The District Disaster Management Plan, which is a dynamic document consists of the past experiences of the disaster that were managed by the district and also consists of the current year scenario, is prepared to device a set of guidelines for district level disaster preparedness, Prevention, Mitigation and Monitor. Every Line department in the district is preparing its own Disaster Management Plan. DDMP are drawn up under the supervision of the The District Collector in coordination with all concerned departments and the Emergency support functions of various departments are listed out in the plan and inventory of resources in the Taluks are listed out and all of this have been converged into the District plan. While the DDMP forms the frameworks for the entire District, it will be fine tuned further by requirements of individual Taluk units and emergency situations.
The District Disaster Management Authority will plan for long-term preventive measures to relief and rescue the General public from the menace of disaster. The disasters have so far caused many damages such as human loss, cattle loss, and poultry loss and also affected the houses and crops. Precautionary steps are to be taken to mitigate the impact of disaster like cyclone, flood, drought and heat waves in future.
Identification of the vulnerability of different parts of the District to different types of disasters.
Strategies to be adopted for prevention and mitigation of disasters.
Responsibilities of the community, NGOs and other non- governmental institutions in different phases of managing a disaster. They should plan and act for pre-disaster, during disaster and post disaster phases by co-ordinating with the line departments.
Role of each department in preparation and proper response will manage a disaster effectively.
All sorts of mitigation measures shall be planned and executed.
The Disaster Management plan shall be categorized as four phases
such as Non Disaster, Pre-Disaster, During Disaster and Post Disaster and the type of measures to be taken at each phase are shall be as follows:-
Non-Disaster
In this phase, type of vulnerability should be identified by enquiring about the past experience from the residents of the locality. Cleaning and repairing works in evacuation shelters and community halls shall be carried out. Teams consisting of Government officials and First Responders are to be formed for evacuation rescue and relief activities .
Pre-Disaster
This phase is the preparedness phase. All the line departments shall be in ready position with all the man power and materials to mitigate the effect of disaster. The general public shall be given training to safeguard their lives and assets. Pre-arrangements for shelter, food materials, cooking vessels, protected drinking water and medical facilities shall be made.
During Disaster