Cycle

Action

Stage

Stage definition

Risk management

Proactive

Mitigation

Measures designed to reduce, limit or avoid disaster risk.

Prevention

Priority measures aimed at avoiding the conversion of risk into a disaster or the installation of vulnerabilities.

Preparedness

Measures aimed at optimizing response actions and minimizing damage and loss resulting from the disaster.

Crisis management

Reactive

Response

Emergency measures carried out during or after the occurrence of the disaster, aimed at helping and assisting the affected population and restoring essential services.

Recovery

Measures developed after the occurrence of the disaster aimed at restoring social normality include the reconstruction of damaged or destroyed infrastructure and the recovery of the environment and the economy.

Restoration

Emergency measures aimed at restoring safety and habitability conditions and essential services to the population in the area affected by the disaster.