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• are specialized maps that indicate the susceptibility of areas. these maps are useful for disaster preparedness and management

  geographical hazard maps
• is vitally important to educa, science, business, and a wide variety of public policy concerns

  geologic mapping
• describes action taken to help reduce or eliminate long-term risks caused by hazards or disasters, such as flooding, earthquakes, landslides, or dam failure

  hazard mitigation
• common mitigation actions

  • enforcement of building codes
  • public safety measures
  • acquisition of relocation of structures
  • acquisition of undeveloped hazard
  • retrofitting of structures
  • protecting critical facilities
  • planning for hazard mitigation
  • distribution of outreach materials
  • deployment of warning systems
• types of mitigation techniques

  • prevention
  • property protection
  • public education and awareness
  • natural resource and protection
  • emergency services
  • structural projects
• government, administrative, or regulatory actions that influence the way land and buildings are developed to reduce hazard losses.

  ex. planning and zoning, floodplain laws

  prevention
• modifications of buildings or structure to protect them from a hazard

  ex. acquisition, elevation, relocation, structural retrofit

  property protection
• actions to confirm citizens

  ex. outreach project, real estate disclosure

  public education and awareness
• actions that minimize hazard loss and preserve or restore the functions of natural system

  ex. sediment and soil erosion

  natural resource and protection
• actions that protect people and property during and after a hazard event

  ex. warning systems

  emergency services
• actions that involve the construction of structures to reduce the impact of a hazard.

  ex. dams

  structural projects
• hazard mitigation plan revision process?

  organize resources and build the planning team

  develop the plan’s risk assessment

  assess capabilities

  develop the mitigation strategy

  determine plan maintenance process

  obtain mitigation plan approval and adoption
• are caused by extreme meteorological and climate events, such as floods, droughts, hurricanes, tornadoes, or landslides

  hydro meteorological hazards
• it’s a branch of meteorology and hydrology that studies the transfer of water and energy between the land surface and the lower atmosphere

  hydrometeorology
• it is a low-pressure area rotating counter-clockwise and containing rising warm water in the western pacific ocean

  typhoon
• a weather condition that produces lightning and thunder

  thunderstorm
• an event that occurs within a short period of time, generally within 6 hours

  flash flood
• an overflow of water onto normally dry land. an event that occurs after 6 hours following the end of the causative event

  flood
• a rise of seawater above normal sea-level on the coast, generated y the action of weather elements

  storm surge
• refers to a periodic warming in sea surface temperatures (tagtuyot)

  el niño
• referred to as the cold phase (taglamig)


  la niña
• any source that can cause harm or damage to humans, property, or the environment

  hazard
• a barometer with a writing ar, that records barometric pressure, which rises and falls on a revolving scroll of paper

  barograph
• an instrument that measures and records both temperature and humidity

  thermograph
• an instrument that project light beam to the clouds

  ceiling light projector
• determines the height of the cloud by measuring distance of the cloud

  clinometer
• filled with hydrogen, used to determine height of the clouds from the ground

  ceiling balloon
• conducts rain into cylindrical measure

  8-inch raingauge
• determines wind speed and direction

  theodolite
• consists of a dry and wet-bulb thermometer

  sling psychrometer
• used to measure temperature, pressure, and relative humidity in the atmosphere

  radiosonde
• in using fire extinguisher, PASS stands for?

  pull, aim, squeeze, sweep
• NAFED stands for

  The National Association of Fire Equipment Distributors
• refers to community-wide efforts to give citizens the training, education, and resources they need to prepare in advance against the threat of a possible local disaster at an individual and collective level

  community preparedness
• is an important step to prepare and protect your household for unforeseen events

  emergency kit
• this act shall be known as the Philippine disaster risk reduction and management act of 2010

  section 1 title
• it shall be the policy of the state to uphold the people's constitutional rights to life and property by addressing the root causes of vulnerabilities to disasters, strengthening the country's institutional capacity for disaster risk reduction management and building the resilience of local communities to disasters including climate change impacts

  section 2 declaration of policy
• develop a ndrrmf which shall provide for comprehensive, all-hazards, multisectoral, inter-agency, and community-based approach to disaster risk reduction and management

  section 6 powers and functions of the ndrrmc
• outlines the activities that seek to strengthen the capacity of the national government and local government units

  the national disaster risk reduction and management plan 2011-2028
• spells out the rights of women affected by disasters, calamities, and other crisis situations


  the magna carta of women