Nuclear and Radiological Emergency
The growth in the application of nuclear science and technology in the fields of power generation, medicine, industry, agriculture, research and defence has led to an increase in the risk…
Heat Wave
A Heat Wave is a period of abnormally high temperatures, more than the normal maximum temperature that occurs during the summer season in the North-Western parts of India. Heat Waves…
Tsunami
The Earth's lithosphere is broken up into a bunch of discrete pieces, called plates that move around the surface of the planet. There are seven or eight major plates (depending…
Search and Rescue
The first thing before taking part in a “Search and Rescue” operation is to make sure that you don’t put yourself also at risk – by unnecessarily exposing yourself to…
Collapse of Individual Structures
This refers to mechanical collapse of certain structures, e.g. building, bridges etc. This causes people to get buried in the debris. Possible presence of live beings in the debris does…
Structural Damage
Structural damages come under two major categories: 1. Large Scale damage to structures. These are typically caused due to some other primary disaster - 2. Earthquakes 3. Volcanoes 4. Flooding 5. Tornadoes 6. Tsunamis 7. These are…
Terrorist Activities
Terrorist activities were traditionally not considered as disasters. However, during the last few years, terrorist activities have become more sophisticated in terms of the amount of detonating power on one…
Nuclear Leaks
These days, nuclear technology is used in several applications. Some of these include: medicinal, power and of-course military. Out of these, nuclear energy based power is getting popular. In any case,…
Finally
Finally: In case of a fire: 1. DO NOT PANIC 2. Decide your strategy. 3. If you want to fight: 1. With What 2. How 3. Which arm (of the fire triangle) to fight 4. Or, you…
If You Want To Help
If you want to help in case of a fire-incident, you could help in one of the following ways: 1. direct help in fighting the fire (if you are able, and,…
