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Abstract
Disaster is a sudden ecological phenomenon of sufficient magnitude to require external assistance. Another operational definition says that a disaster is any event that causes destruction and distress resulting in demands that exceed the response capacity of the affected community. Disaster can be classified according to their aetiology (natural vs. manmade), duration, location, frequency, and other characteristics. The magnitude of an incident can be defined by the level of emergency response required to cope with it rather than the absolute number of casualties. Major disasters involving multiple casualties are neither new nor infrequent. Such events have important implications for medicine and can provide lessons for the future. However, while the medical aspects of war have received considerable attention, rather less is known about civilian disasters). The medical aspects of mass casualty care are so different from the routine approaches to medical care of emergency patients that substantial education and training of medical personnel must be provided. Burn injuries present a major challenge to the health care team, but an orderly systematic approach can simplify the initial pre-hospital care and emergency management. A clear understanding of the pathology of burn injuries is essential in providing quality burn care. Successful management of burn victims requires careful attention to treatment priorities, protocols and meticulous attention to details. Burn disaster can be defined as the overall effect of massive action from a known thermal agent on living people. It is characterized by an excessive number of seriously burned patients with a high rate of disability and death. Every burn centre needs a burn disaster plan. The burn centre disaster response must be integrated into the disaster planning of the hospital and its emergency department and trauma service, the prehospital system, the state emergency management system, and a national disaster plan. The burn disaster plan directs the attention that significant resources should be devoted to emergency preparedness: expansion of emergency services training, education, response, equipment, communications, participation in regional disaster response exercises, revision of hospital preparedness plans, and development of municipal and regional responses to a burn mass casualty incident.