Purpose
Harmonised messaging is a key goal in disaster reduction awareness, and is particularly important when it comes to scaling-up efforts to create a culture of safety. To promote consistent actions to the public this document sets out the key messages for public awareness and public education in all-hazard household and family disaster prevention. It then presents hazard-specific advice for drought, earthquakes, floods, pandemics, tropical storms and wildfires.
Overview
Key messages for all-hazard household and family disaster prevention are:
- Find out what could happen and stay informed;
- Make a household disaster and emergency plan, considering everyone in the household;
- Reduce structural, non-structural and environmental risks in and around the home;
- Learn response skills and practise the plan;
- Prepare response provisions to survive for about a week, including evacuation bags;
- Work with family members’ workplaces, schools, neighbours and local community to assess risks, plan to reduce them, and prepare to respond.
Usage: Guidance for project implementation
Audiences: Technical staff; Communication staff
See also: Public Awareness and Public Education for Disaster Risk Reduction: A Guide
Citation: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (2013). Public Awareness and Public Education for Disaster Risk Reduction: Key Messages (pp. 1-68).
