Question

Essay on: What does a 'safer future' mean to you and your community?

Answer 1

The key to reducing loss of life, personal injuries, and damage from natural disasters is widespread public awareness and education. People must be made aware of what natural hazards they are likely to face in their own communities. They should know in advance what specific preparations to make before an event, what to do during a hurricane, earthquake, flood, fire, or other likely event, and what actions to take in its aftermath.

Equally important, public officials and the media — television, radio, and newspapers — must be fully prepared to respond effectively, responsibly, and speedily to large-scale natural emergencies. They need to be aware, in advance, of procedures to follow in a crisis that threatens to paralyze the entire community they serve, and they need to know how to communicate accurate information to the public during a natural disaster.

Special efforts must also be made to reach and plan for the care of particularly vulnerable segments of the population — latch-key children, the elderly, individuals in health care and correctional facilities, people with disabilities, and those who do not speak English — with information about possible disasters and what to do in an emergency.

Answer 2

Safer future to me means to be healthy and happy in life. To have a safer future peace and calmness should be maintained in the community. It involves the reduction in personal injuries, conflicts, loss of life, prevention from natural disaster and so forth.

Further, most importantly for me, a safer future for me, as well as society, is referred to protection of the environment.

Environmental pollution refers to the condition when the natural cycle of the environment is disturbed due to the mixing of poisonous or harmful materials. Pollution is of many types such as air pollution, soil pollution, noise pollution, water pollution, etc. Due to the increase in automobiles, as they release poisonous gases the air pollution is rising at an alarming rate. Therefore, the air we breath is not safe and have caused many lung disorders. Also by mixing sewage water in the drinking water causes water pollution which makes harmful diseases.

There are several measures through which we can curb the pollution, use of solar power by reaping power from the sun and using the solar panels. Having hybrid and electric public transport and vehicle system. By building wind turbines electricity is produces by harvesting natural wind energy and so forth. Due to pollution he elders and children are at higher risk regarding health conditions. Therefore, one should adapt to such measures and prevent the environment from being polluted.