Jasmin Aquino

11-STEM C

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TITLE: BE A HERO WHEN IT COMES TO SAFETY

The earth has been affected by the natural hazards over a long time as man emerged into picture the
picture that the natural occurrences were becoming disaster, together with being documented in
various ways providing a warning for the future generation.

Disaster is any occurrence that causes ecological disruption, damage, human life loss, health services
and health deterioration on sufficient scale to warrant responsebextraordinary from the outside area or
community affected (De Boer, 2000).

It is hard for a day to pass without news about complex or major emergency happening in different parts
of the world, as disasters continue to strike causing destruction to both developed and undeveloped
countries. This raises vulnerability concern to occurrences that may affect gravely to our daily lives and
the future. In vulnerable populations, some emergency in particular those occurring in nature can
become catastrophic events.

Disaster prevention is activities that are designed for provision of permanent disasters. protection. Not
every disaster can be prevented and particularly natural disasters; the loss risk of injury and life can be
only mitigated with plans of good evacuation, design standards and environmental planning.

Disaster preparedness is the activities for life loss and damage minimization. Preparedness is the best
way of reducing disasters impact. Disaster relief is a multi agency coordinated response of reducing
disaster impact and its results of long-term. These activities may include relocation, rescue, water and
food provision, preventing disability and disease, repair of vital services like transport, provision of
temporary shelter and health care emergency.

Once the needs of emergency has been accomplished and the crisis is initially over, those affected
together with the community supporting them remain vulnerable. Management of disaster is linked
with the development sustainably, in particular with vulnerable people relation like the ones with
disability, children, elderly people and groups marginalized.