Sentence examples for minimum preparedness from inspiring English sources

We have introduced legislation that doubles the amount of financing targeted to protect high-risk states, ensures that first responders in all states get the equipment and training they need to achieve minimum preparedness, and requires states to assess their risks.

UNICEF will also continue to ensure that minimum preparedness measures and response capacities are in place to meet the immediate needs of affected populations, especially in areas impacted by floods and nutritional emergencies.

Seeking to set minimum preparedness criteria for future emergencies, Rima Salah also mentioned the need to boost action and partnerships against a possible pandemic scenario triggered by avian influenza.

"The Minimum Standards for Education: Preparedness, Response and Recovery" updates a highly successful 2004 handbook that was translated into 23 languages and used in more than 80 countries by education and development professionals during emergencies.

"The Minimum Standards for Education: Preparedness, Response and Recovery" updates a highly successful handbook that was translated into 23 languages and used in more than 80 countries by education and development professionals during emergencies.

In Vanuatu, the government, UNICEF and partners have used the Minimum Standards to develop a comprehensive emergency education preparedness plan covering the needs of children up to 2015.

Each UNICEF zone office has its own emergency preparedness plan for each year which describes the minimum target population under the response plan for any emergency.

Relief officials rely on public awareness and preparedness to keep the toll, and subsequent chaos, to a minimum.

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene: UNICEF will provide safe water supply systems and support sanitation and hygiene promotion in 30 schools/communities benefiting 4,200 children (21,000 people) in six districts; build water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) partners' emergency preparedness and response capacity through continuous trainings; and maintain a minimum WASH emergency stock for 15,000 people.

The SPHERE standards allow accountability of care provided to victims in disasters and maintains minimum acceptable quality of care and serve as an important reference when formulating preparedness and response plans (31).

The slip distances we determined probably represent minimum slips for subduction-zone thrusts and thus provide an important contribution to earthquake preparedness plans in coastal areas facing the Nankai and Sagami Troughs.