PREVENTION

• Disaster


  Any form of calamity, destruction, or emergency, whether natural or manmade, that can cause loss of lives, properties, infrastructure, or physical damages to both humans and their environment and properties
• Natural disasters


  • Earthquakes
  • Typhoons
  • Floods
  • Landslides
• Manmade or caused by human activities disasters


  • Disease outbreak (Covid 19)
  • Fire
  • Floods
  • Plague or Infestation of plants or animals (ex: African swine flu)
  • Accidents
• Disaster Preparedness


  The state where individuals, families, or their communities are ready to act properly when disaster strikes. The individuals and communities have undertaken measures to reduce the negative impact of calamities
• What can be done for disaster preparedness

  1. Keep yourself healthy

  2. Keep your home clean, tidy, and sturdy

  3. Keep handy a portable emergency kit

  4. Have emergency contact numbers

  5. Be familiar with evacuation centers and safety areas
• What to Do During Emergency

  1. Check for anything unsafe

  2. Call 911

  3. Provide care until medical professionals arrive
• First Aid - DRABC

  1. Danger - Assess the situation

  2. Response - Check consciousness, check on vital signs

  3. Airway - Open airway

  4. Breathing - Check respiration rates

  5. Circulation - Give chest compressions
• Goals during first aid

  • Preserve Life
  • Prevent Deterioration
  • Promote Recovery
• Climate change is increasing the frequency, intensity and magnitude of disasters, leading to a higher number of deaths, injuries and increased economic losses
• Prevention is one of the best options
• Nature-based solutions

  • Conserving forests, wetlands and coral reefs can help communities prepare for, cope with, and recover from disasters, including slow-onset events such as drought
  • Nature can be a cost-effective and no-regret solution to reducing risks from disasters, complementing conventional engineering measures such as sea walls and storm channels
• Investment in 'natural infrastructure' is underexplored in policies aimed at reducing risk
• There is an urgent need to invest in nature-based solutions to disaster risk reduction in order to minimize our vulnerability to future events
• Mitigation - actions taken to reduce the risk from natural hazards


  1. Awareness

  2. Education

  3. Preparedness

  4. Prediction / warning systems
• Mitigation measures in the built environment

  • Zoning
  • Land-use practices
  • Building codes
• Renewable Energy

  • Solar energy
  • Wind energy
  • Hydro energy
  • Tidal energy
  • Geothermal energy
  • Biomass energy
• Non-renewable Energy

  • Coal
  • Petroleum
  • Natural gas
  • Nuclear
• Clean and Green Program is funded and undertaken at various government levels and by students and organizations
• Eco / Green Lifestyle


  • Buy local
  • Go organic
  • Walk, bike, or use public mass transport
  • Reduce (consumption), reuse, recycle, repair
  • Garden and plant as many fruit trees as you can
  • Bring your own container, or reusable plates, cups, bags
  • Avoid single use plastic