disaster situation

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• disaster — disaster, calamity, catastrophe, cataclysm are comparable when they denote an event or situation that is regarded as a terrible misfortune. A disaster is an unforeseen mischance or misadventure (as a shipwreck, a serious railroad accident, or the …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• Disaster recovery and business continuity auditing — Disaster recovery and business continuity refers to an organization’s ability to recover from a disaster and/or unexpected event and resume or continue operations. Organizations should have a plan in place (usually referred to as a Disaster… …   Wikipedia

• Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency — Afet ve Acil Durum Yönetimi Başkanlığı (AFAD) Agency overview Formed 2009 Jurisdiction Government of Turkey Headquarters Dumlupınar Bulvarı No: 159 (Eskişehir Yolu 9. Km) Çankaya Ankara …   Wikipedia

• Disaster response — is a phase of the disaster management cycle. Its preceding cycles aim to reduce the need for a disaster response, or to avoid it altogether. The level of disaster response depends on a number of factors and particular situation awareness. Studies …   Wikipedia

• disaster — di‧sas‧ter [dɪˈzɑːstə ǁ dɪˈzæstər] noun [countable, uncountable] 1. a sudden event such as a flood, storm, or accident which causes great damage or suffering: • 100 people died in the mining disaster. • Hurricane Katrina was the worst natural… …   Financial and business terms

• Disaster City — is an emergency situation in a fake community in College Station, Texas. Built in 1998 for $7.7 million (USD). [ [http://www.govtech.com/gt/print article.php?id=99424 Govtech Disaster City] ] It was created by the Texas Engineering Extension… …   Wikipedia

• disaster area — disaster areas 1) N COUNT A disaster area is a part of a country or the world which has been very seriously affected by a disaster such as an earthquake or a flood. The region has been declared a disaster area. 2) N COUNT: usu sing If you… …   English dictionary

• Situation Critical — Infobox Television show name = Situation Critical caption = genre = Documentary creator = National Geographic developer = Darlow Smithson Productions country = USA language = English num seasons = 1 num episodes = 13 runtime = 1 hour network =… …   Wikipedia

• Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team — A Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team or DMORT is a team of experts in the fields of victim identification and mortuary services. DMORTs are activated in response to large scale disasters in the United States to assist in the… …   Wikipedia

• Disaster Assistance Response Team — The Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) (French: Équipe d intervention en cas de catastrophe (EICC)) is a rapidly deployable team of 200 Canadian Forces personnel. It provides assistance to disaster affected regions for up to 40 days. DART s …   Wikipedia

• disaster — noun 1 bad event/situation ADJECTIVE ▪ awful, big, catastrophic, devastating, enormous (esp. AmE), great, horrible, huge, large scale (esp. AmE) …   Collocations dictionary