District Disaster Management Plan 2019-20 Hassan District Prepared By: District Disaster Management Authority Hassan District, Hassan Office of the Deputy Commissioner, B.M. Road, Hassan – 573201 E-mail:
[email protected] DEOC Helpline: 1077 (Toll Free) 08172-261111 PREFACE The District Disaster Management Plan (DDMP) is a key part of an emergency management. It will play a significant role to address the unexpected disasters that occur in the district effectively. The information available in DDMP is valuable in terms of its use during disaster. Based on the history of various disasters that occur in the district, the plan has been so designed as an action plan rather than a resources book. This plan has been prepared which is based on the guidelines provided by the National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM). While preparing this plan, most of the issues, relevant to crisis management, have been carefully dealt with. During the time of disaster there will be a delay before out side help arrives. At first, self-help is essential and efforts have been made to collect and develop this plan to make it more applicable and effective to handle any type of disaster. The National Disaster Management Act was brought in the year 2005 to promote a proactive approach focusing on all phases of Disaster Management. Accordingly, Karnataka state government has formed the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) and District Disaster Management Authorities (DDMA) at all the districts for effective management of disasters in the District through the implementation of District Disaster Management Plan. Hassan district has a geographical area of 6,845 Sq.