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Email:
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DRAFT
CHILDREN’S
WORKBOOK
ON
DISASTER
MANAGEMENT
Pacific Communities Development Consultants (PCDC)
Tauga Vulaono Nacanaitaba
18 Vesi Street, Flagstaff, Suva, Fiji. Email:
vulaono_t@hotmail.com
CONTENTS
1. Introduction
2.
Classroom Activities & Exercises on Disasters
A.
A
Disaster
Corner
B.
Earthquakes
C.
Cyclones
D.
Floods
E.
Landslides
F.
Fires
G
Tsunamis
3. Other
Activities
A. Essay
Writing
B.
Drama, Skit or Mime Writing, Practice & Performance
C.
Poems & Songs
4. Drills
5. References
6. Appendices
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1. INTRODUCTION
This handbook is designed to help you, Fiji’s school
children, prepare for disasters that occur often in our country:
cyclones, floods, landslides, and fire; and for those disasters that
are not so common: earthquakes and tsunamis.
The exercises and drills in the handbook encourage you to
actively participate in preparing your class and your school for
disaster management. The appendices explain each disaster,
and can be used as references when doing the excises.
As usual, your teachers will help you and supervise your
work at school. Ask your parents to help you also.
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2.
CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES & EXERCISES ON
DISASTERS
A.
A “Disaster Corner”
Help your Teacher create a “
Disaster Corner
” in your
classroom, which should have a clear wall to put emergency
directions on. It is also where you, your classmates and the
Teachers put up posters, and post explanations of different types
of disaster that happen in Fiji.
B. Group
Work
* Discuss the following in groups or in class and write your
answers on a piece of newsprint or on paper to give your
Teacher.
* If your group has access to a computer, you should type
up your answers. Otherwise, your Teacher will be
responsible for having this typed up and copied.
* Post a copy at the “Disaster Corner”.
1. Emergency
Kit
•
What is an emergency kit? Do you know what it looks like?
•
Do you know where an emergency kit is kept? Is it in your classroom? Is it
in the sick-bay?
•
Is your teacher or any other teacher responsible for keeping the kit in good
order?
•
Does the kit include water and food?
•
What else should be included in the kit?
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2. Earthquakes
EARTHQUAKES are sudden, striking with little or no
warning. Be prepared in case it happens!
1.
Do earthquakes occur in or near your school? What are the
safest places in your classroom?
2.
What do you do during an earthquake?
What would you do if you are in the classroom?
What would you do if you are outdoors?
3.
What would you do after an earthquake?
3. Cyclones
CYCLONES occur regularly in Fiji. They can be very
loud and scary. Be prepared for cyclones!
1.
What is a cyclone? Have you ever experienced a cyclone?
2.
What do you do during a cyclone?
3.
What do you do after the cyclone?
4. Floods
FLOODS affect many low-lying places near rivers and
streams. Are you prepared for floods?
1.
What do you know about floods in the area where your school
is?
2.
What do you do during a flood?
3.
What do you do after floods?
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5. Landslides
LANDSLIDES have warning signs. Do you know what
these signs are?
1.
Have landslides occurred near your school or your home?
2.
What do you do during a landslide?
3.
What do you do after a landslide?
6. Fire
FIRES can be accidental or are started deliberately. Do
you know the safety rules for fires?
1.
What do you do if a fire starts in your classroom?
2.
What fire prevention equipment is in your school?
Do you know where the fire alarm is?
Do you know where the fire extinguishers are?
Do you know how to operate a fire extinguisher?
Where is the nearest fire hydrant?
3.
What do you do after a fire?
F.
Tsunami
TSUNAMIS often happen suddenly. Do you know the
warning signs of a tsunami?
1.
Why does a tsunami happen?
2.
What would you do if a tsunami happens?
3.
What would you do after a tsunami?
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3. OTHER
ACTIVITIES
A.
Essay writing
1.
Take any of the six disasters – i.e. Earthquake, Cyclone, Flood,
Landslide, Fire, or Tsunami – and discuss with other classmates
or with your teacher.
2.
Use the appropriate appendix (at the back of this handbook) and
your school library to find out more about your chosen topic. If
you have access to a computer, you may be able to use the
Internet for more research. Take notes for your essay.
3.
Write an essay on your topic.
4.
Submit to your Teacher for marking.
[The Teacher will submit the best essay – on each topic – to the National
Disaster Management Unit for consideration at the National Essay
Competition]
B.
Drama or Skit
Your Teacher will ask if you or a group of you can write out a drama, a
skit or a mime on a disaster topic. She or he will give you the time to
prepare.
Consider the following:
1.
What do you know of your chosen topic? (Use the appropriate
appendix at the back of this handbook. Can you learn more from
the school library or the internet?)
2.
Study other dramas, skits and mimes to see how they are put
together.
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3.
Remember, a drama is longer than a skit or a mime, with 2 or
more scenes.
4.
A skit or a mime is usually very short.
5.
Who are the good actors/actress or quick studies in your class?
Ask them to participate in your drama, skit or mime.
C.
Poems, Chants, Songs and Meke
1.
You teacher will ask you to write a poem about preparations for a
hurricane (or another type of disaster), or a poem about
happenings during a disaster, or one on cleaning up.
2.
The teacher will ask you or a group of you to create a chant, a
song or a meke about any of the disasters. Your teacher will be
able to give you existing chants, songs and meke which you can
use as models.
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4. DRILLS
A. Earthquake
Drill
At the first sign of shaking
1.
Inside the classroom:
•
Practice the Drop, Cover, and Hold drill:
Drop
to the ground.
Take
Cover
by getting under a sturdy table or other piece
of furniture.
Hold
on until the shaking stops.
2.
Outside the classroom:
Move into the open
, away from buildings, fences, trees, tall
playground equipment, utility wires, and street lights.
Kneel or sit on the ground and cover
your head and face with
your hands. Once in the open,
stay there until the shaking stops.
B. Fire
Drill
•
Stop, drop, and roll! Cool and call.
Stop! - Do not run!
o
Drop! -
Drop to the ground right where you are
.
o
Roll! -
Roll over and over to put out the flames
.
•
Cover your face with your hands
.
o
Cool -
Cool the burned area with water
.
o
Call -
Call for help.
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B.
Evacuation Drill
Your Teacher will lead the evacuation of your classroom and
school building.
DO NOT PANIC.
DO NOT PUSH.
LISTEN TO YOUR TEACHER’S DIRECTIONS.
After leaving Building; there are 3 things you should do:
1.
Immediate Area Threat. Leave building and gather in the safe
place your teacher directs you to.
2.
More Widespread Threat. Leave building and neighborhood,
to a place your teacher directs you to. He/she will have transport
arranged.
3.
Major Evacuation. Leave building and evacuate a larger area
that your teacher will direct you to. Teachers will organize
transportation and drivers.
6. References
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Pacific Communities Development Consultants (PCDC)
Tauga Vulaono Nacanaitaba
18 Vesi Street, Flagstaff, Suva, Fiji. Email:
vulaono_t@hotmail.com
7. Appendices:
1.
Tropical Cyclones: Natural Hazards in the Pacific – Fact Sheet 1:
SOPAC
2.
Cyclone – National Disaster Management handout
3.
Earthquakes: Natural Hazards in the Pacific – Fact Sheet 2:
SOPAC
4.
Earthquake – National Disaster Management handout.
5.
Tsunami: Natural Hazards in the Pacific – Fact Sheet 3, SOPAC
6.
Tsunami – National Disaster Management Handout
7.
Landslides: Natural Hazards in the Pacific – Fact Sheet 4,
SOPAC
8. Landslides:
National
Disaster Management Handout
9.
River Floods – Natural Hazards in the Pacific – Fact Sheet 6,
SOPAC
10.
Flood: National Disaster Management Handout.
11.
Civil Defence Procedures and Survival Guide