IFRC: About Disaster Management

Publication language
English
Type
Websites
Keywords
Disaster preparedness, resilience and risk reduction, Disasters
Organisations
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
Link
http://ifrc.org/en/what-we-do/disaster-management/about-disaster-management/

The Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies , supported by the International Federation, work with communities to reduce risk, mitigate the effects of, prepare to respond, respond to and recover from disasters.

Disaster Management can be defined as the organization and management of resources and responsibilities for dealing with all humanitarian aspects of emergencies, in particular preparedness, response and recovery in order to lessen the impact of disasters.