4 DRRM Thematic Areas

Disaster Preparedness
Establish and strengthen Disaster Response
capacities of communities Provide life preservation and
to anticipate, cope and meet the basic subsistence
recover needs of affected population
from the negative impacts based on acceptable
of emergency occurrences
Safer, adaptive standards during or
and disasters and disaster immediately after a disaster
resilient
Filipino
Disaster Prevention and
communities Disaster Rehabilitation and
towards Recovery
Mitigation
Restore and improve
Avoid hazards and mitigate sustainable facilities and living
their potential impacts by
reducing vulnerabilities development conditions and capacities of
affected communities, and
and exposure and
reduce risks in accordance
enhancing capacities of
with the “building back
communities
better” principle
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Priority Area Long Term Goals Objectives

Prevention and Avoid hazards and Reduce vulnerability

Mitigation mitigate their potential and exposure of
impacts by reducing communities to all
vulnerabilities and hazards
exposure and
enhancing capacities of Enhance capacities of
communities communities to reduce
their own risks and
cope with the impacts
of all hazards
 Details of Four (4) Thematic Areas
Priority Area Long Term Goals Objectives

Disaster Establish and Increase the level of

Preparedness strengthen capacities awareness of hazards, risks
of communities to and vulnerabilities
anticipate, cope and
recover Equip the community with
from the negative the necessary skills to cope
impacts of emergency with disaster
occurrences and
disasters Institutionalization of
polices, plans & system
 Details of Four (4) Thematic Areas
Priority Area Long Term Goals Objectives

Disaster Provide life To decrease the number of

Response preservation and meet preventable deaths and
the basic subsistence injuries
needs of affected
population based on To provide basic subsistence
acceptable standards needs of affected population
during or immediately
after a disaster To immediately restore basic
social service
 Details of Four (4) Thematic Areas

Priority Area Long Term Goals Objectives

Rehabilitation Provide life To decrease casualties

and Recovery preservation and
meet the basic To provide basic needs of
subsistence needs of affected population
affected population
based on standards To immediately restore
during or basic social service
immediately after a
disaster To assist physical &
psychological
rehabilitation
Prevention and Mitigation
• Early Warning Systems
• OCD-SMART Infoboard
• Project NOAH
• Resilience Project
• Flood Forecasting and Monitoring
• Multi-Hazard Maps
• GMMA Ready Project
• Risk Analysis Project
• Hazard Mapping Activities
• Structural and Non-structural
Interventions

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Preparedness
• Project DINA (Disaster Information
for Nationwide Awareness)
• Community-based Disaster Risk
Reduction and Management
Activities
• Conduct of TRAINING, DRILLS and
EXERCISES
• Assessment, evaluation and
assistance on formulation of DRRM
Plans and Contingency Plans for LGUs
• Enhance LGU’s disaster readiness
capacity
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Response
• Issuance and dissemination of advisories
and situation reports
• Conduct of RDANA (Rapid Damage
Assessment and Needs Analysis
• Monitoring and orchestration of disaster
response
• Search, rescue & retrieval operations
• Humanitarian aid, relief and health
services
• Provision for temporary shelter, water,
sanitation & hygiene
• Financial assistance to calamity
victims
• Management of evacuationPhoto-Credits:
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Rehabilitation and Recovery
• Build Back Better Principle
• Conduct of PDNA (Post Disaster
Needs Assessment)
• Post-disaster Debriefing
• Implementation and Monitoring of
Rehabilitation Projects
• Reconstruction of damaged houses &
buildings
• Resettlement and provision of
livelihood
• Restoration & improvement of
destroyed facilities

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Prevention and Mitigation
With DOST as lead

• Avoiding hazards and mitigate their potential impacts by

reducing vulnerabilities and exposure by enhancing capacities
of communities

Key Result Areas

1. Mainstreamed and integrated DRR & CCA in national, sectoral, regional
and local development, policies, plans and budget.
2. DRRM/CCA sensitive environmental management.
3. Increased disaster resiliency of infrastructure systems.
4. Community based and scientific DRR/CCA assessment, mapping,
analysis and monitoring.
5. Risk transfer mechanisms
 Preparedness
With DILG as lead
Establishing and strengthening capacities of communities to
anticipate, cope and recover from the negative impacts of
emergency occurrences & disasters

Key Result Areas

1. Community Awareness and understanding of the Risk Factors
2. Contingency Planning at the local level (to include Incident
Command System, Early Warning Systems, Pre-emptive
evacuation, stockpiling and equipping)
3. Local drills and simulation exercises
4. National /Regional disaster response planning
 Response

With DSWD as lead

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

Key Result Areas

1. DANA as a generic activity
2. Relief Operations
3. Search, Rescue, Retrieval
4. Dissemination/Information sharing of disaster-related information
5. WATSAN and Health of displaced people
6. Development/provision of temporary shelter
 Response (con’t)
With DSWD as lead
• Provide life preservation and meet the basic subsistence needs of
affected population based on acceptable standards during or
immediately after a disaster

Key Result Areas

1. Psycho social support
2. Early Recovery Mechanism
3. Management of Dead and Missing
4. Evacuation Management
5. Social Protection Intervention
6. Civil and uniformed services coordination
Rehabilitation and Recovery
 With NEDA as lead

 Restoring and improving facilities, livelihood and living conditions and

organizational capacities of affected communities, and reduced disaster risks in
accordance with the “building back better” principle

Key Result Areas

1. Vulnerability and risk assessment

2. Livelihood
3. Shelter
4. Infrastructure