Disaster Response Preparedness
Print this pageWelcome to OCHA's Disaster Response Preparedness Toolkit!
The Toolkit is designed to provide essential and practical information, checklists, guides, presentations and other tools to assist OCHA staff and partners to prepare for disaster situations. On each page, the Toolkit provides internal links to pages or resources within the Toolkit as well as links to other OCHA websites and external websites. The content is based on analysis and prioritisation undertaken in order to present the information in the (hopefully) most useful manner.
How to use this toolkit
This toolkit is divided into three sections:
Hazard Info & Monitoring Tools - an overview of different types of disasters, as well as online tools for monitoring disaster risks, an overview of determining cyclical disaster events, and other monitoring information.
Response Preparedness Tools - checklists, guidelines, presentations and other tools to support overall disaster response preparedness and specific areas such as disaster risk analysis, needs assessment, capacity building of response actors, legal preparedness tools, and an overview of the Hyogo Framework for Action. Recommended measures to improve staff safety and security in disaster risk areas are also included.
Funding - potential sources of funding for disaster response preparedness projects are provided.
Should you need any further information regarding disaster response preparedness, please contact OCHA.
We also welcome any suggestions on how to improve this Toolkit as well as any new and updated material. Please send an email to ochaeps@un.org.