Everyone needs to know how to act during a disaster.

The Media Resource Kit is a point of reference for media officials which can make their jobs easier and assist them in being more effective when a hurricane or natural hazard is expected.

The objectives of the Kit are:

• To provide an easily accessible source of background information on disasters for media practitioners in the Caribbean;
   
• To ensure consistent interpretation and reporting of basic disaster information by media practitioners across the Caribbean;
   
• To alleviate the pressure placed on disaster management officials during emergencies by the need to constantly explain basic concepts, terminology, and practices to the media;
   
• To demonstrate recognition of the important role of the media in disaster management and the commitment to increase cooperation and collaboration between media and disaster management professionals.
   

Disaster Information Kit for the Caribbean Media - a CDERA & UNESCO publication.

This publication contains background information on natural and made-made hazard and tips for covering disasters. The contents are:

• Acknowledgements
   
• Introduction
   
• Disaster Management – what it is and why it is necessary
   
• Fact Sheets on:
  
  
  • Tropical Weather Systems: Messages for the public; Glossary; Contact information
     
  • Earthquakes: Messages for the public; Glossary
     
  • Tsunamis: Messages for the public; Glossary
     
  • Volcanoes: Messages for the public; Glossary
     
  • Floods: Messages for the public; Glossary
     
  • Landslides: Messages for the public; Glossary
     
  • Technological and man-made disasters: Messages for the public
     
  • Epidemics: Messages for the public
     
• Contact Directory
   
• Bibliography