Hazard Communication Flashcards
Why do we communicate hazards
Save lives
Increase resilience
minimise vulnerability
educate and imporve understanding
collect data and improve hazard modelling and prediction.
Who do we communicate with
local people
tourists
policy makers
officers
Officials
scientists
indigenous people
media
What to consider when communicaating hazards
age
agenda
ethnicity
education
culture and religion
gender
economic status
understanding
Before an event? 3
education
community programmes
historical and cultural understanding
During an event?
What’s happening
Where is it happening
Evaucation required
Where people should go
What should you take
Where and how to communicate
Scientists
Social Media
Technology
Signs , sirens and languages ( accessible communication ( sign language )
Art instalations
Tourist destinations and Museums