In this brief, Justice Quaye describes the importance of community resilience during disasters since they are the first line in disaster management, especially since they are the individuals impacted. Quaye lists the various ways communities may be involved in mitigating disasters such as blowing horns, ringing the church bells, running from house to house, and so on. Therefore, Community Base Risk Reduction and Community Base Disaster Management are powerful tools for building proactivity and resilience in disaster mitigation.
Read Justice Quaye’s brief here