ROTC - Reserve Officers' Training Corps

NSTP – National Service Training Program

CWTS – Civic Welfare Training Service

Here are the terminologies often used in disaster response and rescue
operations:

• CALAMITY – refers to a situation that is associated with catastrophic

events where a number of persons are plunged with hardship and suffering
that are caused by problems like shortage of food, clothing, medical care and
other basic necessities.

• DISASTERS – are progressive or sudden events brought about by natural

or human-induced hazards that cause losses and sufferings to consequence
of which results to people and communities undertaking extra- ordinary
measures to cope with their impacts.

• DISASTER CONTROL – refers to the act of limiting the effect of disaster.

• DISASTER MANAGEMENT – the efficient and effective utilization of

resources.

• FLOOD – a state or condition when water overflows from natural

waterways caused by
heavy rainfall.

• HAZARDS – are natural or man-induced phenomena or activities.

• NATIONAL DISASTER COORDINATING COUNCIL – the highest

government body responsible in advising the President of the country on the
status of disaster preparedness program.

• POLLUTION – refers to any discharge of liquid, solid substance or gases

into land, soil, waters, atmosphere, air or space.

• RADIO ACTIVE FALL-OUT – dust particles of Earth and debris.

• REHABILITATION – refers to the restoration of a person’s economic

dependency to a stable living either physically, economically, socially or
emotionally.

• RELIEF – refers to anything that is done to alleviate the condition of those

who are suffering from the effects of a calamity/disaster and who at that
particular time are completely helpless.
• RISKS – refers to the degree or chance and frequency that such hazards
will affect or impact people and communities.

• SPACE DEBRIS – these are remains of artificial satellites.

• STATE OF CALAMITY – it is a condition that is declared by the President

of the country in the event of a widespread destruction to property.

• VOLCANIC ERUPTION – an occurrence characterized by an ejection of

volcanic materials such as molten lava, rock fragments, ashes, lahar flow,
steam and other gases.

• VULNERABILITY – the level of susceptibility or resiliency of the people.

This is presented in the Disaster Equations as shown below:

H x R + V = DISASTERS

H-Hazard

R-Risk

V-Vulnerability