DISASTER READINESS AND RISK REDUCTION

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 ARE YOU
PREPARED?
DISASTER READINESS AND RISK REDUCTION
A disaster is a sudden, calamitous event that
seriously disrupts the functioning of a community
or society and causes human, material, and
economic or environmental losses that exceed the
community’s or society’s ability to cope using its
own resources. Though often caused by nature,
disasters can have human origins.
 SURVIVAL

DISASTER READINESS AND RISK REDUCTION

 S.U.R.V.I.V.A.L.
Size up the situation
Undue haste makes waste
Remember where you are
Vanquish fear and panic
Improvise
Value living
Act like the natives
Live by your wits
DISASTER READINESS AND RISK REDUCTION
SIZE UP THE
SITUATION
UNDUE HASTE
MAKES WASTE
• Don’t be eager to move.
It makes you careless
and impatient.
• Don’t loose your temper .
• Face the fact that
danger exists.
• Use all your sense.
 REMEMBER
WHERE YOU ARE
 VANQUISH
FEAR AND PANIC
• Look carefully at the situation and
determine if your fear is justified.
You will usually find that most of
your fear are imagined.
• Injury, pain, or loneliness can
cause panic. Planning your
escape can keep your mind busy.
IMPROVISE
VALUE LIVING
ACT LIKE
NATIVES
LIVE BY
YOUR WITS
 FLASHLIGHT RADIO AND BATTERIES

PERSONAL INFORMATION

SPARE CLOTHES

FOOD

WATER

MEDICATIONS FOOD

MEDICAL SUPPLIES
 TYPES OF
DISASTER
• HUMAN MADE DISASTER
• NATURAL DISASTER

DISASTER READINESS AND RISK REDUCTION

 HUMAN MADE
DISASTER
are events that are caused by humans and
occur in or close to human settlements. This
can include environmental degradation,
pollution and accidents. Technological or
man-made hazards (complex emergencies/
conflicts, famine, displaced populations,
industrial accidents and transport accidents)
TERRORISM
MARAWI
 BEFORE
HUMAN MADE DISASTER

Finding out what can happen is the

first step. Once you have
determined the events possible and
their potential in your community, it is
important that you discuss them with
your family or household. Develop a
disaster plan together.
 BEFORE
HUMAN MADE DISASTER

1. Create an emergency
communications plan.
Choose an out-of-town contact
your family or household will call
or e-mail to check on each
other should a disaster occur.
 BEFORE
HUMAN MADE DISASTER

2. Establish a meeting place.

If you need to evacuate your
home or are asked to "shelter in
place," having some essential
supplies on hand will make you
and your family more comfortable.
 BEFORE
HUMAN MADE DISASTER

3. Assemble an emergency
preparedness kit.
If you need to evacuate your home
or are asked to "shelter in place,"
having some essential supplies on
hand will make you and your family
more comfortable
 BEFORE
HUMAN MADE DISASTER

4. Check on the school emergency plan

of any school-age children you may
have.
You need to know if they will they keep
children at school until a parent or
designated adult can pick them up or
send them home on their own.
 DURING
HUMAN MADE DISASTER
• Remain calm and be patient.
• Follow the advice of local emergency
officials.
• Listen to your radio or television for
news and instructions.
• If the event occurs near you, check
for injuries. Give first aid and get help
for seriously injured people.
 DURING
HUMAN MADE DISASTER

• Shut off any other damaged utilities.

• Confine or secure your pets.
• Call your family contact—do not use
the telephone again unless it is a life-
threatening emergency.
• Check on your neighbors, especially
those who are elderly or disabled.
 AFTER
HUMAN MADE DISASTER

• There can be significant numbers of

casualties and/or damage to buildings
and the infrastructure. So employers
need up-to-date information about any
medical needs you may have and on
how to contact your designated
beneficiaries.
 AFTER
HUMAN MADE DISASTER

• Workplaces and schools may be

closed, and there may be restrictions on
domestic and international travel.
• You and your family or household may
have to evacuate an area, avoiding
roads blocked for your safety.
 NATURAL
DISASTER
are naturally occurring physical phenomena caused
either by rapid or slow onset events which can
be geophysical earthquakes, landslides, tsunamis
and volcanic activity, hydrological
(avalanches and floods, climatological extreme
temperatures, drought and wildfires, meteorological
cyclones and storms/wave surges
or biological disease epidemics and insect/animal
plagues.
 EARTHQUAKE
• a sudden and violent shaking of the
ground, sometimes causing great
destruction, as a result of movements
within the earth's crust or volcanic action.
EARTHQUAKE
 VOLCANIC
ERUPTION
• Volcanic Eruptions. A volcanic eruption occurs
when molten rock, ash and steam pour through
a vent in the earth's crust. Volcanoes are
described as active (in eruption), dormant
(not erupting at the present time), or extinct
(having ceased eruption; no longer active).
 AFTER
VOLCANIC ERUPTION
 TYPHOONS
• In the Philippines, tropical cyclones
(typhoons) are called bagyo. Tropical
cyclones entering the Philippine Area
of Responsibility are given a local
name by the Philippine Atmospheric,
Geophysical and Astronomical
Services Administration (PAGASA),
which also raises public storm signal
warnings as deemed necessary.
TYPHOONS
FIRE ACCIDENTS
•Is an undesirable event which
emits heat, smoke and/or
flame, which has the potential
to cause damage, may require
intervention either mechanical
or human or has a cost
implication'.
 FLOOD
• It is an overflow of a large amount of
water beyond its normal limits, especially
over what is normally dry land.
 EMERGENCY
QUICK TIPS

DISASTER READINESS AND RISK REDUCTION

 EMERGENCY RESCUE
• A procedure for moving a victim from
unsafe place to a place of safety were
medical intervention can be administered.
 CONSIDERATIONS
1. Danger of fire or explosion.
2. Danger of toxic gases or asphyxia due to
lack of oxygen.
3. Serious traffic hazards.
4. Risk of drowning.
5. Danger of electrocution.
6. Danger of collapsing a wall.
7. Exposure to cold, or intense weather conditions.
8. Danger of pinning by machinery.
 FIRST AID
QUICK TIPS

DISASTER READINESS AND RISK REDUCTION

The immediate care given to an injured or
suddenly ill person.
DOES NOT take the place of proper medical
treatment.

Legal Considerations
• Implied Consent involves an unresponsive
victim in a life-threatening condition.
• It is assumed or “implied” that an
unresponsive victim would consent to
lifesaving help.
• Only perform First Aid assistance for which
you have been trained.
 SURVEY THE SCENE
• When confronted with an accident or illness on duty
it is important to assess the situation to determine
what kind of emergency situation you are dealing
with, for your safety, the victim’s safety and that of
others.
• Do a quick survey of the scene that includes looking
for three elements:
• Hazards that could be dangerous to you, the
victim, or bystanders.
• The cause (mechanism) of the injury or illness.
• The number of victims.
• Note: This survey should only take a few seconds.
 DISASTER READINESS
AND BASIC FIRST AID

DISASTER READINESS AND RISK REDUCTION

 THANK YOU AND
GOD BLESS

DISASTER READINESS AND RISK REDUCTION