MODULE 2: PHILIPPINE DISASTER RISK PROFILE

• RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE ICS (IPOLF)

  • Operations - Organizes and directs all resources
• DOH VISION: “Disaster Safety that starts in the hands of the community”
• Risks - The combination of probability of an event and its negative consequences
• Risks - The potential CONSEQUENCES of EXPOSURE to a hazard
• Vulnerability - The characteristics and circumstances of a community or system, that makes it susceptible to the damaging effects of a hazard exposing to risks
• Community - a group of people who, regardless of the diversity of their backgrounds, have been able to accept and transcend their differences, enabling them to communicate effectively and openly, and to work together towards goals identified as being for the common good
• Community - Consists of the PEOPLE, their PROPERTY, SERVICES, LIVELIHOOD, & ENVIRONMENT
• Capacity - the combination of all the strengths, attributes and resources available within an organization, community or society to manage and reduce disaster risks and strengthen resilience
• Mitigation - lessening or minimizing the adverse impacts of a hazardous event
• Disaster - Result of the combination of the: exposure to a hazard; the conditions of vulnerability that are present; insufficient capacity or measures to reduce or cope with the potential negative consequences
• 3 PHASES OF DISASTER RESPONSE (AWL)

  • Let Down Phase - commences after the work is completed, all personnel must recover from the stress of the disaster