Developing Early Warning Systems: A Checklist

Developing Early Warning Systems: A ChecklistEWC IIIT hird International Conferenceon Early WarningFrom concept to action27 29 March 2006, Bonn, , 11:08:29 FOREWORDE arly Warning is a major element of disaster riskreduction. It prevents loss of life and reducesthe economic and material impact of be effective, Early Warning systems need toactively involve the communities at risk,facilitate public education and awareness ofrisks, effectively disseminate messages andwarnings and ensure there is constant state January 2005, the World Conference onDisasterReductionadoptedthe HyogoFramework for Action 2005-2015: Building theResilience of Nations and Communities toDisasters.

importance of early warning, and encouraged the development of “early warning systems that are people centred, in particular systems whose warnings are timely and understandable to those at risk (…) including guidance on how to act upon warnings (…)” (para. 17, ii.d.9). The Third International Conference on Early

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