SM027_English: Planning For and Managing Natural Disasters

Natural disasters may be predictable, or they may strike within little to no warning. Their effects can be short lived and isolated, or they may be long-lasting and widespread. Often natural disasters can overwhelm government and community resources, presenting serous risks to people, operations, assets and business interests. Such crisis events require organizations to be able to predict and mitigate against likely risks, as well as take ownership of the response measures until government and other supporting groups can mobilize and assume primacy of response. Management teams must be able to lead from a knowledge led standpoint, anticipating, planning against and reacting to both the primary threats from a natural disaster, as well as the secondary risks which might involve disease, fires, flooding, infrastructure damage, utility and critical services disruptions, limited or non-existent communications, elevated crime and civil disorder.   HR PHR Credits (Functional Area 6): This cou