DRRR EXAM REVIEW

• Post event elements of disaster risk reduction

  • Response
  • Recovery
• Reason why DRRM policies, laws and regulations should be implemented

  To save lives
• The Philippines belongs to the Asia Pacific region and is considered as the most disaster-prone region in the world
• Reasons why DRR is important during and after emergencies


  • DRR approach helps us consider our emergency response activities
  • It enables us to design or adjust our activities so that people and communities become safer
  • It expands enabling conditions for sustainable poverty alleviation and development
• Disaster risk reduction


  Assists us to consider our emergency response activities in light of existing and new disaster risks
• Priority concerns of disaster risk reduction action


  • Reduce the underlying risk factors
  • Strengthen disaster preparedness for effective response to disasters
  • Identify, assess, and monitor disaster risks and enhance early warning systems
• Family members included in emergency plan planning

  • All members of the family
• The Department of Interior and Local Government is the lead agency in disaster preparedness
• The Department of Science and Technology is the lead agency in disaster prevention and mitigation
• The Department of Social Welfare and Development is the lead agency in disaster response
• The Department of Social Welfare and Development is the lead agency in disaster rehabilitation and recovery
• Survival kit supplies


  Last 72 hours
• Water needed per person per day

  1 gallon
• Survival without food intake as long as there is water

  3 days
• Checking survival kits


  Every 6 months
• Reason for money in survival kit to be in cash

  ATM machines may not be working
• DRRM


  Disaster Risk Reduction and Management
• DOST

  Department of Science and Technology
• Salient features of the DRRM Act


  • Conduct earthquake drills
  • Coherence with international framework
  • Good governance through transparency and accountability
  • Empowerment of local government units (LGUs) and civil society organizations (CSOs) as key partners in disaster risk reduction
• Multisectoral body composed of the heads of the different executive departments of government, government institutions, local government associations, civil society organizations, and the private sector


  National DRRM council
• Frontliners and "first responders" in every disaster event


  • Communities
  • Local government units
  • Civil society organizations
• Elements of the fire triangle

  • Fuel
  • Heat
  • Oxygen
• Whenever the three ingredients of the fire triangle are present, there will be fire
• Human-induced causes of fire

  • Gas leaks
  • Faulty electrical wirings
  • Unattended ignition sources
• Requirements to start a fire

  • Fuel
  • Ignition
  • Oxidation
• How sand can extinguish fire

  Removal of oxygen
• Reason why kitchen fire is the most common type of fire at home

  Cooking is left unattended
• Spontaneous combustion


  Oil soaked rags are left clumped together
• Purpose of lightning rod in high rise buildings

  To prevent fire due to lightning when it hits the building
• Prevention


  Taking precautions to reduce risks
• Analysis of a task that involves risks


  Assessment of the risks together with preventive measures
• Main cause of accidents in a workplace

  Lack of precautionary measures
• Reason not to use water to extinguish fire all the time


  The burning substance may react with water violently
• Methods to extinguish Class A fire

  • Carbon dioxide
  • Dry chemicals
  • Water and foam
• Chemical to use for Class K fire accidents

  Wet chemicals
• Methods to extinguish fire caused by paint and oil


  • Carbon dioxide
  • Clean agent
  • Dry chemical
• BLUE color sign in Fire Safety Signs

  Firefighting equipment
• First safety recommendation during a fire incident

  Call emergency hotline
• Reason why electric appliances must be "dust free"

  It helps avoid overheat
• Things you should not do during a fire incident


  • Run upstairs to retrieve heirlooms, passports and pets
  • Open doors that have smoke flowing from the joints
  • Delay calling the Fire and Rescue Services