DISASTER

READINESS
AND RISK
REDUCTION
 PHILIPPINE SCENARIO
Cited as among the top
countries at risk to
disaster.
While disasters can arise
from man-made sources,
the most inevitable come
from natural phenomena.
Filipino is familiar with
the impacts of typhoons,
earthquakes, volcanic
eruptions, and fires to
everyday life and to
national development.
This makes learning about
disaster preparedness
aligned with everyone’s
interests.
Disaster Readiness and
Risk Reduction (DRRR)
is multi-disciplinary in
nature, bringing together
biological, geopolitical,
socio-cultural, political,
and economic factors.
Basic Concept of Hazard
What is HAZARD?
-a dangerous
phenomenon, substance,
human activity, or
condition that may cause
loss of life, injury or other
health impacts, property
damage, loss of
livelihoods and services,
social and economic
disruption, or
environmental damage.
What is DISASTER?
-a serious disruption of
the functioning of a
community or a society
involving widespread
human, material,
economic, or
environmental losses and
impacts with exceeds the
ability of the affected
community to cope using
its own resources.
Natural Hazard
-naturally-occurring
physical phenomena
caused either by
biological, geological and
hydrological events.
 a. Biological Hazard
-process of organic origin
expose to pathogenic
micro-organisms, toxins
and bioactive substances
e.g. disease epidemics and
insect/animal plagues
b. Geological Hazard
-natural process originates
from the solid earth-
geosphere.
e.g. earthquakes,
landslides, tsunamis,
volcanic eruptions
c. Hydro-meteorological
Hazard
-natural process involved
with the atmosphere and
hydrosphere.
e.g. Avalanches, floods,
drought, wildfire,
cyclones, storms, wave
surges
• What are examples of
natural processes that
shape and change our
environment?
1. Plate Tectonics-
mountain building,
volcanism, ocean
formation
2. Atmospheric
Processes- cloud
formation, precipitation,
wind
3. Biological
Accumulation-reef
building, colony
formation, forestation
4. Human Activities-
urbanization, extracting
resources,
geoengineering
Man-Made and
Technological Hazards
- Originates from
technological or
industrial conditions,
including accidents,
dangerous procedures,
infrastructure failures, or
specific human activities.
-e.g. conflicts/war
-famine
-displaced populations’
-industrial accidents
-transport accidents
-environmental degradation
-pollutions
ACTIVITY:
a. Classify the given phenomena in a table either as
Natural or Man-Made Hazard.
b. Describe the basis of your classification.
c. Group the class into
d. Come up with answers written on a sheet of paper
with a leader from each group.
a. Ground shaking k. storm surge
b. Tornado l. tsunami
c. Landslide m. extreme rainfall
d. Flood
e. Indoor fire
f. Lava flow
g. Industrial pollution
h. Typhoon
i. Forest fire
j. Liquefaction
 IMPACTS OF HAZARDS
Divide the class for a ROLE PLAY.
Imagine the impacts of certain
phenomena assigned to your group.
Role play guidelines:
1. There should be one reporter, who
will explain what the group is
representing.
2. The rest will take one on roles,
whether of living or non-living things
caught in the given situation.
3. 5 to 20 minutes to make a
depiction.
4. Grade will be based on the accuracy
of the depiction of possible impacts,
not on the acting.
SCENARIO:
1. Family in concrete house near the
highway far from river and mountain.
2. Mountain climbers going up the slope
3. Friends in an isolated beach
4. Fishermen on the open sea
 Post Activity Guide Questions
a. Are the impacts of each hazard the same?
b. What kinds of hazards affected everyone? What
kind of hazards did not?
c. What would you do if you were caught in one of
these hazards?
d. Summarize how the impact of certain hazards
can differ based on what is exposed to the hazard
and where.
 Homework
Think of one specific hazard that would
fall under Geological, Hydro-
meteorological, or Man-
made/technological hazards.