R.A.

10121
PHILIPPINE DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND
MANAGEMENT ACT OF 2010

● Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010

● Provides framework for disaster risk reduction and management plans
● Institutionalizes
● Appropriates funds

Important Terms Defined

in Republic Act 10121

1.Disaster
2.Disaster mitigation
3.Disaster preparedness
4. Disaster response
5.Hazard
6.Rehabilitation
7.Risk
8.Risk Management
9 Vulnerable

1-Disaster
● Serious disruption of the functioning of a
community or a society involving
widespread human environmental losses
and impacts, which exceeds the ability and
security of the affected community to cope
using its own resources

2-Disaster Mitigation
● Lessening or limitation of adverse effects of
hazards and related disasters

3-Disaster Preparedness
 ● Includes knowledge and capabilities
needed by an institution and/or an individual
to anticipate and respond to and recover for
the impacts of the hazards

4-Disaster Response
● Provision of services and assistance during
and immediately after a disaster
● Short-term relief

5-Hazard
● Dangerous phenomenon, human activity or
condition
● may cause loss of life, injury or other health t
impacts, property damage, loss of livelihood
and services, social and economic
disruption, or environmental damage

6-Rehabilitation
● Ensures that affected community is able to
restore their normal functioning ability

7-Risk
● Combination of the probability of an event
and its negative consequence

8-Risk Management
● Systematic approach and practice of
managing uncertainly to minimize potential
harm and loss

9-Vulnerability
● Characteristics and circumstances of a
community, system or asset, that make it
susceptible to the damaging effects of a hazard
 National Disaster
Risk Reduction and Management
Plan

Office of the Civil Defense

● Organization within Department of National Defense (DND)

● Tasked in formulating the eNational Disaster Risk Reduction Management Plan

(NDRRMP)

National Disaster Risk

Reduction Management Plan

● National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Framework

● National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council
● Disaster Risk Reduction
● Climate Change Adaptation
National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Framework
 4 Priority Areas of NDRRMC
● Disaster Prevention and Mitigation

● Disaster Preparedness

● Disaster Response

● Rehabilitation and Recovery

1.Disaster Prevention
and Mitigation

● Department of Science and Technolog

● Avoid hazards and mitigate their potential impacts by reducing vulnerabilities
and exposure, and enhancing capacities of communities

2.Disaster Preparedness

● Department of Interior and Local Government

● Establish and strengthen capacities of communities to anticipate, cope, and
recover from the negative impacts of emergency Occurrences and disasters

3.Disaster Response

● Department of Social Welfare and Development

● Provide life preservation and meet the basic subsistence needs of affected
population based on acceptable standards during or immediately after a disaster

4.Rehabilitatiobn and Recovery

● National Economic and Development Authority

● Restore and improve facilities, livelihood and living conditions and organizational
capabilities of affected communities, and reduce disaster risk in accordance with
the "building back better" principle