terminology

3. the fact of experiencing something or being affected by it because of being in a particular situation or place
6. the ability of a system, community or society exposed to hazards to resist, absorb, accommodate, adapt to, transform and recover from the effects of a hazard in a timely and efficient manner
8. services such as water, energy, sanitation,communications and transportation.
11. average in amount, intensity, quality, or degree
13. extremely bad or serious,causing very great pain, difficulty, worry, damage
15. harm caused to property and infrastructure such as homes, roads, bridges, and communication systems
16. The bringing together of organizations and resources in accordance with the requirements imposed by the threat or impact of the emergency

1. Any asset,physical,human,economic or environmental which can be used to assist in achieving the objectives of the plan
2. Arrangements to ensure that, should a disaster occur, all those resources and services which are needed to cope with the effects can be efficiently deployed.
4. Measures, structural and non-structural, taken to reduce the impact of disasters
5. The provision of immediate shelter, life support and human needs of persons affected by a disaster
7. A range of operational activities concerned with supply,handling, transportation, and distribution of materials.
9. Regulatory or physical measures to ensure that disasters are prevented or their effects mitigated.
10. Public facilities and systems that provide basic life
12. the removal of persons or things from an endangered area
14. A set of prevailing or consequential conditions composed of physical, socioeconomic and/or political factors that adversely affect the ability to respond to disasters