Terminology and Quotes (Disaster related)

Terminology - Palo Alto

• Emergency vs Disaster: An emergency is a major event affect a relatively small area, but can be handled by local (including regional mutual aid) resources. A disaster is an event of regional scale that overwhelms local resources for a significant period of time.
• The terminology being used for the phases of dealing with disasters is:
  1. Prevention</a> (although it might more accurately be called Mitigation or some such because you cannot present a disaster)
  2. Preparation
  3. Response
  4. Recovery

Quotes/Maxims/...

• "Fortune (chance?) favors the prepared mind" - Louis Pasteur
• "Plans are useless; planning is essential." General Dwight Eisenhower
• "If you can communicate, you can improvise."