Responses to Tectonic Hazards

• Short-term or immediate responses occur in the hours and days immediately after a disaster
• Long-term responses go on for months and years after a disaster
• Long-term responses to tectonic hazards include

  • Rebuilding and repairing properties
  • Rebuilding and repairing transport infrastructure
  • Restoring utilities such as water, electricity and gas
  • Developing opportunities for the economy to recover
  • Install monitoring equipment
• Immediate responses to tectonic hazards include

  • Issuing warnings
  • Rescue teams searching for survivors
  • Providing treatment to injured people
  • Food, drink and shelter provided
  • Recovering bodies
  • Extinguishing fires