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Jonathan:OK, Tom, could you explain to the meeting how your work on emergency planning in the community is going on?
乔纳森:好的,汤姆,你可以向会议在座的说明一下社区应急预案的工作进展如何吗?
Tom:With pleasure. Emergency planning covers several different aspects. Broadly speaking, we can divide it into emergency disaster planning and emergency incident planning.
汤姆:我很乐意。应急预案涉及了很多不同的方面。总的来说,我们可以将它划分为灾难应急预案和事故应急预案。
Jonathan:What's the difference?
乔纳森:有什么不同吗?
Tom:Emergency disaster planning is the highest-level of emergency planning. It involves large scale loss of life and / or serious disorder to public services, or damage to property, such as earthquakes, typhoons, floods, etc. Incidents do not involve such large scale loss of life. They may be a large fire, a major traffic accident, for example.
汤姆:灾难应急预案是最高级的应急预案。它意味着大规模的人员伤亡和(或者)严重的公共服务失效,或者有财产损失,比如地震、台风、洪水等。事故不涉及大规模人员伤亡。举个例子,它们可能是一场大型火灾或者严重的交通事故。
David:OK, Tom, thanks for the introduction. In terms of planning, who would be involved?
大卫:好的,汤姆,谢谢介绍。说到预案,会和哪些人相关呢?
Tom:Right, depending on the type of disaster, different emergency services will need to work together, including the ambulance service, the police and fire departments.
汤姆:是的,根据不同类型的灾难,不同的应急服务部门需要一起合作,包括救护车服务,警察和消防部门。
David:How do we decide if an emergency is a “disaster”?
大卫:我们要如何确定一个紧急事件是一场“灾难”呢?
Tom:Good question. When a call goes through to 911, the operator can make an initial assessment of the size of the emergency, or its
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汤姆:这是个很好的问题。当一个电话打进911时,接线员可以对紧急事件的规模或者属性做一个初步判断。
Jonathan:OK, good, Tom, so it seems our emergency response plan is already well explained and useful?
乔纳森:好的,汤姆,这么说来我们的应急预案已经阐释清楚了,而且很有用。
Tom:Yes, I would say it is. We just need to work on some of the details.
汤姆:是的,我认为是这样的。我们仅仅需要再研究一些细节。
Jonathan:What have you said to the public?
乔纳森:你已经告知大家了吗?
Tom:We have sent out leaflets to all residents, explaining what to do in an emergency, which emergency services to call, and how they should act.
汤姆:我们已经向所有居民派发了宣传单,说明了在紧急情况下要做些什么,该打哪个应急部门的电话,以及他们应该采取什么行动。