Post on 26-Mar-2015
Surviving Natural Hazards
Objective: To find out how people can reduce and manage hazard risk by forward planning
Preparedness now!• Watch the video below to find out how populations can
prepare themselves for natural hazard events.
Our Location
The Scenario
• You live in Pacific Heights, San Francisco. You have a small sturdy shed in your garden, well away from the house, which houses your garden tools.
• On the advice of local fire officers you are going to put together an earthquake emergency kit and store it in this shed so it would be accessible in the event of an earthquake.
Pacific Heights – San Francisco
Competition Time• You will see 30 items that could be packed
into an earthquake survival kit.
• How many can you remember?
The ItemsFire Extinguisher
First Aid Kit Swiss Army Knife
Plastic bucket
Torch TV
Board games
Matches Candles
Tin opener
Spade Small tent
5 litres mineral water Water purifying tablets Toilet paper
Radio (battery operated) Sun screen Mobile phone
Disinfectant Tools including pipe wrench
Camping Stove
Credit Card
Tinned food Dried food
Dust mask
Money Blankets
Quake transmitter Spare batteries Camping gas and stove
The Venn DiagramThe Venn Diagram• Discuss all your items on the list and
place all 30 of your earthquake survival items into the Venn diagram in the appropriate section.
• Complete one Venn Diagram per person
• LEDC / MEDC / BOTH• So, which of your six original items
would be available if you lived in an earthquake prone LEDC such as Pakistan?
Over to You ….
• Complete this exam style question:
• Making reference to a case study, to what extent does the level of preparedness for hazards depend on where people live in the world? (10)
Group WorkGroup Work
• Produce a presentation guide suitable for the USA. Your presentation should show the vulnerable populations how they can prepare for a major earthquake event.
• Make sure that your chosen media will reach the maximum number of people possible.