EVACUATION AS ONE OF DISASTER MANAGEMENT ACTIONS

In order to protect and rescue people and material goods from dangers caused by natural disasters and other accidents, among other measures, evacuation should be conducted. Evacuation is an action that should be executed in the response phase of disaster management. Importance of this action is tremendous, in order to protect human lives and material goods in natural and other disasters. Using the comparison method, previous researches and designed questionary this paper is going to show that importance of good evacuation planning, early warning, previous experiences and trust to the institutions, are crucial precondition for successful evacuation in a case of natural and other disasters.