DRRR: Natural and Man-Made Disasters

Yellow - Most Important Things to Remember (Memorize)
Yellow Highlight - Least Important Things to Remember (Familiarize)

Blue - Meanings and Definitions

The Human Effect of Natural and Man Made Disasters

  • Displaced Population

    • Immediate Action to Evacuate

  • Emotional Aftershocks

  • Health Risks

  • Food Scarcity

Some ways on How to Plan Ahead of a Disaster

  • Check Hazards at Home

  • Educate Yourself and Family Members

  • Have Disaster kits On-Hand

  • Help your Community Get Ready

  • Identify Safe Places, Indoors and Outdoors

  • Develop an Emergency Communication Plan

  • Practice the DISASTER PREPAREDNESS CYCLE

The Disaster Preparedness Cycle

  • Plan - Evaluate - Exercise - Train

  • Plan - Organize and Equip - Plan - Train

  • Mitigation - Preparedness - Preparation - Response - Recovery

Disasters from Different Perspectives - There are Six (6) Different Kinds of Perspectives that are stated. - The Possible Situations/Scenarios that can Happen during a Disaster

  • Physical Perspective

    • Injuries

    • Physical Disability or Illness

    • Sanitation

    • Damage in Infrastructure

  • Psychological Perspective

    • Distress

    • Intrusion/Avoidance

    • Hatred/Revenge

    • Dependence/Insecurities

    • Grief/Withdrawn/Isolation

    • Guilt Feeling

    • Lack of Trust

    • Hopelessness

    • Emotional Effects (How you feel)

    • Cognitive Effects (How you think, reason, etc.)

    • Physical Effects (basta physical ah)

    • Interpersonal Effects (How you interact with another person)

    • Helplessness

  • Socio-Cultural Perspective

    • Change in Individual Roles

      • Ex. The Breadwinner (The Father) of the Family dies during a disaster, so you have to become the Breadwinner after the disaster.

    • Disruption of Social Relationships and Personal Connections

      • Ex. Loss of Connections, No Idea how to Contact other Connections

  • Economic Perspective

    • Loss of Life

    • Unemployment

    • Loss of Property

      • Ex. Houses, Cars, Places, will be gone

    • Loss of Household Articles

      • Important Documents such as Birth Certificates, etc.

    • Loss of Crops

    • Loss of Public Infrastructure

      • Public Transportation such as Jeeps, Trains, Tricycle, etc.

  • Political Perspective

    • Low Level of Trust

    • People will asses the government’s risk assessment as credible and accept their hazard policies

    • If individuals are confident that they will get aid, they might not be motivated to take measures on their own (basically pabaya sila)

  • Biological Perspective

    • Epidemic Level: Biological Disaster, affects large numbers of people within a given community or area.

      • Ex. Nationwide Disaster, District Wide Disaster, Areawide Disaster

    • Pandemic Level: Biological Disaster, affects a much larger region, sometimes spanning the entire globe.

      • Ex. Worldwide Disaster, COVID-19

    • Loss of Lives

    • Public Demobilization (Quarantined, Can’t go from Place to Place)

    • Negative Economic Effect

    • Unemployment

    • Hunger

    • A Disaster that can wipe out a nation.