Concept of Disaster Risk Reduction

How can people contribute to the disaster risk reduction

efforts of the country?

If people are made aware of the hazards that they are

subjected to, then they can make plans to advert a disaster
from happening.

Importance of Disaster Risk Reduction

 The focus is more on mitigation efforts to lessen the impact

of disasters rather than be focused on the response phase
alone.
 Preparation now includes educating the people of the hazards
that they face and the risk they will experience when
exposed to those hazards.
 Mitigation efforts have to be stepped up even if it involves
relocating people to avoid exposure to hazards.
 The government has to work in close coordination with
scientists and experts in enchanting the risk reduction
efforts to reduce the amount of money and resources that
are wasted.
 History should also be considered in the risk reduction
efforts, because it helps paint a clearer picture of what
hazards are expected.
 Disaster risk reduction is defined as a systematic approach
to identify, assess, and reduce the effects of disaster
through an ethic of prevention.
 In general, the Philippines’ National Disaster Risk Reduction
and Management Plan (NDRRMP) is guided by good
governance principles within the context if poverty
alleviation and environmental protection.
Key Principles of Disaster Risk Reduction

 As the main goal of disaster risk reduction is to contribute

to sustainable development, its focus must be shifted to
reducing the vulnerability of communities to hazards and
diverted from usual disaster relief.
 The DDRM plan should prioritize two things: the protection
of the people who are most at risk, and the protection of the
systems and resources that a community depends on.
 The DRRM plan should be able to foster a culture prevention,
to come up with measures to take care of their properties to
the best of their abilities at all times.
 In making a DRRM plan, DRRM should become an integral
part of any development policies.
 Assistance given to disaster areas or victims must be equal,
consistent, and in a predictable manner, regardless of
geographical location, or economic circumstances.
 The DRRM plan must ensure the involvement of the
community. The community must be made to understand
disaster, as well as their roles and responsibilities in
reducing its risk.
 In order to ensure that the effects of a disaster are greatly
reduced, disaster risk reduction should be inculcated and
enforced in all levels of the government---form the national
government down to the local government units.
 Decisions on DRRM must be transparent to everyone involved
the implementation of projects and programs, must take into
account the suggestions and insights of stakeholders.
 Any disaster risk reduction plan must be adapted to the
conditions prevailing in the local community.
 Any entity tasked at implementing a disaster risk reduction
program must be recognized by all stakeholders both in the
present and in the future.
 Any DRRM plan must be made flexible and adaptable. It must
be able to adjust to changes brought about by
industrialization, development, influx of population, housing,
or land reform.
 A DRRM plan must be results-driven; a ningas-kugon attitude
does not have a place in disaster management.
 A proper DRRM plan should be well-funded.
 The DRRM plan for a community must be prioritize,
especially in the Philippines. Since the country is prone to
natural hazards.
 The DRRM plan should have a multidisciplinary approach.

Key for
sustainable
development &
disaster risk
reduction