SHAIRA JOY P.

SOLOMON BSE-1A

ESSAY: Expound your answer on each of the following question.

1. What is disaster?
- A disaster is defined as "an occurrence whose timing is unexpected and whose repercussions are
substantially harmful," or more specifically, "a disaster is a sudden or great calamity" or simply "any
unpleasant event." These definitions identify an event that includes three elements:
 Suddenness
 Unexpectedness
 Significant damage and/or negative effects
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2. What is the importance of knowing the principles of disaster management?
- At the local level, decisions about readiness, such as life-saving evacuation protocols and the location of
significant facilities, can be informed and influenced by knowledge of hazard events, whether from recent
memory or oral and recorded history.

3. What are the different tasks of the National Disaster Coordinating Council?
 HIGHEST POLICY MAKING, COORDINATING AND SUPERVISING BODY AT THE NATIONAL
LEVEL FOR
 DISASTER MANAGEMENT IN THE COUNTRY
  ADVISES THE PRESIDENT ON THE STATUS OF NATIONAL DISASTER PREPAREDNESS &
MANAGEMENT PLANS
  RECOMMENDS TO THE PRESIDENT THE DECLARATION OF STATE OF CALAMITY AND
RELEASE OF NATIONAL CALAMITY FUND AS NEEDED
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4. How can you be of help to your community during disaster?
 Send Funds or Crucial Supplies
 Volunteer to Help
 Donate blood

5. What is the impact of pollution to the environment?

1. Reducing air pollution would limit global warming
2. Air pollution is bad for our health
3. Dirty air is detrimental to childhoods
4. Our cities should be liveable and sustainable

6. As a member of the community, what role will they take to help in the proper management of wastes?
- Reduction and reuse of sources. The approach that local and national governments most frequently
employ is this one.

7. Describe the current drug scenario in the Philippines;

- In the Philippines, substance abuse and use are becoming bigger problems. The Philippines is recognized
as one of the nations in Southeast Asia where drug trafficking is on the rise by the International Narcotics
Control Board (INCB), a global drug monitoring organization. Drug misuse and use are social and health
issues in the Philippines. An rising number of people are turning to the illegal drug trade because of
poverty. The impoverished are taken advantage of and exploited by foreign drug gangs, who lure them into
acting as runners and couriers by promising them "easy money." The most popular substances that
Filipinos abuse are: *Metamphetamine Hydrocholride (Shabu) *Cannabis (Marijuana) *Inhalants, according
to figures from 2012 that are available on the Dangerous Drugs Board website (Contact Cement adhesive).

8. Explain the concept of substance use, misuse, abuse and dependence.

- Substance abuse the use of illegal drugs or the use of prescription or over-the-counter drugs or alcohol
for purposes other than those for which they are meant to be used, or in excessive amounts. Drug misuse
is generally associated with prescription medicines. Prescription medicines are meant to be taken as
directed by doctors. This is because these types of drugs can cause adverse side effects if directions are not
followed. Drug abuse happens when drugs, including alcohol, illicit drugs, or any psychoactive substances,
are misused to get high or inflict self-harm. It is also known as substance use disorder (SUD) since people
who abuse drugs experience significantly altered thinking, behavior, and body functions.

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”

- Mahatma Gandhi -