DRAWR Topic 5

• Republic Act 10121 is a law that states that the government and the citizens should be prepared for any disaster.
• Human-induced calamities, climate, and geography are the 3 factors why Philippines is at risk.
• Philippines ranks 5th at the most disaster risk countries in 2016
• DSWD is in charge for disaster response
• NDRRMC is the government sector that is in charge of DRR.
• NEDA is in chare for disaster rehabilitation and recovery
• DOST is in charge for disaster mitigation and prevention
• DILG is in charge of disaster preparedness
• In LGU, there shall be a DRRM council for every region
• Hazard is any source of potential damage, harm, or adverse health effects on something or someone
• A disaster happens when the probable destructive agent, known as the hazard, hits a vulnerable populated area
• PAG-ASA is the government agency that is in concern with typhoons
• National  Disaster Management Plan of 2016 stated that hydrometorological is a process or phenomenon of atmospheric, hydrological, or oceanographic nature that may cause loss of life, injury or other health impacts, property damage, loss of livelihoods, and services, social and economic disruption or environmental damage.
• Hydrometeorological hazards include:

  Typhoon Thunderstorm Flood Flash flood Storm Surge El Nino and La Nina
• Tropical cyclones are hydrometeorological hazards characterized by strong winds and heavy rain
• Thunderstrorms are generally local storms produced by cumulonimbus clouds and are always accompanied by lightning and thunder, usually with strong wind gusts, heavy rain and sometimes with hail and/or tornado.
• Storm surge is a rapid rise of seawater above normal sea level on the coast,  generated by strong winds brought about by typhoons and thunderstorms.
• Flood occurs when land areas which are normally not covered with water are being submerged, often after heavy and continuous rainfall.
• Flash flood is a flood characterized by a raging current that occurs when the  water level rises due to heavy rainfall
• A hydrometeorological hazard map is a guide that highlights areas that are vulnerable to potential hazards like storm surge, typhoon, and flood.
• By virtue of Presidential Proclamation No. 115-A, the month of March was declared as Fire Prevention Month.
• The Bureau of Fire Protection, as the government agency mandated to prevent and suppress all kinds of destructive fires, investigate its causes, enforce fire-related laws and provide emergency medical and rescue services, shall anchor all the activities for the Fire Prevention Month towards fire safety at home by introducing innovative programs and activities leading towards motivating the public to take fire safety as everyone’s concern.
• This year’s theme is “Sa Pag-iwas sa Sunog Di Ka Nag-iisa.”
• Oxygen, heat, and fuel are frequently referred to as the "fire triangle".
• Add in the fourth element, the chemical reaction, and you actually have a fire "tetrahedron".
• Lightning that strikes any combustible material which can set trees on fire that might eventually result to forest fire or wildfire. This is the most common natural cause of fire.
• Human-made ✔ Wildfires or forest fires Cooking equipment ✔ Heaters ✔ Smoking in bedrooms ✔ Candles ✔ Curious children ✔ Faulty wiring ✔ Barbeques ✔ Flammable liquids ✔ Lighting
• CLASS C Involve fuel that belongs to either class A or B but which also involve powered electrical equipment like home appliances, motors, and transformers.
• CLASS D Involve combustible metals such as aluminum, lithium, magnesium, potassium, sodium, titanium, and zirconium, most of which are usually contained in automobiles.
• CLASS K Involve fuels such as cooking oils and greases (animal-and vegetable-fat derived).
• CLASS A Fires in ordinary combustibles, such as wood, paper, cloth, rubber, and many plastics. Making the fuel cool below ignition temperature can extinguish the fire.
• CLASS B Fires in flammable liquids—such as gasoline, petroleum greases, tars, oils, oil-based paints, solvents and alcohols—or flammable gases, propane, and butane.
• Disaster risk reduction (DRR) refers to systematic efforts to minimize vulnerabilities and disaster risks, to avoid (prevention) or to limit (mitigation and preparedness) the effects of hazards
• Mitigation measures are designed to minimize disaster-related losses (life, property or assets, and environment
• Preparedness measures such as early warning are DRR treatment activities which are also done before a disaster-causing event
• Disaster management cycle is the entire array of activities aimed at reducing the severity of impact of the disaster-causing event which are undertaken before, during, and after a disaster
• Pre-Assessment • Risk assessment • Mitigation or prevention • Preparednes
• Syn-Event (Onset of a hazard/Disaster Impact) • Search for survivors and their rescue (Rescue) • Evacuation of survivors to safer grounds (Evacuation) • Provision of temporary relief in the form of emergency food, medical assistance, shelter, clothing, and other basic necessities. (Relief procedures) • Ocular survey and assessment of damages • Implementation of planned actions to counter further damage in order to minimize general tangible and intangible losses. • Immediate restoration of basic needs and return of the affected locality to normalcy. • Provision of trauma care to victim
• Post-Event (Post-disaster) • Recovery and Rehabilitation- The restoration, and improvement where appropriate, of facilities, livelihoods, and living conditions of disaster-affected communities, including efforts to reduce disaster risk factors, in accordance with the principle of “build back better”. • Reconstruction and Rehabilitation- are measures that ensure the ability of affected communities and/or areas to restore their normal level of function by rebuilding livelihood and damaged infrastructure and increasing the communities’ organizational capacit
• Adaptation is defined as the adjustment in natural or human systems in response to actual or expected climatic stimuli or their effects, which moderates harm or exploits beneficial opportunities. This definition addresses the concerns of climate change and