Disaster Readiness

and Risk Reduction

Quarter 2 – Module 17:
Community Preparedness Plan

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Module 17
Disaster Readiness and Risk Reduction
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Quarter 2 – Module 17: Community Preparedness Plan
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 Disaster Readiness
and Risk Reduction
Quarter 2 – Module 17:
Community Preparedness Plan
Introductory Message
This Self-Learning Module (SLM) is prepared so that you, our dear learners,
can continue your studies and learn while at home. Activities, questions, directions,
exercises, and discussions are carefully stated for you to understand each lesson.

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 What I Need to Know

In this module, the learner will be able to know what a Community Preparedness
Plan is. This will further teach the learner on how to develop community
emergency/disaster preparedness plan to minimize vulnerability and disaster risk in
the community and to avoid or limit adverse impact of hazards.

The module consists one lesson only.

Lesson 1 – Community Preparedness Plan
Learning Competency: Develop a community preparedness plan.
(DRR11/12-IIg-h-45)

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. Explain how to make a community preparedness plan;
2. Create a family/community preparedness plan; and
3. Recognize the importance of community preparedness plan.

What I Know

Instructions: Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on
a separate sheet of paper.

1. Which of the following is not considered in disaster preparedness?

a. Analyzing the hazard
b. Evaluating the hazard
c. Identifying the hazard
d. Telling the hazard to your friends
2. In planning for a disaster, which of the following is considered most?
a. Simple scenario c. Manageable scenario
b. Worst case scenario d. All of the Above
3. Which of the following is a goal of community preparedness plan?
a. To ready an organization for an influx of activity
b. To lessen the impact of disasters on vulnerable populations
c. To design a coordinated plan that reduces the waste of resources, time,
and efforts.
d. All of the above
4. The following are essentials in disaster preparedness except:
a. Family emergency plan
b. Appliances like television and refrigerator
c. Important documents placed in water proof containers
d. Updated contact numbers of family members and emergency
hot lines

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5. In preparing a family emergency plan, who among the family members should
be included in the planning?
a. Only the parents will do the planning.
b. Parents and relatives are included in the planning.
c. All members of the family are included it he planning.
d. The parents and the eldest child are included in the planning.
6. Which of the following is the lead agency in disaster preparedness?
a. Department of Science and Technology
b. National Economic Development Authority
c. Department of Interior and Local Government
d. Department of Social Welfare and Development
7. Which of the following is the lead agency in disaster prevention
and mitigation?
a. Department of Science and Technology
b. National Economic Development Authority
c. Department of Interior and Local Government
d. Department of Social Welfare and Development
8. Which of the following is the lead agency in disaster response?
a. Department of Science and Technology
b. National Economic Development Authority
c. Department of Interior and Local Government
d. Department of Social Welfare and Development
9. Which of the following is the lead agency in disaster rehabilitation
and recovery?
a. Department of Science and Technology
b. National Economic Development Authority
c. Department of Interior and Local Government
d. Department of Social Welfare and Development
10. The following are tasks of the Department of Interior and Local Government
except
a. Increase the capacity of a community.
b. Reconstruct infrastructure and other public utilities.
c. Increase level of awareness of the community to threats and impacts of
all hazards.
d. Equip the community with necessary skills to cope with the negative
impacts of a disaster.
11. Which of the following is not a task of the National Economic Development
Authority?
a. Restore shelter and other installation.
b. Reconstruct infrastructure and other public utilities.
c. Restore people’s means of livelihood and continuity of economic
activities.
d. Increase level of awareness of the community to threats and impacts
of all hazard.
12. The following are task of the Department of Social Welfare and Development
except:
a. Immediately restore basic social services.
b. Reconstruct infrastructure and other public utilities.
c. Provide basic subsistence needs of affected population.
d. Decrease the number of preventable deaths and injuries.

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 13. Which government agency has the goal of providing life preservation and
meeting the basic subsistence needs of affected population based on
acceptable standards during or immediately after disaster?
a. Department of Science and Technology
b. National Economic Development Authority
c. Department of Interior and Local Government
d. Department of Social Welfare and Development
14. Which government agency has the goal of avoiding hazard and mitigating their
potential impacts by reducing vulnerabilities and exposure, and enhancing
capacities of communities?
a. Department of Science and Technology
b. National Economic Development Authority
c. Department of Interior and Local Government
d. Department of Social Welfare and Development
15. Which government agency has the goal of restoring and improving facilities,
livelihood and living conditions and organization capacities of affected
communities, and reduces disaster risk in accordance with the “build back
better” principle?
a. Department of Science and Technology
b. National Economic Development Authority
c. Department of Interior and Local Government
d. Department of Social Welfare and Development

Lesson
What is a Community
1 Preparedness Plan?
Community preparedness is the ability of a community to prepare for, withstand,
and recover from public health incidents in both the short and long term; coordinate
training and provide guidance to support community involvement
with preparedness efforts.
This will give the members of every community the proper training, proper education
and resources in preparation for any type of disaster. This is the reason why in every
barangay, they have a well-trained disaster response team who are capable in giving
training to their constituents. They are trained in identifying and analyzing the
adverse effect of any hazard in their community.
Source: Capability 1. Community Prepared Plan. Retrieved from
https://www.cdc.gov/cpr/readiness/00_docs/capability1.pdf.

On the other hand, planning is an important aspect to community disaster

preparedness. In planning, continuous analyzing and anticipating any type of
disaster is very essential. In order to achieve what is expected in the plan, proper
conduct of training, drills and exercises must be well implemented in the community.
Source: Community Preparedness Toolkit. Ready.Gov.2019. Retrieved from
https://www.ready.gov/community-preparedness-toolkit.

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 What’s In

Activity: Let’s Match Make!

Directions: Read each definition in Column A comprehensively. Find and match

your answer/s in column B. Write your answer into a sheet of paper.

COLUMN A COLUMN B

____ 1.) These are the steps to avoid the A. Capacities

adverse impact of hazards. These activities
contain Capacity Building, Community Based B. Mitigation
Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM) etc.
____ 2.) It refers to the characteristics and C. Reconstruction
circumstances of a community, system or
asset that make it susceptible to the damaging D. CBDRM
effects of a hazard
____ 3.) The probability that negative E. Hazard
consequences may arise when hazards interact
with vulnerable areas, people, property and F. Prevention
environment.
____ 4.) The resources and skills that people G. Risk
possess, can develop, mobilize and access,
which allow them to have more control over H. Vulnerability
shaping their own future and coping with
disaster risks.
____ 5.) All actions taken to minimize the
extent of a disaster or potential disaster are
called mitigation measures. These actions
include Physical or structural measures, Non-
structural interventions and steps to
Environmental upgradation.
____ 6.) It is permanent measures to repair or
replace damaged dwellings and infrastructure
and to set the economy back on course, is
categorized as Reconstruction.
____ 7.) It pertains to the idea of processing the
active engagement in identifying, analyzing,
treatment, monitoring and evaluation of
disaster risk to ease vulnerabilities and
enhancing the capacities of at-risk
communities.

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 What’s New

Activity 1: Guess What?

What do you think are the people doing in the pictures below? Have you ever seen or
experienced this kind of scenario in your community or in your family?

Source: Ferry, Annelise. “The

Importance of Being Prepared
Before a Disaster Strikes.” Medium.
Galaxy Digital October 19, 2017.
Retrieved
https://medium.com/galaxy-
digital/the-importance-of-being-
prepared-before-a-disaster-strikes-
75c55b69267.

Source: Karbotly, Ahmed. “FIRE

SAFETY FOR FAMILY.” Arab Fire
Safety & Security Acade.
Accessed March 13, 2017. Retrieved
http://www.afssac.edu.sa/home/fi
re-safety-family/.

Answer: _________________________________________________________________________

What you see in the first picture is a group of people doing an emergency
preparedness plan while the second picture is a family also doing emergency plan
which is our main topic for this module. Let’s move on to the next!

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 What is It

What is a family emergency plan?

One of the most important tools every individual and family can have to protect
themselves in possible emergencies is a family emergency preparedness plan, complete
with a list of contacts during an emergency.
In disaster planning, always consider the worst case scenario. Family members may
not be together when a disaster strikes. Line of communications might be cut-off;
electrical power supply might be shut-off; Malls, grocery stores and food provider
services like fast-food chains might also be closed. In this kind of scenario, families
must be ready and be prepared enough in times of emergencies. In other words, there
must be a specific and concrete family emergency plan as to where they meet and
what essential things do they need to bring when they evacuate.
Source: “Making a Family Emergency Plan.” n.d.www.Ready.Marines.Mil. Accessed June 28, 2020. Retrieved
https://www.ready.marines.mil/Make-a-Plan/Making-a-Family-Emergency-Plan/.

Why is a disaster plan important?

The goal of disaster preparedness is to lessen the impact of disasters on vulnerable
populations, to ready an organization for an influx of activity, and to design a
coordinated plan that reduces the waste of resources, time, and efforts.
Through a community preparedness plan, people in the community is informed and
trained on how to prepare for a disaster and emergencies to avoid panic and to lessen
the impact of such disaster.
Source: Ferry, Annelise. “The Importance of Being Prepared Before a Disaster Strikes.” Medium. October 19, 2017.
Retrieved https://medium.com/galaxy-digital/the-importance-of-being-prepared-before-a-disaster-strikes-
75c55b69267.

Below are examples of emergency/disaster preparedness.

Source: Weatherph.Org. 2020.

Retrieved
https://weatherph.org/wp-
content/uploads/2018/09/Disaste
r-Preparedness.jpg.

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Source: People360.Com.Ph. 2016. Retrieved https://people360.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/quake-prevent2.jpg.

In preparing for an emergency plan, you need to include the updated contact
numbers of you family member, hotline of the barangay, municipality or city, PNP
and Bureau of Fire Protection, hospitals and other hotline numbers that can help
you during emergency cases. There must also an emergency kit at home like the “GO
BAG” and “First Aid kit”. Put the important documents of the family inside waterproof
containers. There must also be clear family evacuation plan indicating the exact
place where the family will meet if cellphone signals are not available. Most
importantly, you must join emergency drills like the quarterly national simultaneous
earthquake drills and others.
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Plan 2011-2028 (NDRRMP)
sets down the expected outcomes, outputs, key activities, indicators, lead agencies,
implementing partners and time lines under each of the four distinct yet mutually
reinforcing thematic areas. The goals of each thematic area lead to the attainment of
the country’s overall DRRM vision as shown below.

DISASTER PREVENTION AND MITIGATION

DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (DOST)
GOAL: Avoid hazard and mitigate their potential impacts by reducing vulnerabilities
and exposure, and enhancing capacities of communities.
Objectives:
1. Reduce vulnerabilities and exposure of communities to health hazards.
2. Enhance capacities of communities to reduce their own risks and cope with
the impacts of all hazards.

DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT (DILG)
GOAL: Establish and strengthen capacities of communities to anticipate, cope and
recover from the negative impacts of emergency occurrences
and disasters.

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Objectives:
1. Increase level of awareness of the community to threats and impacts
of all hazards.
2. Equip the community with necessary skills to cope with the negative impacts
of disaster.
3. Increase the capacity of a community.
4. Develop and implement disaster preparedness policies and plans.
5. Strengthen partnership among all key stakeholders.

DISASTER RESPONSE
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT (DSWD)

GOAL: Provide life preservation and meet the basic subsistence needs of affected
population based on acceptable standards during or immediately after a disaster.
Objectives:
1. Decrease the number of preventable deaths and injuries.
2. Provide basic subsistence needs of affected population.
3. Immediately restore basic social services.

DISASTER REHABILITATION AND RECOVERY

NATIONAL ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (NEDA)
GOAL: Restore and improve facilities, livelihood and living conditions and
organization capacities of affected communities, and reduce disaster risk in
accordance with the “build back better” principle.
Objectives:
1. Restore people’s means of livelihood and continuity of economic activities.
2. Restore shelter and other installation.
3. Reconstruct infrastructure and other public utilities.
4. Assist in the physical and psychological rehabilitation of persons who suffered
from the effects of disaster.
Source: “National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Plan (NDRRMP)
2011-2028.” 2012. Retrieved http://www.ndrrmc.gov.ph
/attachments/article/41/NDRRM_Plan_2011-2028.pdf.

What’s More

Activity 1
List down 5 activities of your barangay in mitigating and preventing the impact of
any kind of disaster?
1. ____________________________________
2. ____________________________________
3. ____________________________________
4. ____________________________________
5. ____________________________________

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Activity 2
What help can you give in mitigating disasters in your barangay?
Write 5 actions that you can do.
1. _____________________________________
2. _____________________________________
3. _____________________________________
4. _____________________________________

Activity 3: Interview
Interview a Barangay Quick Response Team (BQRT) member, POSO or any Barangay
official.
Ask this question:
1. What are the plans and activities of the barangay in preventing and
mitigating any type of disaster?
2. How do the community members engage in line with the plans and activities
of the barangay in preventing and mitigating any type of disasters?
3. What is the impact of the activity among community members?

(Record the answers using your cellphone or tape recorder) Please refer on the rubrics
below for scoring the interview.

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Activity 4: Complete the Table

Fill in the Common type of disasters that usually occur in your own locality. Follow
the example given below.
Type of Prevention /
Root cause Triggering factors
Disaster mitigation
Flooding Illegal logging, Continuous heavy
Plant trees, avoid
improper waste rainfall
illegal cutting of trees
disposal

What I Have Learned

Activity 1: Fill in! Say it Out!

Instruction: Complete each statement below about the
“Community Preparedness Plan” as discussed.

1. I learned that community preparedness plan is very important because

______________________________________________________________________________.
2. I further learned that family emergency plan plays a crucial role in the
______________________________ because _________________________________.

What I Can Do

Activity 1: My Emergency Plan!

Sit down as family and plan what you will do in case of disaster/ emergency. Always
consider the worst case scenario in planning.

Source: Ytimg.Com. 2020.

Retrieved
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qFYGg2LIfP
A/maxresdefault.jpg.

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Activity 2
As a part of the community preparedness plan, sketch your family evacuation map
going to the designated evacuation area in your barangay. Mark a certain area where
you can meet your family during emergency.

Assessment

Instructions: Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a
separate sheet of paper.
1. Which government agency has the goal of providing life preservation and
meeting the basic subsistence needs of affected population based on
acceptable standards during or immediately after a disaster?
a. Department of Science and Technology
b. National Economic Development Authority
c. Department of Interior and Local Government
d. Department of Social Welfare and Development
2. Which of the following is the lead agency in disaster rehabilitation
and recovery?
a. Department of Science and Technology
a. National Economic Development Authority
b. Department of Interior and Local Government
c. Department of Social Welfare and Development
3. In preparing a family emergency plan, which among the family members is
included in the planning?
a. Only the parents will do the planning.
b. Parents and relatives are included in the planning.
c. All members of the family is included it he planning.
d. The parents and the eldest child are included in the planning.
4. Which of the following is the lead agency in disaster prevention and mitigation?
a. Department of Science and Technology
b. National Economic Development Authority
c. Department of Interior and Local Government
d. Department of Social Welfare and Development
5. Which of the following is not considered in disaster preparedness?
a. Analyzing the hazard
b. Evaluating the hazard
c. Identifying the hazard
d. Telling the hazard to your friends
6. Which government agency has the goal of restoring and improving facilities,
livelihood and living conditions and organization capacities of affected
communities, and reducing disaster risk in accordance with the “build back
better” principle?
a. Department of Science and Technology
b. National Economic Development Authority
c. Department of Interior and Local Government
d. Department of Social Welfare and Development

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7. The following are essential in disaster preparedness EXCEPT
a. Family emergency plan
b. Appliances like television and refrigerator
c. Important documents placed in water proof containers
d. Updated contact numbers of family members and emergency
hot lines
8. In planning for a disaster, which of the following is considered the most?
a. Simple scenario c. Manageable scenario
b. Worst case scenario d. All of the above
9. The following are tasks of the Department of Interior and Local Government
EXCEPT
a. Increase the capacity of a community.
b. Reconstruct infrastructure and other public utilities.
c. Increase level of awareness of the community to threats and impacts
of all hazard.
d. Equip the community with necessary skills to cope with the negative
impacts of a disaster.
10. Which of the following is the lead agency in a disaster preparedness?
a. Department of Science and Technology
b. National Economic Development Authority
c. Department of Interior and Local Government
d. Department of Social Welfare and Development
11. Which of the following is a goal of community preparedness plan?
a. To ready an organization for an influx of activity
b. To lessen the impact of disasters on vulnerable populations
c. To design a coordinated plan that reduces the waste of resources, time,
and efforts.
d. All of the above
12. Which of the following is the lead agency in disaster response?
a. Department of Science and Technology
b. National Economic Development Authority
c. Department of Interior and Local Government
d. Department of Social Welfare and Development
13. Which of the following is not a task of the National Economic Development
Authority?
a. Restore shelter and other installation.
b. Reconstruct infrastructure and other public utilities.
c. Restore people’s means of livelihood and continuity of
economic activities.
d. Increase level of awareness of the community to threats and impacts
of all hazard.
14. The following are task of the Department of Social Welfare and Development
EXCEPT
a. Immediately restore basic social services.
b. Reconstruct infrastructure and other public utilities.
c. Provide basic subsistence needs of affected population.
d. Decrease the number of preventable deaths and injuries.
15. Which government agency has the goal of avoiding hazard and mitigating their
potential impacts by reducing vulnerabilities and exposure, and enhancing
capacities of communities?
a. Department of Science and Technology
b. National Economic Development Authority
c. Department of Interior and Local Government
d. Department of Social Welfare and Development

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 Additional Activities

Activity 1:
Make a research about the Emergency Hotline of your own Barangay which is useful
during emergencies.

Activity 2: Essay Writing!

Write a short informal essay stating your safety plans during these pandemic
months. You may adapt this title “My Safety Plans during This Covid-19 Days.”
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________.

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Assessment What I know! What’s More!
1. D 11. D 1. D 11. D Activity: Let’s Match
2. B 12. B 2. B 12. B Make!
3. C 13. D 3. D 13. D
4. A 14. B 4. B 14. A 1. F
5. D 15. A 5. C 15. B 2. H
6. B 6. C 3. G
7. B 7. A 4. A
8. B 8. C 5. B
9. B 9. B 6. C
10. C 10. B 7. D
Answer Key
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Ferry, Annelise. The Importance of Being Prepared Before a Disaster Strikes. Medium.
Galaxy Digital. Accessed last October 19, 2017. Retrieved
https://medium.com/galaxy-digital/the-importance-of-being-prepared-
before-a-disaster-strikes-75c55b69267.

Karbotly, Ahmed. Fire Safety for Family. Arab Fire Safety & Security Academy.
Accessed last March 13, 2017. Retrieved from
http://www.afssac.edu.sa/home/fire-safety-family/.

Lindell, Michael K. and Ronald W. Perry. Emergency Planning: Improve Community

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