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Common Misconceptions about Disaster

Emergency Planning

Myth 10: After disaster people will not make rational decisions and will therefore inevitably tend to do the wrong thing unless authority guides them. Myth 17: Unburied dead bodies constitute a health hazard. Reality: Not even advanced decomposition causes a significant health hazard. Myth 57: Knowledge alone leads to action.

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A Resilience Charter

Emergency Planning

Safety’ refers to protection against major hazards such as storms, floods and industrial explosions. Civil protection must be developed at the local authority level, coordinated regionally and harmonised nationally. Volunteer work should be encouraged in disaster risk reduction and kindred fields. The citizen 4.1