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Disaster Readiness and Risk Reduction - Lesson 1

The document discusses disaster readiness and risk reduction. It defines disaster as a sudden event that causes widespread harm and destruction, exceeding a community's ability to cope. Disasters can be natural, like earthquakes and typhoons, or man-made, through technological accidents, terrorism, or complex emergencies from war. Risk is the probability and impact of a hazard, considering a community's vulnerability and capacity to cope. Understanding disaster risks is important for preparedness and mitigating impacts.

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Disaster Readiness and Risk Reduction - Lesson 1

The document discusses disaster readiness and risk reduction. It defines disaster as a sudden event that causes widespread harm and destruction, exceeding a community's ability to cope. Disasters can be natural, like earthquakes and typhoons, or man-made, through technological accidents, terrorism, or complex emergencies from war. Risk is the probability and impact of a hazard, considering a community's vulnerability and capacity to cope. Understanding disaster risks is important for preparedness and mitigating impacts.

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Disaster Readiness

and Risk Reduction


Basic Concept of Disaster and Disaster Ris
Lesson objectives:
At the end of this lesson, you are
expected to:

• Understand the meaning of


disaster.
• Justify different kinds of
disasters that are common;
the Philippines has
experienced.
Lesson objectives:
At the end of this lesson, you are
expected to:

• Observe surroundings and


every situation that you may
encounter
• Appreciate the significance
of knowing disaster risks
and how it may affect one’s
life.
Activity 1:

Write five (5) disastrous


events in the Philippines
in the last five years that
you could still recall.
Write your answer on a
separate sheet of paper.
Activity 1.1:
Analyze the given images and
answer the given questions:

1. In two to three sentences,


describe the given images.
2. List down the disasters that
you can identify from the
images.
DISASTE
R
DISASTER
a sudden, calamitous
occurrence that causes
great harm,
injury, destruction, and
devastation to life and
property”.
DISASTER
disrupts the usual
course of life, causing both
physical and emotional
distress such as an intense
feeling of helplessness and
hopelessness
DISASTER
two elements are
affected:

1.life (whether human


or animal); and
2.property
DISASTER
Effects can be:

1. minor damage (like broken


windows and doors)
2. major damage (like torn
rooftops, collapsed walls),
(like torn rooftops, collapsed
walls)
DISASTER
Effects can be:

3. total destruction (like


completely destroyed houses
and structures rendering them
useless and inhabitable)
4. death
DISASTER
According to the Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO, 2008),
“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”.
DISASTER
United Nations International Strategy
for Disaster Reduction defines 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.
DISASTER
a result of the combination of:
• the exposure to a hazard;
• the conditions of vulnerability that
are present;
• insufficient capacity or measures to
reduce or cope with the potential
negative consequences.
DISASTER
impacts may include:
• loss of life
• injury;
• disease and other negative effects
on human physical, mental, and
social wellbeing
DISASTER
impacts may include:
• damage to properties,
• destruction of assets,
• loss of services,
• social and economic disruptions
• environmental degradation
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Classification
of
Disasters:
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Disasters can be
classified as:

Natural disasters &


Man-Made
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Natural disasters
is a natural phenomenon
caused by natural forces,
such as earthquakes,
typhoon, volcanic eruptions,
hurricanes, fires,
tornados, and extreme
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Natural disasters
can be classified as rapid
onset disasters and those
with progressive onset,
such as droughts that
lead to famine
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Man-Made disasters
caused by man are those in
which major direct
causes are identifiable
intentional or non-
intentional human actions
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3 Categories of
Man-Made
Disasters
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3 Categories of Man-Made Disasters

1. Technological/industrial
disasters
2. Terrorism/Violence
3. Complex humanitarian
emergencies
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1. Technological/industrial
disasters
Unregulated industrialization
and inadequate safety
standards increase the risk
for industrial disasters.
1. Technological/industrial
disasters
EXAMPLE: leaks of
hazardous materials;
accidental explosions; bridge
or
road collapses, or vehicle
collisions; Power cuts
2. Terrorism/Violence
the threat of terrorism has
also increased due to the
spread of technologies
involving nuclear, biological,
and chemical agents used to
develop weapons of mass
destruction.
2. Terrorism/Violence
EXAMPLE : bombs or
explosions; release of
chemical materials; release of
biological agents; release of
radioactive agents; multiple
or massive
shootings; mutinies
3. Complex humanitarian
emergencies
the term complex emergency
is usually used to describe
the humanitarian emergency
resulting from an
international or civil war.
3. Complex humanitarian
emergencies

large numbers of people are


displaced from their homes
due to the lack of personal
safety and the disruption of
basic infrastructure
3. Complex humanitarian
emergencies

EXAMPLE: conflicts or
wars and Genocide the
deliberate killing of a large
group of people, especially
those of a particular ethnic
group or nation
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Disaster
• damage caused by disaster
cannot be measured
• It differs with the kind of
geographical location, climate,
earth’s specific characteristics,
and level of vulnerability
Mt. Pinatubo explosion in 1991
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Mt. Pinatubo explosion in 1991
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Mt. Pinatubo explosion in 1991 35
Risk
and
Disaster Risk
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Risk
“the combination of the
probability of an event
and its negative
consequences”
(UNISDR, 2009)
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Risk
It is usually associated
with the degree to which
humans cannot cope (lack
of capacity) with a
situation (e.g. natural
hazard)
Disaster Risk 39

refers to the potential (not actual


and realized)
disaster losses, in lives, health
status, livelihoods, assets, and
services which
could occur in a community or
society over some specified future
time period
Disaster Risk 40

is the product of the


possible damage caused
by a hazard due to the
vulnerability within a
community
Disaster Risk 41

the effect
of a hazard (of a
particular magnitude)
would affect communities
differently
(Von Kotze, 1999:35).
Disaster Risk 42
can also be determined by the
presence of three variables:

1. hazards (natural or anthropogenic);


2. vulnerability to a hazard
3. coping capacity linked to the
reduction, mitigation, and resilience
to the vulnerability of a community
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The way to
get started is to
quit talking and
begin doing.
Walt Disney
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Thank
you
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