LESSON 1: DISASTER READINESS AND RISK REDUCTION

DISASTER READINESS

INVOLVES PLANNING AND PREPARING FOR POTENTIAL DISASTERS BEFORE THEY OCCUR

DISASTER READINESS

TRAINING, EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS, EVACUATION PLANS, AND EMERGENCY SUPPLY

RISK REDUCTION

IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL HAZARDS AND IMPLEMENTING MEASURES TO LESSEN THEIR IMPACTS

RISK REDUCTION

INCLUDES BUILDING RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE, RAISING AWARENESS, AND DEVELOPING POLICIES TO PREVENT OR MITIGATE (LESS SEVERE) DISASTERS

PREPAREDNESS

STATE OF BEING READY FOR AN EMERGENCY, FOCUSING ON PLANNING, STOCKPILING SUPPLIES, AND TRAINING TO HANDLE DISASTERS

INFRASTRUCTURE

BASIC PHYSICAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND SYSTEMS NEEDED FOR A SOCIETY, COUNTRY, OR ORGANIZATION TO FUNCTION

INFRASTRUCTURE

POORLY CONSTRUCTED HOMES OR OUTDATED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS CAN TURN A MANAGEABLE STORM INTO WIDESPREAD DEVASTATION

ACCESS TO INFORMATION

ABILITY OF PEOPLE TO OBTAIN ACCURATE, TIMELY, AND RELIABLE INFORMATION ABOUT DISASTERS BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER THEY HAPPEN

COMMUNITY SUPPORT

HELP COOPERATION, AND ASSISTANCE THAT PEOPLE IN A COMMUNITY GIVE EACH OTHER BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER A DISASTER

GOVERNMENT SUPPORT

RAPID AND ORGANIZED RESCUE, RELIEF, AND REHABILITATION EFFORTS CAN PREVENT A CRISIS FROM ESCALATING

GOVERNMENT SUPPORT

HELP GIVEN BY THE GOVERNMENT

HAZARD

ANYTHING THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE HARM, INUURY, DEATH, OR DAMAGE TO PEOPLE, PROPERTY, OR THE ENVIRONMENT

HAZARD

NATURAL OR MAN-MADE

VULNERABILITY

CONDITION OF PEOPLE, COMMUNITIES, OR PLACES THAT MAKES THEM MORE LIKELY TO BE HARMED BY A HAZARD

VULNERABILITY

WEAKNESS OR SUSCEPTIBILITY OF A PERSON TO THE EFFECTS OF A DISASTER

EXPOSURE

THE PRESENCE OF PEOPLE, PROPERTY, INFRASTRUCTURE, OR THE ENVIRONMENT IN PLACES WHERE THEY CAN BE AFFECTED BY A HAZARD

EXPOSURE

BEING IN AN AREA WHERE HAZARD CAN AFFECT YOU

DISASTER

MEANS “BAD STAR” IN FRENCH

DISASTER

ANCIENT PEOPLE BELIEVED DISASTERS HAPPENED BECAUSE OF THE UNFAVORABLE POSITION OF THE STARS AND PLANETS

RA 10121

PHILIPPINE DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT ACT OF 2010

RA 10121

A DISASTER IS A SERIOUS DISRUPTION OF A COMMUNITY’S NORMAL WAY OF LIFE THAT CAUSES EXTENSIVE HUMAN MATERIAL, ECONOMIC, AND ENVIRONMENTAL LOSSES BEYOND THE COMMUNITY’S ABILITY TO COPE USING IT’S OWN RESOURCES

JOHN HOPKINS

A DISASTER IS A SUDDEN, OVERWHELMING, AND UNEXPECTED EVENT THAT CAN AFFECT INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, OR ENTIRE SOCIETIES

WHO

EVENT THAT DISRUPTS NORMAL LIVING CONDITIONS AND CAUSES DISTRESS THAT EXCEEDS THE AFFECTED COMMUNITY’S ABILITY TO ADOPT AND RECOVER

PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, RECOVERY, MITIGATION

FOUR DISASTER MANAGEMENT CYCLE

MITIGATION

REDUCE THE IMPACT OF DISASTERS LONG TERM.

E.G. PLANTING TREES OR FLOOD CONTROL SYSTEM

PREPAREDNESS

PREPARE PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES FOR EMERGENCIES

E.G. EMERGENCY DRILLS, GO BAGS

RESPONSE

DURING AND IMMEDIATELY AFTER A DISASTER

RESPONSE

SAVES LIVES AND PROTECTS PROPERTY

RECOVERY

RESTORE A NORMAL LIFE AFTER A DISASTER

E.G. REBUILDING HOMES AND SCHOOLS, RESTORING ELECTRICITY AND WATER

RECOVERY

HELPS COMMUNITIES RECOVER AND REBUILT AFTER A DISASTER

FIRE, FLOOD, TORNADO, VOLCANIC ERUPTION, DROUGHT, TSUNAMI, BLIZZARD, EARTHQUAKE

TYPES OF DISASTERS

FIRE

RAPID BURNING OF MATERIALS THAT PRODUCES HEAT, LIGHT, AND SMOKE

FIRE

CAN OCCUR NATURALLY OR BE CAUSED BY HUMAN ACTIVITIES

FLOOD

OCCURS WHEN WATER ONTO LAND THAT’S USUALLY DRY

FLOOD

MAY RESULT FROM HEAVY RAINFALL, OVERFLOWING RIVERS, STORM SURGES, OR THE FAILURE OF DAMS

TORNADO

RAPIDLY ROTATING COLUMN OF AIR THAT EXTENDS FROM A THUNDERSTORM TO THE GROUND

TORNADO

KNOWN FOR THEIR STRONG WINDS AND DESTRUCTIVE POWER

VOLCANIC ERUPTION

OCCURS WHEN MAGMA, ASH, GASES, AND OTHER MATERIAL ARE RELEASED FROM A VOLCANO ONTO THE EARTH’S SURFACE

DROUGHT

PROLONGED PERIOD OF UNUSUALLY LOW RAINFALL THAT RESULTS IN A SHORTAGE OF WATER

TSUNAMI

SERIES OF LARGE OCEAN WAVES CAUSED BY THE SUDDEN DISPLACEMENT OF WATER, USUALLY DUE TO AN UNDERWATER EARTHQUAKE, VOLCANIC ERUPTION, OR LANDSLIDE

BLIZZARD

SEVERE SNOWSTORM CHARACTERIZED BY STRONG WINDS, HEAVY SNOWFALL, AND REDUCED VISIBILITY

EARTHQUAKE

SUDDEN SHAKING OR VIBRATION OF THE EARTH’S SURFACE CAUSED BY THR RAPID RELEASE OF ENERGY STORED IN ROCKS ALONG FAULT LINES WITHIN THE EARTH’S CRUST