translation- [7]


(2) Vahingontorjunta: turvallisuutta tavoitteleva toiminta, jolla pyritään estämään onnettomuus tai pitämään onnettomuuden aiheuttamat vahingot mahdollisimman pieninä.

Loss/damage prevention is a safety-pursuant action aiming at the prevention of an accident or keeping the damages caused by an accident as small as possible. -unofficial translation- [7]


Netherlands

Prevention is to obstruct an incident to occur.

Preventie is het voorkomen van een incident. [8]


Republic of Trinidad & Tobago

The outright avoidance of adverse impacts of hazards and related disasters. [9]


United States

DHS

The term "prevention" refers to

those capabilities necessary to avoid, prevent, or stop a threatened or actual act of terrorism. Prevention capabilities include, but are not limited to, information sharing and warning; domestic counterterrorism; and preventing the acquisition or use of weapons of mass destruction (WMD). For purposes of the prevention framework called for in this directive, the term "prevention" refers to preventing imminent threats. [10]
NIMS
Actions to avoid an incident or to intervene to stop an incident from occurring[11].

Prevention involves actions to protect lives and property.

NFPA-1600
Activities to avoid an incident or to stop an incident from occurring. [12]


Other Definitions

Ontario (Canada)

Prevention is defined as actions taken to stop an emergency or disaster from occurring. [13]

Such actions may include legislative controls, zoning restrictions, improved operating standards/procedures or critical infrastructure management.

Prévention: mesures prises afin d’empêcher la survenance d’une situation d’urgence ou d’un sinistre. [13]

Ces mesures peuvent inclure des contrôles législatifs, des restrictions en matière de zonage, des normes et procédures de fonctionnement améliorées ou la gestion de l’infrastructure essentielle.

Standard Definition

ISO/PAS 22399:2007

Measures that enable an organization to avoid, preclude, or limit the impact of a disruption. [14]

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