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    The document discusses different types of hazards. It defines a hazard as a potentially damaging event that can cause loss of life, injury, property damage, economic disruption, or environmental degradation. It provides examples of natural hazards like earthquakes, volcanoes, and landslides as well as human-made hazards such as industrial accidents, gas emissions, and medical wastes. The document also classifies hazards as natural, human-made, geological, hydro-meteorological, technological, biological, and socio-natural.

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    The document discusses different types of hazards. It defines a hazard as a potentially damaging event that can cause loss of life, injury, property damage, economic disruption, or environmental degradation. It provides examples of natural hazards like earthquakes, volcanoes, and landslides as well as human-made hazards such as industrial accidents, gas emissions, and medical wastes. The document also classifies hazards as natural, human-made, geological, hydro-meteorological, technological, biological, and socio-natural.

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    The document discusses different types of hazards. It defines a hazard as a potentially damaging event that can cause loss of life, injury, property damage, economic disruption, or environmental degradation. It provides examples of natural hazards like earthquakes, volcanoes, and landslides as well as human-made hazards such as industrial accidents, gas emissions, and medical wastes. The document also classifies hazards as natural, human-made, geological, hydro-meteorological, technological, biological, and socio-natural.

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    HAzards

    Topic 2
    HAZARD

    It is defined as a potentially damaging


    physical event that may cause the loss
    of life or injury, property damage,
    social and economic disruption, or
    environmental degradation.
    Hazards
    A source of danger

    Examples :
    1 Natural Phenomena
    2 Faulty Wiring
    3 Cracked Walls
    The Philippines is exposed to hazard due to
    the presence of several factors:

    1 2

    Pacific Ring of Fire Active fault lines


    The Philippines is exposed to hazard due to
    the presence of several factors:

    3 4

    Ocean Trenches Pacific Ocean


    Hazard
    Typhoons, which occur in the
    country at an average of 22 times
    a year, also enhance the southwest
    monsoon (Habagat) which increases
    the possibility of storm surges.

    Classification
    of Hazard
    Classification of HAzards
    NATURAL HUMAN-MADE

    Geological Biological
    Hazard Hazard
    Hydro- Technological
    meteorological Hazard
    Hazards Socio-Natural
    Hazard
    Natural Hazard Volcanic
    1
    Eruption
    Geological
    Hazard
    2 Earthquake

    3 Landslides
    Natural Hazard Typhoon
    1
    Hydro-
    meteorological
    Hazards

    2 Tornado

    3 Drought
    Human-Made
    1 Viruses

    Biological
    Medical
    2
    Wastes

    Industrial
    3
    Wastes
    Human-Made Industrial Gas
    1
    Emission
    Technological
    Transportational
    2 Accidents

    3 Explosion
    Human-Made Drought
    1
    Socio-
    natural
    Excessive
    2
    Flooding

    3 Deforestation
    Criteria for
    Hazardous
    Materials
    1 IGNITABILITY

    It refers to the material


    that is flammable.

    1 CORROSIVITY

    It refers to the material


    that can rust or
    decompose.

    1 REACTIVITY

    It refers to the material


    that can be explosive.

    1 TOXICITY

    It refers to the material


    that can be explosive.

    Hazardous Materials
    Biological substances are
    classified as hazardous
    due to toxicity.

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