Risk Knowledge
Risks arise from both the hazards and the vulnerabilities that are present. Risk assessment provides essential information to set priorities for mitigation and prevention strategies and designing early warning systems. Being knowledgeable about and understanding the risk helps to prioritize early warning system needs and to guide preparations for response and disaster prevention activities. Risk assessment could be based on historical experience and human, social, economic, and environmental vulnerabilities.

![]() Community Participatory Mapping with INTEGEMS Staff [Photo Credit: INTEGEMS] |
![]() Community Participatory Mapping with INTEGEMS Staff [Photo Credit: INTEGEMS] |
![]() Susan’s Bay disaster prone area in Freetown |
![]() One of the slum areas at Kingtom, Freetown, Sierra Leone |