Training of trainers on community based disaster risk reduction (CBDRR)
Community Based Disaster Management (CBDM) is a process, which leads to a locally appropriate and locally "owned" strategy for disaster preparedness and risk reduction. RedR India’s course on Community Based Disaster Risk Management explores the different dimensions of the CBDRM approach and has been designed to improve the effectiveness of specialist and non-specialist professionals in disaster response, helping them to link the disasters with risk reduction and development in a sustainable manner. This course can be made modular to focus on different topics like Community Based Disaster Preparedness (CBDP), Community Emergency Response Teams (CERTS viz. First Aid, Search and Rescue, Psychosocial Support, Early Warning etc.), Community Contingency Planning (CCP) and Organisational Level Disaster Preparedness (OLDP).
Course outcomes?
The overall aim of the course is to introduce participants' to the potential scope of disaster preparedness strategy and issues around generating a locally appropriate and locally “owned” strategy for disaster preparedness and risk reduction.
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Understand the concepts underlying CBDRM, in the context of the Disaster Management Cycle;
- Understand key elements of a comprehensive disaster preparedness strategy;
- Carry out the participatory facilitation of hazard, vulnerability, capacity and risk assessment of individuals, families and communities;
- Undertake stakeholder analyses of communities and their environment;
- Plan and design effective community disaster awareness initiatives, including training and rehearsals.