A Study to assess the Existing Knowledge Regarding Disaster Preparedness among Adults Residing at Haripur, Sangli District

Abstract

Disaster is a sudden calamitous event bringing great damage, loss and destruction and devastation to life and property. The damage caused by disaster varies with Geographical location, climate and a type of earth surface/degree of vulnerability. Disaster since beginning of time causing premature death impaired quality of life and altered health status. On excellent one disaster per week that requires international assistance. The recent dramatic increase in the natural disasters their intensity, the number of people affected by them and the human and economic losses associated with these events has placed an imperative on disaster planning for emergency preparedness. WHO defines disaster as, “any occurrence that causes damage, ecological disruptions, loss of human life, deterioration of health and health services on a scale sufficient to warrant an extra ordinary response from outside the affected community or area.