Role of Students

The basic role of the student, in my opinion, is AWARENESS of what to do during and after disasters. This would lessen panicking, paranoid and uncontrollable people running around. Also, knowing what to do when disaster strikes will also lessen the death toll. Knowing what to do after disaster, and at least basic first aid, will enable students help the authorities in saving lives.

If students are well trained then if there is a disaster they are able to protect themselves and they can also help others.

Student branch is the most well informed branch of community. They can spread awareness about disaster management. Also they can form association to help in times of disaster.

Children can help in managing Disasters in many ways few of them are:-

• Students can help in rehabilitation and resettlement of victims

• They can spread awareness through rallies in streets

• Volunteer in the information centers and form associations for the Disaster-Day

• Provide the victims with basic needs

• Preventing disasters at home - stopping building fires due to petty reasons like a short circuit.

• The role of "students" in any capacity is to learn as much as they can about the subject at hand. In the case of disaster management, this is a very wide open field.

A student should learn causes of disasters and figure out ways to reduce the risk of an catastrophe from happening in the first place.

Here is what wikipedia has to say about disaster management:

Emergency management (or disaster management) is the discipline of dealing with and avoiding risks. It is a discipline that involves preparing, supporting, and rebuilding society when natural or human-made disasters occur. In general, any Emergency management is the continuous process by which all individuals, groups, and communities manage hazards in an effort to avoid or ameliorate the impact of disasters resulting from the hazards. Actions taken depend in part on perceptions of risk of those exposed....