Matanguihan, Trixie L.

PCBET-22-101A
INTRODUCTION

Many people associate "awareness" with one-time campaigns and occasional

actions. Leaders aim to bring a new issue to the attention of others, then move on to
something else. Every individual must be aware of their surroundings at all times.    In
order to reduce safety-related risks, people must be continually aware of their
surroundings and be able to notice dangers.

Furthermore, safety awareness includes more than just the obvious hazards
such as machinery, ergonomics, and electrical safety. The term 'safety' refers to a wide
range of dangers that might result in a tragedy or accident, including physical hazards,
occupational, natural, and social risks. In short, safety awareness extends much beyond
what many workers and executives know, and maintaining it is a critical component of
establishing a strong safety culture.

The following will be discussed in this study such as; Hazard, Exposure and
Vulnerability.

A hazard is a harmful phenomenon, substance, human action, or circumstance

that has the potential to cause death, injury, or other negative health consequences,
property damage, loss of livelihoods and services, social and economic disruption, or
environmental damage. People, property, systems, and other things existing in danger
zones that are exposed to possible losses are referred to as exposure. The traits and
conditions of a community, system, or asset that render it vulnerable to the destructive
impacts of a hazard are referred to as vulnerability.

The aim of this study is to share the importance of being aware in the said event.
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The inherent danger of a threat or calamity is referred to as "hazard." This
cannot be affected or modified, but it may be researched in order to develop suitable
countermeasures or cures, as well as monitoring and warning systems. There is little
that can be done about the severity or destructiveness of earthquakes, hurricanes,
typhoons, and tsunamis, except to prepare people and property for their arrival and
evacuate those in their routes or risk zones. The term "exposure" refers to how long and
how much victims were exposed to the dangers of a tragedy. It has to do with their
closeness to the disaster's epicenter or, in the case of moving hazards, its trajectory.
The main aspects in reducing exposure are relocating and evacuating from hazardous
zones. As one comes closer to ground zero, such as during a nuclear explosion,
earthquake, or volcanic eruption, the danger of exposure keeps increasing. The hazard
zones for dangers that move slowly, such as hurricanes, tsunamis, flash floods, and
lahar flows, are defined by their expected routes and breadth. Pandemic epidemics and
worldwide cyberattacks, for example, have no distinct or set centers, and their directions
are unpredictable. Different from ordinary natural disasters, reducing exposure to their
dangers is a challenge. They propagate or spread out in random directions at very fast
speeds utilizing the chain reaction method, even if they have epicenters or origins. They
create new distance epicenters as fast as loose cannons, which may be bigger and
more dangerous than the original. Viruses spread at exponential and explosive levels,
depending on the availability of hosts to infect. Because the route of damage is
unexpected, it's difficult to forecast who and when will be revealed. Covid-19, however,
was handled like any other non-viral tragedy. Distance from viral centers is never a safe
barrier against infection. It was a waste of time to approach this as an epidemic rather
than a worldwide threat that might, and did, quickly grow into a pandemic.
There are several elements of vulnerability, coming from diverse physical,
social, economic, and environmental variables. Poor building design and construction,
insufficient asset protection, a lack of public education and awareness, limited
government acknowledgment of dangers and preparedness measures, and a lack for
sound environmental management are just a few examples. It refers to a group's
vulnerability to the negative consequences of a danger or incident. The greater the
vulnerability of individuals, or the greater the number of people who are vulnerable to
the danger, the greater the risk of crisis and casualties. When exposure and
vulnerability are reduced together, the casualty rate is reduced dramatically, and flatten
the case curve. Poor general health, poor economic and social conditions, weak health
systems, low generational immunity, high average age, high population density, and a
tendency for public meetings, congregation, and travel are some of the factors that
make a population prone to pandemics. With the exception of population demographics,
most of these factors may be changed or regulated in some way to reduce vulnerability
and exposure. In order to be prepared, we need to know what are the possible solutions
or answers when hazard, exposure and vulnerability occurs. The importance of being
aware and educated to the said event may help us to reduce or lessen the number of
victims but some of incidents are unexpected to happen but the important thing is we
already know what we are going to do.

CONCLUSION

It is important to note that analyzing hazards and capabilities through the

gathering of information about abilities and present emergencies is important for
determining the vulnerability test, which is important in deciding the capability of dealing
with such emergency situations. The goal of prevention measures is to avoid potential
dangers. They're made to give you the best protection against the hazards you're
exposed to on a long-term basis. It includes the application of correct environmental
planning procedures and design standards in order to limit the risk of deaths and
injuries. Second, being prepared is a continuous process that includes planning,
coordinating plans and resources, training evacuees, reviewing, and implementing a
plan of action. Furthermore, plan training and exercises emphasize being prepared to
respond to any emergency. Finally, putting a plan of action in place and putting it into
action during an emergency includes acting on suggestions from the vulnerability
analysis and resource deployment.