Mitigation and Mitigation Techniques
In your own words define mitigation and summarize mitigation techniques employed to reduce or minimize risks imposed by foreseeable and unforeseeable disasters.
Identify a natural or technological hazard that significantly impacted you, a family member, a business, or in the workplace, and discuss the following:
How the hazard was identified and what emergency planning and preparedness measures were employed to manage the risk.
If discussing a business, what types of risks are associated to the business and discuss business continuity and voluntary disaster preparedness programs for businesses.
Importance of emergency planning and preparedness education and training programs for community members, businesses, and other community stakeholders.
Identify personal, community, and government actors involved in emergency response efforts.
Mitigation planning to minimize or reduce future threats.
Unit 2: Mitigation and Mitigation Techniques
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Unit 2: Mitigation and Mitigation Techniques
Mitigation can be described as reducing/controlling the severity and risks of a potential threat in business or life scenarios. At this point, strategies to minimize the impact should be developed to control or stop a threat from occurring. Different mitigation approaches can be employed to counter and prevent threats. Firstly, it is vital to assess the risks. Risk assessment is an essential concept in lessening the impact of a disaster or threat. Risk assessment involves the aspect of identifying and determining potential hazards. Secondly, creating awareness is an effective technique to curb potential impact. For instance, governments-imposed warnings and understanding to control the spread of covid-19 virus. Thirdly, infrastructure improvement is one of the best approaches to mitigate the impact, especially in the mo...