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    This document discusses various types of disasters including natural disasters like earthquakes, tsunamis, and landslides as well as human-made disasters like pollution, accidents, and wars. It also discusses key concepts in disaster management like risk, hazard, vulnerability, prevention, preparedness, mitigation, and response. Specific challenges in the Philippines related to poverty, soil erosion, agrochemicals, and floods are also mentioned. The need for preparedness in damage assessment and reporting is discussed along with relief operations and rehabilitation/construction efforts. Principles of effective warning messages and land-use planning to minimize disaster impacts are also covered.

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    Chapter 4

    DISASTER MANAGEMENT
    DISASTERS
    EARTHQUAKE
    TSUNAMI
    LANDSLIDE
    TYPHOON
    FLOOD
    DROUGHT
    VOLCANIC ERUPTION
    HUMAN-MADE
    DISASTER
    AIR AND
    WATER
    POLLUTION
    INDUSTRIAL
    ACCIDENTS
    FIRE
    CIVIL DISTURBANCES
    WAR
    POVERTY
    BOMB
    THREATS
    ACCIDENTS
    • ACCIDENTS (individual)
    • EMERGENCY (limited)
    • DISASTER (widespread)
    • CATASTROPHE
    (collapse)
    KEY CONCEPTS THAT CAN BE HELPFUL
    RISK. The probability that a disaster will occur

    HAZARD. The specific nature of a threat

    VULNERABILITY. The inability to withstand, protect oneself, or recover rapidly from a potentially
    damaging event.

    PREVENTION. Measures designed to avert a potential hazard.

    PREPAREDNESS. Measures that ensure an effective disaster response.

    MITIGATION. Measures that reduce the harmful effects of a disaster

    RESPONSE. Actions taken in the aftermath of a disaster to assist victims and to rehabilitate
    society.
    SITUATIONS IN THE
    PHILIPPINES
    POVERTY AND MARGINALIZATION
    SOIL EROSION
    P
    M O
    A L
    R L
    U
    I T
    N I
    E O
    N
    AGROCHEMICALS
    HUMAN-MADE
    DISASTERS

    FLOOD CIVIL WAR


    As a response to the
    occurrence of natural and
    human made disasters, there
    is a need to learn how to
    asses and report disaster
    situations.
    The need for preparedness in
    damage assessment and
    reporting involves:
    1.Knowledge of
    pre-disaster situations

    2. Capability to assess:
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    A. Medical/ nutritional situation

    B. Agricultural situation
    C. Infrastructure situation
    D. Structural stability

    D. Relief operation capabilities


    3. Established lines of communication

    4. Established data collection points

    5. Established format of reporting


    (forms, exercise)
    6. Established confirmation
    /verification procedures

    7. Established authority for releasing


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    reports

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    Relief
    operations
    1. Disaster times are emergency situations, so
    during times, certain operational qualities of
    the key players are needed:
    a. Cool and unbiased assessment
    b. Swift and decisive action
    c. Balanced response
    d. Leadership
    e. Discipline for operational reliability
    f. Resource management
    g. Rehabilitation already planned
    h. Planning already accomplished
    2.Food relief
    Four ways which van be distributed:
    a. General food distribution
    b. Mass feeding
    c. Supplementary feeding
    d. Intensive or therapeutic feeding
    3.Food for work.
    Rehabilitation/
    Construction and
    Emergency
    Preparation
    Among the activities that may minimize
    the impact o disasters are:

    1. Identification of areas most prone to


    typhoons and some other calamities
    2.Display and teaching of structural
    improvements
    3.Preparation of educational materials
    4.Media liaison
    1. PRINCIPLE
    a. The risk must be known
    b. Vulnerability must be known
    c. Mitigation measure must be in place
    d. Preparedness system must be in readiness.

    2. EFFECTIVE WARNING MESSAGE


    a. clear, simple message
    b. consistent content
    c. convincing
    d. community
    e. information on technical consequences
    f. repetitiveness
    3.LAND-USE PLANNING
    a. surveys of mountainsides…
    b . rational plans…
    c. identification of areas…
    d. building codes regulating…

    4. PUBLIC AWARENESS
    A. mitigation awareness
    b. preparedness awareness
    c. emergency response awareness

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