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In French: Le plan ORSEC est un plan cadre gouvernemental, permettant d’organiser la réponse en cas de catastrophe de grande ampleur qui dépasse les moyens habituellement misent en place pour y répondre. Il permet d’appuyer le leadership du gouvernement sur l’organisation de cette réponse en clarifiant les rôles et responsabilités de chacun mais auss…
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Templates for developing plans for reacting to emergency situations including fire, floods, earthquakes, chemical spills, gas leaks, volcanic eruptions, bomb or arson threats, armed intruders, and missing children.
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This booklet is a practical, and easy to comprehend, assistance manual for citizens to be prepared for emergency situations. This document is a Russian contribution to the implementation of IDNDR programmes.
In French: Ce document retrace l'expertise française en matière de prévention des risques majeurs par type de risques. Elle a pour but de partager dans le cadre d’actions de coopération internationale ses compétences dans les domaines de la connaissance, la prévention et la gestion des risques. Elle vise à répondre à trois objectifs afin de rendre le…
This report sets out the economic costs of high-impact, low-probability (HILP) events and how the impacts of a shock spread across sectors and countries in today's globalized world. It argues that governments and businesses remain insufficiently prepared to manage HILP crises and shoulder their economic, social and humanitarian consequences. Therefore,…
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This CSS Risk and Resilience Report provides a comparative analysis of national risk assessments. Specifically, it compares the assessments made by nine European countries and Swiss Re respectively of five types of cross-​border risks: electricity supply shortage, nuclear accident, pandemic, severe space weather, and volcanic outbreak. The report finds…
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In French: Cette animation en flash présente dix risques majeurs (avalanche, inondation, séisme, cyclone, éruption volcanique, rupture de barrage, accident nucléaire..) Chaque séquence permet de visualiser les différentes étapes de ces événements, d'en appréhender leurs conséquences et de faire connaitre les précautions pour en limiter les effets. In…
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Guide for small and medium enterprises: This document is intended to contribute to increase constituents’ resilience, mitigate risks and enhance preparedness for crisis and business recovery. The scope covers different types of major-scale, natural hazards, i.e. geophysical, hydrological, meteorological, climate and biological, including earthquakes, v…
The United Nations General Assembly has designated October 13th as the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction to promote a global culture of disaster risk reduction. It is an opportunity to acknowledge the progress being made toward reducing disaster risk and losses in lives, livelihoods and health in…
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This report provides an assessment of the achievements and progress made in disaster risk reduction (DRR) by Mexico during the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR). It describes country’s recent experience with natural hazards and disasters, such as earthquake, volcano, cyclone, chemical pollution and forest fire, also presents na…
This report reviews the progress made in addressing the vulnerabilities of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) through the implementation of the Mauritius Strategy, which includes natural and environmental disasters as one of its themes and means of implementation. It addresses their increased vulnerability due to climate change, the global financial…

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