Principles of Risk Management . .
Principles of Risk Management
1. What is risk management?
2. Terminology
3. Sources of Risk
4. Risk Evaluation
5. Control Measures
6. Practice
What is Risk Management?At the proactive level,
it is a conscious and deliberate process of carefully identifying and evaluating risks.
Come up with control measures.
The key purpose is to not to eliminate risks altogether
but to take measures to maintain an acceptable level of safety.
What is Risk Management?
At the reactive level,
it is a judgemental, conscious (sometimes instinctive) act
to reduce or eliminate onsite risks to ensure safety above everything else.
RISK MANAGEMENT
• Risks in the Wilderness – Skills needed to prevent and deal with injuries in the absence of immediate medical care and lack of communication
• Risks stemming from the rural-urban environment
Risks stemming from the rural-urban environment
• What are these ?
• POLITICAL
• ECONOMIC AND SOCIO-CULTURAL ENVIROMENTS AND INFRASTRUCTURE
SPECIFIC RISKS AND PRECAUTIONS
• CRIMES• GENERAL BEHAVIOUR• POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT• ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT• ECONOMIC CLASS TENSIONS
SPECIFIC RISKS AND PRECAUTIONS
• Stay in Hostel• Field Trips (Excursions)• Shopping• Public Transport• Food• Walking on Roads
What are the possible risks and emergency situations?
• Severe Weather • Medical • Fire• EarthQuake• Failure of Essential Services• Accidents
SEVERE WEATHER
• TORNADO, HURRICANE, LIGHTNING ( possible?)
• SNOWSTORM (possible?)
•PRECAUTIONSSTAY INDOORS!! OF COURSE
FIRE(Inside and Outside a building)
Evacuation Procedure – Know where the emergency exits
areWho to call ? Numbers ? FIRE DEPARTMENT 119POLICE 110EMERGENCY 120 or 999
EARTHQUAKE• IF INDOORS
STAY THERE• TAKE COVER UNDER INTERNAL
DOOR FRAME, TABLE or BENCH• KEEP AWAY FROM WINDOWS,
MIRRORS AND OVERHEAD FITTINGS
• Emergency exits of buildings
EARTHQUAKE
• IF OUTDOORS
• KEEP WELL CLEAR, OF BUILDINGS, WALLS, POWER LINES, TREE, ETC
• ROAD or BRIDGE DAMAGE
Stay in Hostel
• POSSIBLE SCENARIO OF “RISK” SITUATIONS ?
• Emergency Exits ?
• Room walls are soft boards – No ball games
FIELD TRIPS , EXCURSION
• PUNTUALITY !!!!• TRAVEL IN GROUPS OF THREE OR
FOUR• BUDDY SYSTEM• KEEP YOUR MONEY IN A SAFE
PLACE• DO NOT FALL BEHIND
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
• GROUP LEADERS TO HEADCOUNT• OVERCROWDING(KEEP CLOSE) BE
ALERT (PICKPOCKETS)• CROSSING A ROAD REMEMBER CARS ARE LEFT HAND
DRIVE --- MEANING?
SHOPPING
• DO NOT TALK LOUDLY ? WHY?
• TALK IN CHINESEDO NOT ATTRACT ATTENTION
• DO NOT TAKE OUT BIG BUNDLES OF NOTES ( USE A WALLET)
• BARGAIN- USE YOUR NEGOTIATION SKILLS
FOOD
• AVOID SALAD, RAW FISH, SEAFOOD.
• TAP WATER SAFE FOR DRINKING?• HYGIENE IN RESTAURANTS AND
FOOD STALLS
MEDICAL
• HOW DO YOU REDUCE THE POSSIBILITY OF FALLING SICK ?
• NORMAL ILLNESSES --- BRING YOUR OWN MEDICINE
• WARMING UP EXERCISELOOK FOR SIGNS OF ILLNESSES(FLU, COLD, DIARRHEA)
• NEAREST CLINIC OR HOSPITALADDRESS AND NUMBER
CLOTHINGS
• Carry a Jacket• Wear Enough to keep warm
• DO not take it off even when you are feeling hot and perspiring.