NAME: KENNETH N.

BARREDO COURSE, YR&SECTION: BSCE-1D

EDLYN JOSAIN
INSTRUCTOR: RODRIGO P. MANCIO DATE: APRIL 23, 2021

ACTIVITY 1

Template 1.1: Hazard/Disaster Timeline

Hazard/Disaster: Geo Hazard and Biological Hazard
Effects Response
Name of
Extent of Community/
Year hazard/ Vulnerable
Sector Damage/ Barangay Government Others
disaster Group
Effects LGU
Children,
Women, LGU helped
Livelihood
Flashflood Men, 1 death and 5 evacuating
2020 and None None
(inland) Elderly, and injuries. people in low
Agriculture
PWDs lying areas.

Thousands
Children, LGU helped
Thousands of of food/rice Donation
2019 Biological Health, Women, distribute
losses in packs were (foods,
to Hazard Livelihood, Men, relief to
human lives distributed and
Pres (Corona and Elderly, and affected
and livelihood. by the money)
ent Virus 19) Education PWDs families
government

LGUs
Infrastructure, Children,
conducted
Agriculture, Women, Food packs Donation
6.5 The earthquake preemptive
Health, Men, were (foods,
2017 magnitude caused 4 evacuation in
Livelihood, Elderly, and distributed money)
earthquake deaths, and varying
and PWDs
100 injuries. scales.
Education

2015 Typhoon Infrastructure, Children, More than a LGU helped The Donation
Hagupit Agriculture, Women, million people packing relief Department (foods,
(Ruby) Health, Men, are affected, and distribute of Budget clothes
Livelihood, Elderly, and including over relief to and and
and PWDs 400,000 affected Management money)
Education children, families has
killing 18 appropriated
people and P4.69 billion
causing $114 as budgetary
million support for
 various
national
government
agencies in
response to
the entry of
the typhoon
Ruby.

The typhoon’s
fury affected
more than 14
million people The
across 44 government 
provinces, provided
displacing 4.1 food, shelter,
million people, clean water,
killing more medicine
than 6,000 and other
people and supplies for
leaving 1,800 up to
Officials held
missing. In 800,000
a meeting to
Infrastructure, Children, addition, victims. Donation
discuss the
Super Agriculture, Women, Typhoon Several (foods,
preparations
Typhoon Health, Men, Haiyan charities clothes
2013 that had been
Hiayan Livelihood, Elderly, and damaged 1.1 provided and
made and to
(Yolanda) and PWDs million houses, emergency money)
plan further
Education destroyed 33 aid such as
actions
million water,
coconut trees allowing for
(a major the
source of deployment
livelihoods), of 51 million
and disrupted pesos worth
the livelihoods of relief
of 5.9 million assistance to
workers. affected
Overall families food
damage and shelter.
is estimated at
$5.8 billion.
 REACTION PAPER

A hazard may be considered a pre-disaster scenario where there is a risk of disaster. A

catastrophic event becomes a disaster case when urgent, lengthy aid and resources are required
for the impacted population to cope with and its consequences. The issue. This can occur due to
an immediate extreme event or as a result of a prolonged phase which disrupts normal human
existence to a considerable extent in its existing social, traditional and economic structure. If a
hazard becomes a disaster, it loses lives, property, facilities, basic resources and livelihoods to
the point that the crisis is impossible to deal with when the affected people are unable to handle it
in the first place.
During this decade, thousands of people have lost their lives as a result of Hazards and
the vast majority of this toll because of delayed response from the government. However, despite
the tremendous effects brought by those Natural Hazards, Local officials efforts are
commendable for they are the first to provide aid and assistance after a disaster.
The Hazard/Disaster Timeline tells us to be prepared. Being prepared means thinking
about the possibilities. Knowledge and planning do not cost anything but our own fears may
prevent us from considering hazards and their impact, particularly if we live in an exposed
environment. It also helps us consider our emergency response activities in light of existing and
new disaster risks. In order to improve the protection and hazard resistance of our communities,
we should adapt or alter our activities.
We are shocked upon seeing this timeline and realized that Hazards are indeed a threat
for human beings. Hazards are inevitable so we must make extra efforts to prevent it from
causing harm. The Community is subjected to vulnerability. Although certain communities and
people's vulnerability are unavoidable, people may be influential in reducing those risks by
enhancing system stability and capacity to recover from disasters. There are indications that most
fatalities, injuries and accident deaths can be avoided and disaster preparedness interventions,
including the modification of buildings for threats, can minimize disaster destruction and
increase recovery. When the citizens in a community work well in the distribution of services
and in a proper recovery after disasters, this is more sustainable.
In our perspective, it is a good thing to do this Hazard assessment because with this, we
are able to determine the hazardous process that occurred in the past. So, we can prevent future
risk, reduce existing risk and support the resilience and societies in the face of risk that cannot be
effectively reduced.