DRRR 1

• Disaster. a serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society
• Emergency. Any situation in which life or well being of a community will be threatened unless immediate and appropriate action is taken
• Hazard. Any phenomenon that has a potential to cause disruption or damage to humans and their environment.
• Exposure. People or properties which are directly affected by natural disasters
• Vulnerability. Factors in the community that allow a hazard to cause a disaster.

  FACTORS:

  Physical/Material

  Social/ Organizational

  Economic

  Environmental
• Disaster Reduction. is a systematic approach to identify, assess and reduce the risk of disaster
• Capacities. Positive resources and abilities which are helpful to individuals, families and community
• 2 NATURE OF DISASTER

  Natural Disaster. Natural processes that occur on Earth with or without warning

  Human-Made Disaster. Usually has a precursor but sometimes occur without any warning
• Classification of Disaster

  Geologic (Land)

  Hydrometeorological (Water)

  Anthropogenic (Hazardous, Global Warming)

  Biologic (Viruses)
• Levels of Responses

  You

  Family and Neighbors

  Civil Defense Area

  Local Emergency operational center

  national and international support
• Effects of Disaster

  Primary (Coming directly from the incident itself)

  Secondary (Stems from the Primary)

  Tertiary (Long Term effect)
• Disaster Rehabilitation. A response strategy for creation of sustainable livelihoods
• Types of Hazard

  Natural Hazard (beyond human control)

  Induced by humans (may be due to accidents, carelessness)

  Planned Hazards (because of personal or political interests, resulting

  in massive loss of lives and properties)
• Various impacts of Hazards

  Physical (include exposure to slips, trips, falls)

  Psychological (environment of work, mental disorders)

  socio-cultural impact (consumers' lifestyles, buying habits, religion)

  economic (economy)

  environmental (changes in the natural or built environment)

  biological (health hazards include bacteria, viruses, parasites)
• Hazard Identification. the process of determining all physical and nonphysical agents in the workplace or specific environment
• Risk Assesstment. is a way to determine which hazards and risks should prioritized by taking into consideration the probability and severity of impact.
• Risk Assessment

  Identify the Hazards (Observation)

  assess the risk (determining how best to minimize the risk.)

  make changes (make decision for some necessary changes.)

  checking the changes made (To make sure risk has been minimized)