DEFINITION OF DISASTER
For the purpose of this directive, Disaster is defined as an incident which occur in a sudden manner and complex in its nature and that causes losses of lives, damages to property or natural environment and bring a deep effect to local activities. Such incident needs a management that involving extensive, resources, equipment, skills and man power from many agencies with an effective coordination, which is possibly demanding a complex action and would take a long time.
DISASTER MANAGEMENT LEVEL
Through this directive, the disaster management is controlled in accordance with disaster definition given above and the following elements:
Level I Disaster
Local incident which are controllable and with no potentiality of spreading out. It is not complex and could cause only a small damage to life and
property. The form of disaster would not be a jeopardy to local daily activity in a large scale. The District Level Authority is capable of controlling such incident through district level agencies without or with a limited assistance from outside.
Level II Disaster
More serious incident covers a wide area or has exceeding two (2) district and has a potential to spread out. Possibly would cause death and damage to a large number of property. The incident also effecting public daily activities. Being more complex than Level I Disaster and difficult in aspect of search and rescue. Need to and could be able to be controlled by State Level Authority with or without a limited help from outside.
Level III Disaster
Any incident caused by Level III Disaster is more complex in nature or effecting a wide area or more than two(2) states. Need to and could be able to handled by Central Authority with or without foreign help.
Crisis & Disaster Management
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