Citation

Birnbaum ML, Daily EK, O'Rourke AP. Prehosp. Disaster Med. 2015; 30(6): 628-632.

Affiliation

3Assistant Professor,Division of General Surgery,Department of Surgery,School of Medicine and Public Health,University of Wisconsin,Madison,Wisconsin USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Cambridge University Press)

DOI

10.1017/S1049023X15005336

PMID

26555671

Abstract

Each of the elements described in the Conceptual Framework for disasters has a temporal designation; each has a beginning and end time. The Temporal Framework defines these elements as phases that are based on characteristics rather than on absolute times. The six temporal phases include the: (1) Pre-event; (2) Event; (3) Structural Damage; (4) Functional Damage (changes in levels of functions of the Societal Systems); (5) Relief; and (6) Recovery phases. Development is not a phase of a disaster. The use of the Temporal Framework in studying and reporting disasters allows comparisons to be made between similar phases of different disasters, regardless of the hazard involved and/or the community impacted. For research and evaluation purposes, assessments, plans, and interventions must be described in relation to the appropriate temporal phase. Birnbaum ML , Daily EK , O'Rourke AP. Research and evaluations of the health aspects of disasters, part III: framework for the temporal phases of disasters. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2015:30(6)1-5.

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