Transcription of Emergency Preparedness and Response Handbook - CRS
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EmergencyPreparedness & ResponseHandbookAcknowledgementsPublishe d by Catholic Relief Services, November Quality and Support DepartmentCatholic Relief Services209 W. Fayette , MD guidelines are a product of the CRS Emergency Response Team (ERT), a unit of theProgram Quality and Support Department (PQSD). Annemarie Reilly is the primary Aker contributed to the section on conceptual frameworks and food security. Much ofthe information related to disaster prevention, mitigation and Preparedness is borroweddirectly or adapted from the CRS Mitigation Handbook (Kristen Hicks, 1996). Theinformation regarding contingency planning is adapted from the United Nations Contingency Planning: A Practical Guide for Field Staff (Complex Emergencies TrainingInitiative-CETI, 1996).
to human life, dignity and livelihoods. Emergency Preparedness and Response: Key Definitions and Concepts 1.2 1.2.1 What is an Emergency? An emergency according to the Sphere Project: Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response can be defined as “a situation where people’s normal means
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