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This presentation from UNHCR looks at fire safety, the design of fire protection in Shelter, and explores the minimum safe distance to maintain between shelter units to limit the risk of shelter...
This resource is about how one can be secure from the effects fire outbreak in the informal settlements.
The force and effect of fire are so enormous, the event is impossible to comprehend until it has been experienced
Fire followed by earthquake in Delhi has the potential to go well beyond the statistics of deaths and injuries. Such a disaster in the country's capital, which also happens to be a major...
“Uncontrolled fire – burning camps and settlements – leads to significant devastation to residents, the environment, budgets and programming. There is currently a gap in the Shelter &...
You can never tell when there will be an earthquake, but you canreduce or avoid damage, injuries or loss of life by preparingyourself. As a licensed child care provider, you already do many things...
In this presentation Mr. Charles Kelly and Mrs. Erin Patrick wish to highlight the risks and problems that displaced populations, refugees and post-disaster affected...
As a result of Apartheid, there are millions of displaced communities living in South African informal settlements. Although Government launched the ‘In-situ Upgrading of Informal Settlements’...
The speaker spoke about how the frequency of conflict and disaster in Ethiopia generated significant displaced populations with a wide variety of needs. He said that camps were subject to frequent...
In spring 2013, after weeks of rain, whole areas of southern, eastern and northern Germany were beset by catastrophic floods. Settlements vanished in the floods up to the roofs of the houses, tens...