| If there is anything in the world that we mere | | | | and building inspections. When it comes to natural |
| human beings cannot control, it is the wrath of | | | | disaster risk reduction, you should include the |
| nature. All sorts of natural disasters - landslides, | | | | number of vulnerable areas identified and natural |
| hurricanes, earthquakes, cyclones, and the like - | | | | disaster risk maps developed. Education and |
| are things that we can never prevent from | | | | training, on the other hand, should take into |
| happening. However, this does not mean that we | | | | consideration the number of medicinal training |
| cannot do anything about the hazards that are | | | | programs conducted and the number of training |
| caused by these natural disasters. By preparing a | | | | sessions on safety management. |
| natural disaster management scorecard, this could | | | | Most of the times, these KPIs are easily used in |
| be efficiently and successfully carried out. | | | | whatever case there may be. However, there |
| Natural disaster management is all about | | | | may be times when it becomes a bit difficult to |
| strategies designed to keep the detrimental | | | | measure these KPIs correctly and when this |
| effects caused by natural disasters at a minimum. | | | | happens, the task becomes all the more complex |
| To do this effectively, various scales need to be | | | | as a result. And this is just one of the challenges |
| carried out and with these scales; KPIs need to | | | | that you would have to face when developing this |
| be implemented so that they can act as pointers | | | | type of scorecard. Another challenge pertains to |
| when it comes to attaining perfection during the | | | | the coordination of the events and activities of |
| natural crises at hand. | | | | different groups and their members. There is a |
| When it comes to natural disaster management, | | | | need to keep all of the efforts unified towards |
| the KPIs to be used here can be categorized in | | | | the shared task at hand, which is to manage |
| just four perspectives, namely disaster monitoring | | | | natural disasters effectively. This can be difficult, |
| and funding, natural disaster preparedness, natural | | | | especially when you start calculating values for |
| disaster risk reduction, and education and training. | | | | your parameters and you start of at the wrong |
| For the most part, the KPIs to be used under | | | | foot. If any of these KPIs are identified |
| each perspective would vary from one | | | | incorrectly, then this could be disastrous for the |
| organization to another, as these KPIs have to be | | | | whole endeavor. |
| in accordance with organizational goals and | | | | With all the KPIs lined up in a strategic natural |
| objectives. But for discussion's sake, here are | | | | disaster management scorecard, you then have a |
| some KPIs that are commonly used for each of | | | | more focused approach in determining the areas |
| the perspectives mentioned above. | | | | that are more prone to these natural disasters |
| KPIs that you can include under disaster | | | | since these are the areas that need more |
| monitoring and funding include percentage increase | | | | attention. Furthermore, you would also have a |
| in government funding and the quantity of early | | | | systematic approach in determining the |
| warning models produced. As for natural disaster | | | | appropriate courses of action to counter the |
| preparedness, you can include percentage | | | | unwanted effects that come with these natural |
| increase in relief measures and percentage area | | | | disasters. |