ABSTRACT
Disaster management and assistance encompasses dealing with all aspects of emergencies through the organization, management, and dissemination of resources. It aims to reduce or avoid the potential losses from hazards, assure the promotion of appropriate assistance to victims, and achieve rapid and effective recovery. Disaster management and assistance, often used interchangeably with emergency management, is a multidisciplinary endeavor designed to help individuals and businesses recover economically, environmentally, and socially. Disaster assistance and relief encompasses coordinated multi-agency, multi-level responses in an effort to reduce the impact of a disaster and its long-term results. Individual and family assistance encompasses aid for damage to residences, businesses or personal property losses, temporary housing, disaster unemployment assistance, and disaster legal services. Public assistance can include community disaster loans and grants to repair, replace, and restore damaged or destroyed publically owned facilities, structures, or equipment.
