Volume 6 | Issue -13
Volume 6 | Issue -13
Volume 6 | Issue -13
Volume 6 | Issue -13
Volume 6 | Issue -13
Disasters are significant interruptions to a community's normal operations that beyond its ability to recover through internal means. Hazards that are man-made, natural, or technological and other variables that affect a community's susceptibility, can all result in disasters.[1]Quantitative research approach, descriptive design was used. By using purposive sampling technique data was collected from 80 students in age group of (15 18 years) from Beersheba Senior S econdary School of Haldwani using structured knowledge questionnaire. The researcher found that maximum 73 (92%) of the adolescents have inadequate knowledge and only 7(8%) adolescents have adequate knowledge on safety measures to be taken during disaster which revealed that there is no significant relationship between knowledge of adolescent regarding safety measures and selected socio-demographic i.e. age, gender, source of information.This study concluded that the majority of the adolescent had inadequate knowledge regarding safety measures to be adopted during disaster.