Principles o f Risk Management

Principles of Risk Management . .

Infrastructural Geography Risk Management • Wilderness • Environment • Socio-Cultural

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

.Communicable Diseases .Social unrest .Crimes .Personal Safety

What are the possible risks you may encounter during your stay in Beijing ?

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 are Who to call ? Numbers ? FIRE DEPARTMENT 119 POLICE 110 EMERGENCY 120 or 999

EARTHQUAKE • IF INDOORSSTAY 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

FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL SERVICES • WATER • ELECTRICAL POWER

SPORTS INJURIES • How to minimize risk of injuries ? • WARMING UP – VERY IMPORTANT !

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?

不规范道路行驶状况 红色信号灯机动车仍在左、右转弯行驶非机动车闯红色信号灯行驶

机动车单行道 单行道

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

How to stay healthy ? • Drink lots of water • Vitamin C • Less instant noodles • Have enough sleep

COMMUNICABLE AND COMMON DISEASES • WHAT DISEASES ? • (H1N1 ? FLU ? BIRD FLU ? SARS ?)

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.

GENERAL BEHAVIOUR • GIVE EXAMPLES OF “POOR BEHAVIOUR”

PERSONAL SAFETY • ACTIVE SHOOTER • BOMB THREAT • DISRUPTIVE/ARMED INDIVIDUAL • SUSPICIOUS LETTER or PACKAGEHOW DO YOU REACT?

Principles o f Risk Management