Disaster response Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! == Disaster response planning == The United States [[National Fire Protection Association]] (NFPA) 1600 Standard (NFPA, 2010) specify elements of an emergency response, as: defined responsibilities; specific actions to be taken (which must include protective actions for life safety); and communication directives. Within the standard, NFPA recognize that disasters and day-to-day emergencies are characteristically different. Nevertheless, the prescribed response elements are the same. In support of the NFPA standard, [[Statoil]]'s (2013) practical application of emergency response is across three distinct "lines" that incorporate NFPA's elements. Line 1 is responsible for the operational management of an incident; line 2, typically housed off-site, is responsible for tactical guidance and additional resource management. Finally, in the case of major incidents, line 3 provides strategic guidance, group resource management, and government and media relations. While it is impossible to plan for every disaster, crisis or emergency, the Statoil investigation into the terrorist attacks on In Amenas place emphasis on the importance of having a disaster response. The report concludes that a disaster response framework may be utilized in an array of disaster situations, such as that at In Amenas. [[Disaster risk reduction]] (DRR) is action taken to "[reduce] existing disaster risk and [manage] [[residual risk]]."<ref name=":1">UNGA (2016). ''Report of the open-ended intergovernmental expert working group on indicators and terminology relating to disaster risk reduction''. United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).</ref> DRR plans aim to decrease the amount of disaster response necessary by planning ahead and making communities [[Resilience (engineering and construction)|resilient]] to any potential hazardous events that might occur.<ref name=":1" /> A number of international frameworks such as the [[Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction]] have been enacted to increase the implementation of global mitigation plans in the event of disasters.<ref>"What is the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction?". ''United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction''. Retrieved October 12, 2022.</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page