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Week 1 Disaster-Readiness-and-Risk-Reduction

Here are some tips for disaster preparedness and risk reduction: - Make an emergency plan and assemble an emergency kit with essential supplies. Include items like water, non-perishable food, medicine, flashlight, batteries, etc. - Identify potential hazards in your area like floods, earthquakes or fires and understand warnings and evacuation plans. - Reinforce your home against potential hazards like high winds or earthquakes. This could mean installing storm shutters or securing furniture. - Learn first aid and CPR in case of medical emergencies. - Consider getting disaster insurance to help pay for damage to your property. - Stay informed about potential disasters through local alerts and stock up on supplies before

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Week 1 Disaster-Readiness-and-Risk-Reduction

Here are some tips for disaster preparedness and risk reduction: - Make an emergency plan and assemble an emergency kit with essential supplies. Include items like water, non-perishable food, medicine, flashlight, batteries, etc. - Identify potential hazards in your area like floods, earthquakes or fires and understand warnings and evacuation plans. - Reinforce your home against potential hazards like high winds or earthquakes. This could mean installing storm shutters or securing furniture. - Learn first aid and CPR in case of medical emergencies. - Consider getting disaster insurance to help pay for damage to your property. - Stay informed about potential disasters through local alerts and stock up on supplies before

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DISASTER READINESS

AND RISK REDUCTION


What is Disaster?
• A serious disruption of the
functioning of a community or
a society involving widespread
human, material, economic, or
environmental losses and
impacts which exceeds the
ability of the affected
community or society to cope
using its own resources.
What is Disaster Risk?
Defined as the potential loss of
life, injury, or destroyed or
damaged assets which could
occur to a system, society or a
community in a specific period
of time, determined
probabilistically as function of
hazard, exposure and capacity.
Nature of Disasters
1. Natural Disasters
These originate from the
different “forces” of nature
2.Human-made Disasters
 These disasters occur due
to people’s action against
human, material and
environment.
Examples of Natural
Disasters
Earthquake
 
Examples of Natural
Disasters
TACLOBAN CITY,
DEVASTATED BY
TYPHOON YOLANDA

NAVOTAS,METROMA
NILA DURING
TYPHOON ONDOY
 
 TYPES OF DISASTER
Natural Disasters
• Agricultural diseases and
pests
• Storm Surge
• Earthquakes
• Hurricanes and tropical storm
• Landslide and debris flow
 TYPES OF DISASTER
Natural Disasters
• Thunderstorm and Lightning
• Tornadoes
• Tsunamis
• Wildfires
• Sinkholes
• Emergency diseases
 TYPES OF DISASTER
Natural Disasters
• Extreme Heat
• Floods and flash floods
• La Nina
Man-Made and Technological
Types of Disasters
• Hazardous materials
• Power service disruption &
blackout
• Radiological emergencies
• Chemical threat and biological
weapons
• Cyber Attacks
• Explosion
Risk Factors Underlying
Disasters
1. Severity of Exposure
2. Gender and family
3. Age
4. Low or negative social
support
Effects of Disasters

Medical
Effects
Effects of Disasters

Damage to
critical facilities
Effects of Disasters

Disruption of
transportation
Effects of Disasters

Social and
Political
Impact
Effects of Disasters

Food
Scarcity
Effects of Disasters

Economic
Impact
Effects of Disasters
Global Environmental
Change
Activity
Direction: Kindly answer the
following questions:
1. What calamities or disasters have
you experienced in your life?
2. What struggle have you
encountered during the course of
the disaster?
3. What solution/s did you find that
solved the problem?
Activity
4. How would you prepare for another
disaster in the future?

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