The document discusses key concepts of disaster risk reduction including that it is about reducing harm from natural hazards through decisions and choices. It also discusses community-based disaster risk reduction and management, emergency planning, early warning systems, survival kits, and the importance of being prepared for disasters.
The document discusses key concepts of disaster risk reduction including that it is about reducing harm from natural hazards through decisions and choices. It also discusses community-based disaster risk reduction and management, emergency planning, early warning systems, survival kits, and the importance of being prepared for disasters.
The document discusses key concepts of disaster risk reduction including that it is about reducing harm from natural hazards through decisions and choices. It also discusses community-based disaster risk reduction and management, emergency planning, early warning systems, survival kits, and the importance of being prepared for disasters.
The document discusses key concepts of disaster risk reduction including that it is about reducing harm from natural hazards through decisions and choices. It also discusses community-based disaster risk reduction and management, emergency planning, early warning systems, survival kits, and the importance of being prepared for disasters.
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CHAPTER IX --- CONCEPT OF DRR & DRRM
Learning Outcomes: At the end of this lesson, you are expected to: 1. Discuss the key concepts, principles and elements of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) 2. Synthesize different community-based practices for managing disaster risk to specific hazards. 3. Develop community preparedness plan and survival kits for family and community.
Activity 1. Make a community preparedness plan based on where you live.
Analysis 1. What is the importance of having a preparedness plan?
Abstraction
Key concepts of DRR
DRR is a matter of decision
Disaster Risk Reduction attempts, by an ethic of avoidance, to reduce the harm caused by natural hazards. Natural threats also accompany disasters. The magnitude of a catastrophe depends on how much effect a threat has on society and the environment. In essence, the degree of effect depends on the decisions made by individuals for their lives and their environment.
DRR is about choices
The definition and practice of minimizing disaster risk by concerted efforts to analyze and minimize the causal factors of disasters is Disaster Risk Reduction. Reducing hazard exposure, reducing human and property vulnerability, wise management of land, and the environment, and enhancing preparedness and early warning.
DRR is everyone’s business
Disaster Risk Reduction covers such fields such as disaster recovery, disaster prevention, and preparedness for disasters. DRR is part of sustainable development as well. In order for construction efforts to be sustainable, they must also reduce disaster risk. Every part of the society, every part of the government, and every part of the technical and private sector is interested in DRR. Basic Principles of DRR
1. Development can either increase or decrease disaster risk.
2. Disaster Risk Reduction policy, laws, and regulations will not save lives unless correctly implemented in communities. 3. The “community” is the frontline of disaster risk management. 4. DRR is not a “stand alone” activity – it cuts across almost all categories of human activity. 5. Integrating DRR at the national, provincial and community levels takes a long time to achieve. 6. DRR must become a normal part of the decentralized development process.
Elements of DRR 1. Disaster Risk Reduction Continuum - Ongoing development activities - Risk assessment - Prevention - Mitigation - Preparedness - Early warning
2. Immediate Disaster Response
- Evacuation - Saving people and livelihoods - Immediate assistance - Assessing damage and loss
3. Post disaster continuum
- Ongoing assistance - Recovery - Reconstruction - Economic and social recovery - Ongoing development activities - Risk assessment
Community-based Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (CBDRRM)
CBDRRM is defined as “a process in which at-risk community are actively engaged
in the identification, analysis, treatment, monitoring and evaluation of disaster risks in order to reduce their vulnerabilities and enhance their capacities” (ADPC 2003). Emergency Planning and Management
The main tasks for the success of an emergency plan are tracking, reviewing, and reporting. A Local Government Unit (LGU) must provide a way to assess emergency planning progress on priorities and performance in order to respond effectively to changing situations and new knowledge, and initiate corrective action where possible.
Monitoring A LGU will collect and store data systematically for measures of progress towards the achievement of the results of the emergency plan. They will also be responsible for gathering data across the course of the emergency plan for these metrics, and for tracking data patterns showing improvements in the region.
Evaluating Monitoring data will be vigorously reviewed, analyzed, and interpreted for outcomes in the sense of government policies and initiatives aimed at achieving goals and ensuring that management activities are spatially and temporally relevant.
Reporting The LGU would use several methods to formally convey the public the progress of the emergency plan, including the routine publication of reports that explicitly address the plan, as well as ministry communications that address more complex aspects of the plan. Early Warning System
Early warning systems are composed of three phases: monitoring of precursors,
forecasting of a probable event, and notification of warning or an alert should an event of catastrophic proportions take place (UNDP). Effective early warning systems require strong technical foundation and good knowledge of the risks. But they must be strongly “people centered” – with clear messages, dissemination systems that reach those at risk, and practiced and knowledgeable responses by risk managers and the public. In addition, many sectors must be involved. Effective early warning systems must be embedded in an understandable manner and relevant to the communities which they serve.
Source: Social Action Center, Prelature of Infanta, Quezon
Survival Kit It is a “package” of the tools and materials that are needed and ready to use in times of disaster.
Source: Survival Mastery
Application
1. Make your own survival kit.
Post-test 1. Is it important to be prepared when a disaster hits in the community? Explain.
Printed reference: 1. Quebral, Villamor S., Disaster Readiness and Risk Reduction OBE, and Kto12 Based (Copyright 2016)
