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Making Cities Resilient – My City is Getting Ready!
Develop risk reduction training and capacity building at the city level • Establish a sustainable and permanent training programme for key city personnel, in partnership with communities, a variety of professionals from the social and economic sector and specialized local and national institutions. Work with local resources such as the Red Cross, universities, NGOs, teachers and others. • Focus on training priority target groups such as: municipal departments and emergency management authorities; fire and rescue services; medical emergency teams and law enforcement personnel; specialists in engineering, water and sanitation, surveying, planning and zoning, environment, health and communications; the media; the private sector; community leaders; and educators. Distribute this Handbook and other guidance material, offering short courses and ongoing training opportunities.
Establish city-wide disaster safety initiatives • Commemorate the anniversary of locally-memorable disasters with a “disaster safety day,” a time when people are very receptive to safety messages. • Establish a memorial in the city and/or organize a small exhibition/disaster museum to preserve the memory of the impact of past disasters. • Find creative new ways to participate in the International Day for Disaster Reduction, celebrated each year on 13th October, and in other related events such as World Meteorological Day, World Health Day, World Habitat Day and events commemorating major national disasters.
Read more about the International Day for Disaster Reduction: www.unisdr.org/2011/iddr/