Building resilience: A guide to disaster risk management for the postal sector
Addressing all types of hazards and touching upon every aspect of disaster risk management (DRM), this guide focuses on the unique and critical role of postal planning in responding to natural disasters. DRM tools and products encourage the standardization of response actions to the emerging needs most likely to be experienced by postal employees, facilities and customers responding to such disasters.
The guide includes practical information, providing postal operators with a set of concrete and detailed checklists on what to do before, during and after a disaster. Moreover, procedures are defined for responding quickly and recovering expeditiously from disruptions and emergencies to mail infrastructure. The guide also incorporates best industry practices, such as those identified in the 2013 UN Plan of Action on Disaster Risk Reduction for Resilience and the 2015 Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR).
Postal operators are encouraged to adapt and integrate the tools provided in the guide into their own emergency management programmes, taking into consideration specific needs and applicable risks. This will help improve protection of personnel while minimizing damage and loss of postal assets including mail, vehicles, facilities and financial instruments.