Intended Learning Outcomes

At the end of the session, the students shall be

able to:
1. Differentiate Disaster Awareness,
Preparedness, and Management to class.
2.Discuss safety practices when there is fire,
flood, earthquake, and volcanic eruptions.
 Republic Act No. 10121
AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE PHILIPPINE DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, PROVIDING FOR THE NATIONAL
DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK AND
INSTITUTIONALIZING THE NATIONAL DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND
MANAGEMENT PLAN, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFORE AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES.

"Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management

Act of 2010".
 What is Disaster Awareness?
 This is a process of educating and
empowering the population through
sharing knowledge and information about
the various types of disasters and their
potential risks as widely as possible so that
people act appropriately when a disaster
happens.
Promote Disaster Awareness: Sample #1

Seminars in community, school, and/or workplace

 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, which exceeds
the ability of the affected community
or society to cope using its own
resources. 
Types of Disaster
 NDRRMC
N – National
D – Disaster
R – Risk
R – Reduction and
M – Management
C – Council
 National Disaster Risk Reduction and
Management Council (NDRRMC)

It formerly known as the National Disaster Coordinating

Council (NDCC).
A working group of different government, non-
government, common division and private organizational
sector of the Republic of the Philippines Government built
up by Republic Act 10121 of 2010.
It is regulated by the Office of Civil Defense under the
Department of National Defense.
 The Council is responsible for ensuring the protection and
welfare of the people during disasters, emergencies or crises.
 What is Disaster Preparedness?

Disaster preparedness refers to measures

taken to prepare for and reduce the
impacts of disasters. That is, to anticipate
and, where possible, prevent disasters,
mitigate their impact on vulnerable
populations, and respond to and
effectively cope with their consequences.
 What is Disaster Management?

The International Federation of Red

Cross & Red Crescent Societies defines
disaster management as the organization
and management of resources and
responsibilities for dealing with all the
humanitarian aspects of emergencies.
 Disaster Management Phase
Disaster Preparedness
Goal: Establish and strengthen
capacities of communities to
anticipate, cope and recover from the
negative impacts of emergency
occurrences and disaster.

Disaster Prevention and Disaster Response

Mitigation Goal: Provide life preservation and
Goal: Avoid hazards and mitigate
Disaster meet the basic subsistence needs of
their potential impacts by reducing Management affected population based on
acceptable standards during or
vulnerabilities and exposure and Phase immediately after a disaster.
enhancing capacities of
communities.

Disaster Rehabilitation and Recovery

Goal: Restore and improve facilities,
livelihood and living conditions and
organizational capacities of affected
communities, and reduced disaster risks in
accordance with the “building back better”
principle.
 DISASTER RESPONSE

 Any effort by agencies to

provide emergency assistance
during or immediately after a
disaster to the victims.
 DISASTER RESPONSE

1. Issuance of medical supplies and equipment

2. Emergency medical treatment
3. Provision of food, water and shelter
4. Evacuation
5. Rescue and fire fighting
6. Police protection and traffic control
7. Communications
8. Restoration of facilities
 Typical Organizational Chart of
Disaster Management Team

CHAIRMAN

ASSISTANT CHAIRMAN

COMMUNICATIONS EVACUATION

RESCUE FIRE BRIGADE

DAMAGE CONTROL MEDICAL

 CHAIRMAN
a. Organizes action teams.
b. Makes arrangement with proper
authorities
c. Ensures that the disaster management
plan is properly disseminated to all
concerned individuals
 ASSISTANT CHAIRMAN

Serves as the principal assistant to

the chairman and acts for him in his
absence.
 COMMUNICATIONS

 Receives warning information from

authoritative sources and disseminates
such warning to all.
 RESCUE TEAM

 Locates injured or trapped persons and

moves them to a place where they can
be cared for.
 Ensures that the members are
proficient in first aid treatment.
 EVACUATION TEAM

1. Plans and implements emergency

evacuation drills.
2. Supervises and directs the movement
of people during actual emergencies.
 FIRE BRIGADE

1. Designs and implements fire prevention

programs
2. Establishes relationship with the fire
department.
3. Conducts regular check-up of fire-fighting
equipment.
 MEDICAL TEAM

1. Provides medical treatment to the

injured.
2. Arranges for hospitalization of
seriously injured individuals.
3. Cooperates in the training of Rescue
Team in first aid procedures.
 DAMAGE CONTROL TEAM

1. Surveys and corrects damage to

utilities.
2. Reports conditions which require
emergency repairs and other
assistance.
References:
 https://www.ndrrmc.gov.ph/attachments/article/3031/NDRP_Consequence_Management_for_Terrorism_related_I
ncidents.pdf
 https://www.who.int/hac/crises/phl/philippines_ndrrmp_2011_2028.pdf

Prepared by: Angelu Manaytay, RPM