Evacuation Center Management Flashcards
Measures taken immediately prior to and following disaster impact, which measures are directed towards saving life and protecting property and dealing with the immediate damage caused by the disaster
Emergency response
Common issues during emergency
- Lack of time
- Enormous needs
- So many actors complex coordination
Humanitarian charter and minimum standards for humanitarian response
SPHERE standards
Initiated in 1997 by NGOs and Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement to develop a set of universal minimum standards in core areas of humanitarian response
SPHERE project
2 core beliefs of the SPHERE project
- Right to live with dignity
- Alleviate human suffering
Provides the ethical and legal backdrop founded on the principle of humanity and humanitarian imperative
Humanitarian charter
Humanitarian charter:
- The right to live with dignity
- The right to receive humanitarian assistance
- The right to protection and security
Are essential process standards shared by all sectors; describes the processes and approaches that needs to be taken for an effective humanitarian response
Core standards
Core standards:
- People-centered humanitarian response
- Coordination and collaboration
- Assessment
- Design and response
- Performance, transparency and learning
- Aid worker performance
Four critical needs during emergency:
- Minimum standards in food security and nutrition
- Water supply, sanitation, and hygiene promotion
- Shelter, settlement, and non-food items
- Health action
Food
500 grams/person/day (2,100 kcal)
Water
7.5 L/person/day (15 liters/day/person)
Water tap: 1: 80-100 persons
150 meters away from users
Space
30 square meters/person
Shelter
3.5 square meters/person
Latrine
1 unit/20 persons
30 meters min. distance to shelter/water source
100 meters max. distance to users