Topic > Disaster Preparedness: Disaster Management - 1066

Importance of pre-event planning and pre-disaster preparedness: Medical staff and disaster management department should be well prepared, should have adequate training and should be able to identify, evaluate and document resources. The hospital should be prepared with emergency storage and recovery plans. The setting should be able to successfully integrate disaster planning with master planning (Office of Historic Preservation California [A.GOV], 2015).2. Importance of Needs Assessment Before Implementation: A needs assessment will primarily serve two main purposes. First, it helps identify priorities and plans. Second, it can support external assistance from other private and government agencies depending on the scale of the disaster. Does the needs assessment also help to evaluate the type and number of victims, their age and the type of community or society involved? This makes planning and development a lot of resources