DISASTER READINESS AND RISK

REDUCTION

Course outline
 Disaster and Disaster risk
 Exposure and Vulnerability
 Basic Concept of Hazard
 Earthquake hazard
 Volcanic Hazard
 Other Related Geological Hazard
 Hydrometeorogical Hazard
 Fire Hazard
 Disaster Risk Reduction and Management
 What to Expect from the state and the Citizen
Chapter 1

DISASTER AND DISASTER

RISK
Disaster
 A sudden calamitous event,
bringing
Great damage loss,
destruction and
Devastations to life and
property

 A serious disruption of the

functioning of society causing
widespread human, material, or
environment losses, which
exceed the ability of the affected
people to cope, using their
human resources.
How and When an Event Becomes a Disaster
 An event, either human made or natural , becomes a disaster
when it is sudden or progressive, causing widespread human,
materials or environmental losses

Typhoon Yolanda
 Strength
290km/hour
 The storm surge it
brought was
sudden and
unexpected its was
devastating effect
to human
material, and
environment. More
than 7000 people
perished the entire
city of tacloban
was flattened
Wow wowie stampede
 The show so became popular that thousands of fans flock to
ULTRA to watch the noon time show. That turned out when
there was a human induced disturbance among the watching
crowd that cause a stampede many spectators were hurt and
some even died which led to the dissolution

TYPHOON ONDOY
 Typhoon ondoy turned
into the disaster
because of the amount
of precipitation
brought by its
torrential rains that
lasted for several days
causing floods and
flash floods in metro
manila
 Thousands of house
were submerge in flood
water, hundreds of
shelters along river
banks and steros were washed out. Power and supplies were
cut off for several weeks hundreds of live perished