Final PT: “Be Disaster Aware, Take Action to Prepare”

Goal: To reduce damage due to earthquakes and typhoons.

Role: Drafting Technology student

Audience: Public

Situation: You are an active member of your school's student government organizations. Your
city mayor highly commends and accepts students' participation in solving current problems and
issues. Thus, she opened a social media page where you can suggest ways to properly secure
household items in different locations inside the house and give information on the importance of
using a floor plan to minimize the damages due to earthquakes and typhoons.

As drafting technology students, you have been assigned by the city mayor to draw a floor plan
or rough draft of your house that shows the exit points during calamities or emergencies.

You must also locate possible hazards and hindrances like tall cabinets, fire or electricity
sources, glass objects, or hanging objects that may drop. Their exact positions inside your house
must be indicated.

Your floor plan will be posted on the social media page and include an explanation. (10
sentences)

use the hashtags: #youthnication, #disasterpreparedness

Product: Floor plan

Mini Task 1: Online Group Research

Background: Located along the typhoon belt in the Pacific, the Philippines is visited by an
average of 20 typhoons every year, five of which are destructive. Being situated in the “Pacific
Ring of Fire” makes it vulnerable to frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Its
geographical location and physical environment also contribute to its high susceptibility to
tsunamis, sea level rise, storm surges, landslides, flood/flashflood/flooding, and drought.

Recent Major Disasters

Super Typhoon Haiyan (November 2013)

Super Typhoon Haiyan, locally known as Typhoon Yolanda entered the Philippine Area of
Responsibility (PAR) on 6 November 2013 and created new history for the Philippines. It
affected a total of 3,424,593 Families or 16,078,181 Persons. Killing 6,318 persons, 28,689 were
injured and 1,061 were still missing. It destroyed 1,140,332 houses and damaged a total of 19.6B
pesos worth of infrastructure and 20.3B pesos worth of Agriculture.

Luzon Earthquake (July 1990)

M7.6 earthquake occurred in the central Luzon killed 2,412, affected 1,597,553, and destroyed
100,000 houses with the estimated total loss of US$250million.

Answer the following questions: Each one should be composed of five sentences.

Why is the Philippines an earthquake- and typhoon-prone country?

Mini Task 2: Identify possible hazards in your home

Anything in your house that can move, fall, break, or cause a fire during an emergency is a home
hazard.

Direction: Take five pictures of different locations in your house and explain how they should be
secured during calamities. Each description must have a minimum of three sentences.

Example:

Location Description
(explain how they should be secured during
 calamities)

In the kitchen Unsecured cabinet doors fly open during

earthquakes, allowing glassware and dishes to
crash to the floor. Many types of latches are
available to prevent this: child-proof latches,
hook and eye latches, or positive catch latches
designed for boats. Gas appliances should
have flexible connectors to reduce the risk of
fire. Secure refrigerators and other major
appliances to walls using earthquake
appliance straps.

Furniture Secure the tops of all top-heavy furniture,

such as bookcases and file cabinets, to a wall.
Be sure to anchor to the stud, and not just to
the drywall. Flexible fasteners such as nylon
straps allow tall objects to sway without
falling over, reducing the strain on the studs.
Loose shelving can also be secured by
applying earthquake putty on each corner
bracket.

Location Description
(explain how they should be secured during
calamities)

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