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Disaster Management Survey Questions + Sample Questionnaire Template

Disaster management survey questions is a questionnaire to gather information about the impact of disasters on communities, and the measures they undertake to respond to disasters and how can the risk be reduced. This survey aims to identify public knowledge about disasters and what are the procedures they undertake to respond to disasters. A disaster is a sudden event which disrupts the functioning of a community and caused human, material, economic and environmental losses. Disaster are mostly caused due to nature but sometimes can have a human origin. Disaster management is organization and management of resources and responsibility. It refers to procedures a community can carry out to protect and preserve as much life and property as possible.There are various types of disasters that can occur namely, floods, droughts, hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, earthquakes, Tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, epidemic, etc. Such a survey can be helpful to understand how many people are aware of disaster management and accordingly they can be trained for different types of disasters. This will also help understand how much awareness has to be generated to make most people ready and be prepared in case of disasters.

Disasters can be very tragic and can have a very large impact. They will leave a trail of injury, deaths, loss of livestock, loss of property, and economic losses. The event with the highest death toll since 1980 was the Boxing day tsunami in South East Asia which claimed the lives of 220,000 people. In 2017, 335 natural disasters affected 95.6 million people, 9697 deaths and costing a total of $335 billion. In Asia, most disasters are floods and storms, with 44% of all disaster events, 58% total deaths and 70% of total people affected. Despite all of this, America has reported the highest economic losses representing 88% of the total cost from 94 disasters.

Following are the questions to gather information about disaster management knowledge and preparedness for any disasters.

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Considering your knowledge about disasters and its consequence, how likely are you to recommend a friend/colleague to learn more about disaster management?

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Very Unlikely

Very Likely

What is the likelihood of the following disasters to affect the area you live in?

	Definitely	Probably	Possibly	Probably not	Definitely not
Earthquake	Definitely	Probably	Possibly	Probably not	Definitely not

Floods	Definitely	Probably	Possibly	Probably not	Definitely not

Droughts	Definitely	Probably	Possibly	Probably not	Definitely not

Tsunami	Definitely	Probably	Possibly	Probably not	Definitely not

Hurricane	Definitely	Probably	Possibly	Probably not	Definitely not

Tornado	Definitely	Probably	Possibly	Probably not	Definitely not

Wildfire	Definitely	Probably	Possibly	Probably not	Definitely not

Radioactive incident	Definitely	Probably	Possibly	Probably not	Definitely not

Terrorist attack/war	Definitely	Probably	Possibly	Probably not	Definitely not

How concerned are you with disaster management knowledge you have about the following disasters?

	Not concerned	Not very concerned	Neutral	Somewhat concerned	Very concerned
Earthquake	Not concerned	Not very concerned	Neutral	Somewhat concerned	Very concerned

Floods	Not concerned	Not very concerned	Neutral	Somewhat concerned	Very concerned

Droughts	Not concerned	Not very concerned	Neutral	Somewhat concerned	Very concerned

Tsunami	Not concerned	Not very concerned	Neutral	Somewhat concerned	Very concerned

Hurricane	Not concerned	Not very concerned	Neutral	Somewhat concerned	Very concerned

Tornado	Not concerned	Not very concerned	Neutral	Somewhat concerned	Very concerned

Wildfire	Not concerned	Not very concerned	Neutral	Somewhat concerned	Very concerned

Radioactive incident	Not concerned	Not very concerned	Neutral	Somewhat concerned	Very concerned

Terrorist attack/war	Not concerned	Not very concerned	Neutral	Somewhat concerned	Very concerned

What level of knowledge do you have about disaster management for the following disasters?

	A great deal	Almost everything	Somewhat	Little	Nothing
Earthquake	A great deal	Almost everything	Somewhat	Little	Nothing

Floods	A great deal	Almost everything	Somewhat	Little	Nothing

Droughts	A great deal	Almost everything	Somewhat	Little	Nothing

Tsunami	A great deal	Almost everything	Somewhat	Little	Nothing

Hurricane	A great deal	Almost everything	Somewhat	Little	Nothing

Tornado	A great deal	Almost everything	Somewhat	Little	Nothing

Wildfire	A great deal	Almost everything	Somewhat	Little	Nothing

Radioactive incident	A great deal	Almost everything	Somewhat	Little	Nothing

Terrorist attack/war	A great deal	Almost everything	Somewhat	Little	Nothing

To what level have you prepared yourself for any disasters that might occur?

	Don't want to do	Not able to do	Have not done	I plan to do	Have done
I have collected the information	Don't want to do	Not able to do	Have not done	I plan to do	Have done

I have spoken to disaster management representatives in my area	Don't want to do	Not able to do	Have not done	I plan to do	Have done

I have prepared a family emergency plan	Don't want to do	Not able to do	Have not done	I plan to do	Have done

I have prepared a neighborhood emergency plan	Don't want to do	Not able to do	Have not done	I plan to do	Have done

I have prepared disaster survival kits	Don't want to do	Not able to do	Have not done	I plan to do	Have done

I have taken special training	Don't want to do	Not able to do	Have not done	I plan to do	Have done

I have trained other members in the community	Don't want to do	Not able to do	Have not done	I plan to do	Have done

I have signed up with entities that provide emergency news or alert systems	Don't want to do	Not able to do	Have not done	I plan to do	Have done

Please answer the following questions about disaster management

	Yes	No	Don't know
Is there a disaster management or emergency plan for the area you stay in?	Yes	No	Don't know

Are there laws or policies that deal with disaster management in your country?	Yes	No	Don't know

Has the community created its own laws or policies for disaster management?	Yes	No	Don't know

Has you or your family ever been affected by a disaster?	Yes	No	Don't know

Is there another person in your family who can carry out the emergency plan, apart from you?	Yes	No	Don't know

Do you live in an area which is heavily crowded?	Yes	No	Don't know

Have you arranged for the following, in case of an emergency or a disaster?

	Yes	No	In the process	Don't know
A minimum of 72 hours of water supply	Yes	No	In the process	Don't know

A minimum of 72 hours of food supply	Yes	No	In the process	Don't know

A mode of communication which is not dependent on electricity	Yes	No	In the process	Don't know

Enough flashlights or light sources	Yes	No	In the process	Don't know

Evacuation vehicles	Yes	No	In the process	Don't know

Enough First aid kits	Yes	No	In the process	Don't know

An alert system for family and community	Yes	No	In the process	Don't know

Necessary hygiene and sanitation products	Yes	No	In the process	Don't know

Tools that can come in handy	Yes	No	In the process	Don't know

Disaster kits	Yes	No	In the process	Don't know

	Yes	No	In the process	Don't know
Long lasting battery cell phones with power banks	Yes	No	In the process	Don't know

Necessary medications	Yes	No	In the process	Don't know

Money	Yes	No	In the process	Don't know

Alternative source to get in the house	Yes	No	In the process	Don't know

Supplies for children	Yes	No	In the process	Don't know

Supplies for aged, or people with special needs	Yes	No	In the process	Don't know

Evacuation plan	Yes	No	In the process	Don't know

Emergency operational plan	Yes	No	In the process	Don't know

Insurance coverage	Yes	No	In the process	Don't know

In your opinion, how will the community receive information about a disaster or an emergency situation?

Newspaper

Television

Family or friend

cellphones

Internet/ social media

Other

Has anyone from the following helped you or your community in preparing a disaster management plan?

National government

Non governmental organization or voluntary organization

United nations agency

Voluntary groups

Local politician or a party

Other

As per your knowledge, what are the health related issues that have occurred when a disaster struck?

Severe injuries

Disease outbreaks

Water contamination or shortage

Food shortage

Damage to the hospitals

Other

Is there anyone in your community who interacts with any of the following?

Ministry of Health

Civil Protection

National Disaster Management office

United Nations

NGO’s

Don’t know

Other

How do you prefer to receive information about disaster management?

Brochures

Public meetings

Radio

Television

Cellphones

Emails

Social media

Hoardings or billboards

Other

How old are you?

Below 18 years

18-24 years old

25-34 years old

35-44 years old

45-54 years old

55-64 years old

65+ years

Gender

Male

Female

Other

As per your knowledge, what would be the approximate population of the community you live in?

Less than 50

51-100

101-500

501-1000

1000+

Don’t know

Do you have any comments/suggestions to reduce health risks and improve disaster management preparedness?

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